Policy director Schembri exits Energy Minister Wilkinson’s team
Plus, there are staff departures to catch up on in the offices of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge.
House adjourned, and Canada celebrates 157th on July 1
MONDAY, JULY 1 House Not Sitting—The House is on its summer break. It resumes sitting on Sept. 16, and will sit for four weeks from Sept. 16-Oct. 11, but will take Monday, Sept. 30, off. It breaks Oct. 14-18, and resumes sitting on Oct. 21. It sits Oct. 21-Nov. 9, and breaks on Nov. 11 […]
It’s your last chance to vote in The Hill Times’ best of politics in 2024, make it count
Plus, Norway’s ambassador to Canada died on June 17, editor picked to head up Washington Post turns it down, new Chinese ambassador hosts welcome reception, Napier meets the Pope, and Brit high commissioner to host U.K. election-watch party.
Some 25 MPs, Senators promise to ‘call out abuse and harassment’ in Parliament this fall
The 75-member Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians, now headed by NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen and Senator Marilou McPhedran, has relaunched, and it wants to take on what it sees as a worsening environment for women in politics this fall. So far, 25 have signed the pledge.
Staff changes for ministers Vandal, Martinez Ferrada, Hutchings
Plus, senior policy adviser Kristina Slodki has left Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s office.
‘Everything has a time’: Senator Jaffer marks an end to 23 years on the Hill
A trailblazer in the Upper Chamber who has juggled chairing committees and working towards peace in Sudan in the early 2000s, Mobina Jaffer reflects on her career as a Senator.
Sweating summer polling deficit, Liberals hope to dine out on ‘impressive list’ of spring bills
Plus, the NDP thwart most Tory efforts to hold summer committee meetings as MP Matthew Green says parliamentary resources are not meant for ‘chasing every Conservative ambulance.’
New chief of staff incoming for Minister LeBlanc as Jamie Innes exits
Plus, Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien is in need of a new press secretary.
Blair to deliver defence policy update speech on June 27 in Halifax
MONDAY, JUNE 24 House Not Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to begin its summer break on June 21, the House resumes sitting on Sept. 16, and will sit for four weeks from Sept. 16-Oct. 11, but will take Monday, Sept. 30, off. It breaks Oct. 14-18, and resumes sitting on Oct. 21. It sits Oct. […]
Senior staff moves in the PMO, Minister MacAulay’s shop
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is in the market for a new policy director, with his current one set to depart at the end of the month.
