Count ‘em: eight staff additions, five promotions, and three departures in PM Trudeau’s office
Recent changes include Alex Fernandes’ addition as a media advance. Yuval Daniel has already replaced him as press secretary to Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks.
Finishing the fight against COVID and the ‘global race’ to the top of Mount Vaccine
In the final part of The Hill Times‘ series on the fourth anniversary of COVID-19, Minister Anita Anand reflects on her role in the global race for PPE and vaccines, and precinct staff highlight the unequal impact the transition to a virtual Parliament had on essential employees.
Ng to lead two trade missions to Asia
SUNDAY, MARCH 24—FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Minister Ng to Lead Two Trade Missions to Asia—Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, and Economic Development Mary Ng will lead Team Canada trade missions to Malaysia and Vietnam from March 24-29. Contact Shanti.Cosentino@international.gc.ca. MONDAY, MARCH 25 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. […]
Mulroney’s lying in state: a contemplative, Canadian tribute
Two Hill Times reporters queued on Wellington Street for Brian Mulroney’s lying in state on March 20. This was their experience.
Brian Mulroney returns to Parliament Hill for final time as dignitaries, politicos, diplomats, and public pay respects to former prime minister lying in state in Ottawa
Politicians, diplomats, family members, and the public paid tribute to Mulroney, who was prime minister from 1984 to 1993, during a lying-in-state ceremony in Ottawa.
Director-level changes in Foreign Affairs Minister Joly’s shop
Plus, there are new hires in the offices of Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings and Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien.
Morguard sells CBC headquarters to PSPC for $125.3-million
Plus, Irish ambassador to host St. Patrick’s Day reception; MPs, Trudeau mourn death of Kim Rudd; Tom Kmiec’s family affected by two rare diseases; Shafqat Ali celebrates Marc Andrews; Oliphant pays respects to late Alan Redway and John Godfrey; and Cardozo, Fortier to host talk on crisis in news media.
Vandal to speak at Arctic Energy and Resources Symposium in Calgary this week
MONDAY, MARCH 18 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. It returns on March 18 and sits for a week until March 22. It breaks for two weeks on March 25, and returns again on Monday, April 8, when it will sit until April 19. It […]
Transport Minister Rodriguez promotes new chief of staff, policy director
Among the recent changes, director of cabinet, appointments, and parliamentary affairs Vasken Vosguian is now also deputy chief of staff to the transport minister.
‘May you govern in interesting times’: MPs, Senators look back on the COVID-19 pandemic and the day ‘everything changed’
With four years in the books since Canada’s Parliament shut down to deal with an emerging public health threat, and more than a year after the World Health Organization announced an official end to the global pandemic, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says no one is ‘over COVID.’
