Remembrance Day ceremony to take place at National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11
MONDAY, NOV. 11 House Not Sitting—The House breaks on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day week until Nov. 15. It resumes again on Nov. 18, and is scheduled to sit from Nov. 18 to Dec. 17. Remembrance Day—Parliamentarians are in their ridings for Remembrance Day this week. A ceremony will take place at the National War […]
Cost estimate for construction of new Hill tunnel network jumps to $200M
When the tunnel network plan was first approved by parliamentarians in 2022, construction costs were estimated to total closer to $180-million.
PMO staff changes: Marjorie Michel officially exits, and more
Policy adviser and senior co-ordinator Harry Orbach-Miller is among the list of recent departures, and Jacqueline Lee has been promoted to senior manager.
New hires on board for ministers MacAulay, MacKinnon
Plus, Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc has named a new director of issues management.
U.S. presidential election happens Tuesday, Nov. 5
MONDAY, NOV. 4 House Sitting—The House sits Nov. 4-Nov. 9, and breaks on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day week until Nov. 15. It resumes again on Nov. 18, and is scheduled to sit from Nov. 18 to Dec. 17. Canada’s Envoy to OECD to Deliver Remarks—Madeleine Chenette, Canada’s ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation […]
Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs
The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.
Mental Health Minister Saks hires new press secretary
Plus, Citizens’ Services Minister Terry Beech has a new Quebec regional adviser and assistant to the parliamentary secretary on his team.
Centre Block reno update: project spending to date nears $1-billion
Plus, Senators recently threw a wrench in efforts to revamp the approach to the future renovation of the Confederation Building, which houses MP offices.
Energy Minister Wilkinson welcomes back a familiar face
Plus, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree has a new policy adviser for Inuit relations in his office.
May calls for full-blown public inquiry a decade after Hill shooting
It’s ‘a uniquely Canadian thing that something that significant would happen and there’d never be an inquiry,’ says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, while Kevin Vickers told the Ottawa Citizen he’s surprised there’s never been a parliamentary review, and that witness statements and security footage should be released.
