‘Suspended animation’: acting assignments pile up within House administration
Five key roles within the House of Commons administration are currently filled on an acting basis; meanwhile, the Senate has had a series of interim clerks since 2015.
AG Hogan to deliver five performance audits in House on Oct. 19
MONDAY, OCT. 16 House Sitting—The House will resume sitting on Monday, Oct. 16, and will sit for four consecutive weeks (Oct. 16-Nov. 10). It will break for one week (Nov. 13-17) and will resume sitting on Monday, Nov. 20, and will sit for four weeks (No. 20-Dec. 15). It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. […]
Space Canada’s Hill event to showcase astronaut David Saint-Jacques
Plus, new House Speaker Greg Fergus launches the 2024-2025 Page Program, and Ottawa is set to host the Canada-CARICOM Summit.
MPs applaud deputy clerk Michel Patrice, who bows out after three decades on the Hill
Plus, Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga is named a Politician of the Year by One Young World, and the five finalists for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, an award honouring a book of non-fiction that influences policy debate, have been announced.
This just in: Ed Broadbent writes a book with Frances Abele, Jonathan Sas, and Luke Savage
Plus, Cindy Lamoureux only Grit MLA elected in Manitoba; Michael Coteau elected Ontario Liberal caucus chair; Jacqueline O’Neill awarded; MLI to host talk on South China Sea; and Kim Campbell’s coming to town.
Pressed for space: Hill scribes have mixed views on continued closure of National Press Theatre
The NPT hosted its last press conference on March 16, 2020. Initially shuttered in part due to physical distancing concerns, it remains closed because of accessibility issues.
Bruce and Vicki Heyman to be special guests in Team Rubicon Canada’s ‘Salute to Service’ on Monday night in Ottawa
MONDAY, OCT. 2 House Sitting—The House won’t be sitting on Monday, Oct. 2, but will resume on Tuesday, Oct. 3, and will sit for the rest of the week. It will adjourn on Friday, Oct. 6, for a week. It will resume sitting on on Monday, Oct. 16, and will sit for four consecutive weeks […]
Lighting up Centre Block is a Nelson family tradition
‘It’s a legacy project for me. I would want to do it no matter what,’ says Chris Nelson, co-owner of Etobicoke, Ont.’s Lighting Nelson & Garrett.
Rota resignation the patently right thing to do
A resignation is often framed by strategists as a loss to be avoided at all costs. The thinking on this needs to change and be more human.
Liberals and Conservatives to focus on affordability crisis in fall sitting
Recent poll results from Abacus Data show Conservatives leading by 15 as federal government disapproval jumps four points.
