OGGO takes centre stage as top committee arena for uncovering ‘scandals’ and ‘bombshells’
The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee’s work made headlines in 2023 for its scrutiny of government spending, including studies into the ArriveCAN app and McKinsey contracts.
Readying the spring-sitting scorecard
The prime minister’s resilience, the opposition’s strategy, the U.S. election, and the Canadian economy make for interesting watching between now and June.
Liberals decamp to Ottawa for caucus retreat
Plus, agricultural leader Mary Robinson is named as the newest Senator for P.E.I., Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith says this is last hurrah, and Irish Ambassador Eamonn McKee is hosting a celebration of women on Feb. 1.
Parliament construction work chugs ahead, as new acting LTVP point person steps in
Jennifer Garrett has been tapped to replace Rob Wright as the assistant deputy minister responsible for overseeing Hill renovations on an interim basis.
Greg Fergus and Parliament’s structural bind
In Parliament, decency has lost ground to indecency as the political parties vie to control the national discourse.
Quartet of recent hires in offices of ministers Saks, Duclos
Changes in Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ office include the addition of three new regional affairs advisers.
Quebec Liberals want Champagne for the provincial leadership—and he’s not ruling it out
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s name generates the ‘most interest and enthusiasm’ amongst Quebec Liberals for the provincial party’s top job, says a top Quebec Liberal Party source.
‘Bring it on’: Liberal MP Powlowski challenges Poilievre as Conservatives eye Lib, NDP Northern Ontario ridings
With the current polling trends, the Conservatives could sweep all Northern Ontario ridings at the next election, says David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.
Trudeau should proactively release all details he submitted to ethics commissioner prior to Jamaica trip’s approval
The prime minister should make clear that he did play by the rules on his Jamaica junket. Even though the ethics commissioner can’t reveal what he was told about the trip, Trudeau could.
Liberals trailing Conservatives ‘new normal’ in federal politics, says pollster
Sitting back and expecting the Conservatives to self-destruct ‘is the kind of thinking that people use when they buy lottery tickets,’ a former senior Liberal says. Meanwhile, Liberal pundit Scott Reid says if the current poll were a movie, it would be The Exorcist. ‘For Liberals, it’s that goddamned scary.’
