A Chrystia carol: House wraps for the holidays as spectre of Freeland’s bombshell resignation haunts Liberal caucus
As the House rises for 2024, Liberal backbenchers get their turn in the spotlight following the fallout from Chrystia Freeland’s cabinet resignation.
Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
‘The timing is right’: Stephen Greene bids farewell to Senate
The now-former senator recently sat down to talk everything from ‘herding cats’ in his early days as chief of staff to Preston Manning, to ‘plotting’ Senate modernization.
Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier names a deputy chief of staff
Plus, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is down a senior policy adviser.
Freeland to release fall economic statement on Monday, Dec. 16
MONDAY, DEC. 16 House Sitting—The House is sitting every weekday until Dec. 17, and is scheduled to adjourn on that day for the Christmas holidays and break. It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will sit for 25 weeks over the year. It will sit Jan. 27-Feb. 14; Feb. 24-28; March 17-21; […]
Here’s a look at the current employment team under Minister Petitpas Taylor
Wyatt Westover is now press secretary to the employment minister, and Samantha Jerome was recently hired as a digital communications adviser.
Côté marks her half-century on the Hill as Long Service Awards are doled out
Plus, the Queen’s Gates are getting a facelift, Marie-Danielle Smith and Murad Hemmadi get mugged, and Philip Ling leaves as Mike Blanchfield returns.
Confederation sit-in cranks security concerns as MPs debate balance of right to protest with parliamentary privilege
‘Jews Say No to Genocide’ protest organizer Rachel Small says disruption was a ‘last resort’ after a year of outreach.
PPS investigates ‘suspicious package,’ finds it ‘unsuspicious’
The Wellington Building was evacuated during the lunch hour on Dec. 10, with police blocking off nearby streets.
MacKinnon scoops up Tassi staffer to fill parliamentary affairs team
With Chelsea Kusnick’s exit, FedDev Ontario Minister Filomena Tassi has promoted a new director of communications.
