Tourism Minister Boissonnault officially has a new comms director
Plus, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan has a new Ontario regional affairs adviser, and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is down an issues manager.
BOIE OKs more flexibility for moving costs, contracts for MPs and House officers
House officers, whose budgets continue through dissolution, are now able to maintain professional service contracts between Parliaments and parliamentary sessions.
Talaga keynote speaker at Indigenous History and Heritage Gathering on June 5 at Ottawa’s Shaw Centre
House Sitting—The House is sitting this week and will set every week until June 23. It’s scheduled to adjourn for the summer on June 23. It will break for 12 weeks (June 23-Sept. 18) and will resume sitting on Monday, Sept. 18. It will sit for three weeks (Sept. 18-Oct. 6), and will adjourn on […]
A foot in the door: some Hill internship programs rebounding post-rule changes, COVID
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is working to restart its internship program this fall, while the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations is looking to restart by 2024.
House of Commons returns on Monday for four consecutive sitting weeks
MONDAY, MAY 29 House Sitting—The House will return again on Monday, May 29. It will sit for four consecutive weeks (May 29-June 23). It’s scheduled to adjourn for the summer on June 23. It will break for 12 weeks (June 23-Sept. 18) and will resume sitting on Monday, Sept. 18. It will sit for three […]
We need a better plan for Wellington Street
PARLIAMENT HILL—Ottawa City Council reopened Wellington Street to traffic again in late April, but where is the vision for Canada’s capital city? The year-long closure of the street, following the 2022 occupation of the Freedom Convoy, has offered us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do something imaginative and exciting for this iconic street. Turning Wellington Street […]
In science we trust: a role for evidence and transparency in restoring faith in our democracy
If you weren’t already thinking about trust in government, then Canada’s current health-care crisis or recent allegations of foreign interference in our elections may have prompted you to start. Indeed, governments the world over have been contending with a global pandemic, rampant misinformation and disinformation, economic instability, and political polarization—to name just a few issues—and all of this has […]
This just in: Johnston to decide on inquiry on May 23
MONDAY, MAY 22 House Not Sitting—The House is adjourned for one week and will return again on Monday, May 29. It will sit for four consecutive weeks (May 29-June 23). It’s scheduled to adjourn for the summer on June 23. It will break for 12 weeks (June 23-Sept. 18) and will resume sitting on Monday, […]
Five Canadians receive Library and Archives Canada Scholar Awards; electric blue popular colour in the House; Goodale to talk U.K. politics; Sen. Woo on about being Chinese-Canadian
Five Canadians received the prestigious Library and Archives Canada Scholar Awards on May 11 at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa. The five winners were: novelist Anita Rau Badami; digital artist Eric Chan; writer, news anchor, and investigative reporter Michel Jean; playwright, actor and director Kevin Loring; and historian and author Dorothy Williams. The awards, […]
More transparency, addressing ‘epidemic of over-classification’ needed to tackle decades-long foreign election interference issues, say national security experts
Royal Military College of Canada professor Christian Leuprecht called Beijing’s subversion ‘the single greatest threat to Canada’s sovereignty and democratic way of life today.’
