Committee hearings on antisemitism, Islamophobia risk causing more harm to campus safety

Fostering a campus climate of genuine safety for all students is possible. It begins with an intersectional approach that does not pit students against each other.
Non-affiliated Senators press Red Chamber to address their ‘second-class’ status

‘Without having a seat at the table… where legislation is discussed, bartered, and decided upon to receive its votes, our items are left in the cold,’ says Senator Mary Jane McCallum.
Rate cut good news for Liberals, but won’t shift voter views on economic record, say politicos

‘I don’t think people are going to wake up tomorrow feeling better about the government than they felt yesterday,’ says former Liberal PMO staffer Alex Kohut.
Poilievre’s messaging signals plans for an austerity agenda

Poilievre’s credentials as a member of the proletariat are lacking, but his skill in political scheming is not. He’s steering the discourse away from wages and government services, and towards austerity.
Joly plucks new operations head from within Lebouthillier’s team

Plus, Myah Tomasi is now press secretary to Treasury Board President Anita Anand.
Clones of 100-year-old elm tree planted on eastern slope of Parliament Hill

Six saplings cultivated at the University of Guelph from cuttings taken from the elm tree that was chopped down in 2019 were planted east of Centre Block last month.
Lobbying can play a positive role in Canadian governance

Not relying on the expertise of people who genuinely understand how government works would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Policy team shake-up in Innovation Minister Champagne’s shop

Along with changes to his policy team, Minister François-Philippe Champagne has a new regional affairs adviser for the West and North.
Calgary Liberal MP Chahal trying to ‘build coalition of support’ to stop deportation of truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash

Liberal MP George Chahal says he’s undertaking this initiative because Jaskirat Singh Sidhu and his family are his constituents, and it’s his moral duty to try to seek forgiveness on their behalf.
Former Conservative MP Lemieux to duke it out with his own ex-staffer Séguin for nomination in Prescott-Russell-Cumberland, Ont.

Julie Séguin, who worked in Pierre Lemieux’s constituency office and who now works for Conservative MP Tako Van Popta, is running for her party’s nomination in Prescott-Russell-Cumberland.