President Trump and the damage still being done
OTTAWA—These days it is almost impossible for Canadians to ignore the political circus that is being played out south of our border. Were the potential consequences not so dire, the desperate deeds of U.S. President Donald Trump and his loyal base would be outright comical. Given Trump’s ubiquitous presence in the media throughout his presidency, […]
NDP’s spring convention offers chance to pit party’s vision against governing Liberals’, say members
The NDP is holding its next policy convention this spring, coincidentally overlapping the Liberals’ own virtual gathering, which party experts say could serve as a helpful vehicle to contrast policy priorities, lending leader Jagmeet Singh a platform to make the case he’s sought to build to peel voters away from the governing party. Mr. Singh’s […]
Money on the mind: Liberals, Conservatives work to fill party coffers with fundraising events
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25 G7 Research Summit on The Future of Digital Health—The Royal Society of Canada hosts a virtual edition of “G7 Research Summit on The Future of Digital Health.” Domestic and international leaders will envision a future in which citizens feel increasingly inspired by and connected to the opportunities afforded by Digital Health. Mona […]
Time to reflect, for Justin Trudeau Liberals
When Justin Trudeau ran for the Liberal leadership back in 2013, he built his brand on being progressive, inclusive, and doing politics “differently.” Members of the Liberal Party and Canadians, at large, trusted him and gave him a majority government in 2015. After winning power, he appointed the country’s first gender-balanced cabinet, described his government […]
Katherine Koostachin joins PMO as a senior policy adviser
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a new wonk in his office with Katherine Koostachin having been brought on board last week as a senior policy adviser. Ms. Koostachin left her role as director of Indigenous relations and reconciliation to Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, a post she’d taken on at the beginning of September, to […]
Champagne hires new comms director from environment minister’s team
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne has a new director of communications in his office, having recently scooped up Ricky Landry from Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s office. Mr. Landry marked his first day on Mr. Champagne’s team on Nov. 11 and replaces Louis Hamann, who has left the minister’s office. Mr. Hamann had […]
Connecting work to education should be priority beyond pandemic
COVID-19 has disrupted labour markets unlike anything since the Great Depression. Young people have been especially hard hit by the economic slowdown, with school closures and a transition to remote learning. Youth were also among the hardest hit when employers reduced operations. One of the biggest disruptions has been a transition to remote work. Remote […]
Justice Minister Lametti’s director of criminal law leaves post to return to Legal Aid Commission in Yellowknife
Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti recently bade farewell to his director of criminal law, Nicola Langille. After roughly two years working in the justice minister’s office, Ms. Langille left at the end of October to return to the Northwest Territories and her old role as a lawyer with the territory’s Legal Aid Commission […]
Minister Murray scoops up new EA from the LRB, which sees changes of its own
Digital Government Minister Joyce Murray has a new executive assistant in her office, with Liam MacKinnon having recently been scooped up from the Liberal research bureau, also known as the LRB. Mr. MacKinnon began staffing Ms. Murray during the week of Oct. 19. Before then, he’d been a special assistant for parliamentary affairs in the […]
Will Trudeau make good on Canada’s 2025 climate promises?
BOSTON, MASS.—A lot can change in a short period of time. Just a few months ago, I lauded Canada’s leadership on climate, in general, and on methane pollution in particular. In 2018, the Trudeau government introduced the world’s first national oil and gas regulations limiting emissions of methane, a powerful climate pollutant intensifying near-term global warming. […]
