U.S. election outcome doesn’t change policy issues, but Trump harder to predict, say pundits, lobbyists
Leadership in North America faces a potential shakeup with the U.S. election coming up in November, and Canada’s federal election coming by October of 2025 at the latest.
A timeline of political violence and rising security on Parliament Hill since 2014
Death threats, arson, violent imagery, vandalism, and more: Canadian politics is becoming more violent, MPs say.
‘Going to be a dog fight’: Libs in Newfoundland prepare for toughest electoral fight in a decade without high-profile minister Seamus O’Regan
‘There’s no real heir apparent,’ said former O’Regan campaign manager Charlie Byrne. ‘Seamus was a giant for the province at the cabinet table on the federal scene.’
Comms staff updates for Blair, Bibeau, Holland, and MacAulay
Plus, Gwendolyn Culver has been promoted to director of issues management and senior adviser for Arctic policy to Defence Minister Bill Blair.
What can we do about foreign interference? Fix nominations
The secrecy and lack of integrity in nominations sow doubt and distrust in our political system.
Feds reject Senate call to create advisory committee overseeing foreign service reform
The federal government accepted 23 of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee’s 28 recommendations on modernizing Canada’s foreign service, taking ‘note’ of five.
MP salary top-ups for committee, parlsec, and extra House duties
Just as party leaders, their top deputies, and cabinet ministers get extra pay for their added responsibilities, so, too, do the MPs taking on extra duties. That includes parliamentarians who hold leadership roles at committee, get tapped to work as parliamentary secretaries, are voted Speaker of the House, or sit on the top-secret National Security […]
‘ArriveCan is different than other scandals,’ say experts, warning improprieties ‘erode public confidence’
‘If we repeat the same mistakes, obviously we’re not doing the right thing,’ says Patrice Poitevin, a retired senior RCMP investigator.
Who’s who in the LRB
Senior staff in the caucus support office currently include directors Phil Ricard, Ian Perkins, Tristan Lamonica, Robert Zhu, and Patrick Weeks.
Former Ottawa city councillor Carol Anne Meehan, two current staffers and one ex-Hill staffer seek Conservative nomination in Ottawa West-Nepean to unseat Liberal MP Vandenbeld
If the Conservatives want a majority government in the next election, they will have to win ridings like Ottawa West-Nepean, says former Hill staffer now public servant Ryan Telford who is seeking the party’s nomination in that riding.
