Government seeks $10.3-billion in extra spending to close out the fiscal year
If approved before March 31, the government’s final spending update for 2022-23 would bring total budgetary spending for the year to $443.3-billion, a 7.1 per cent increase over the previous year.
New regional adviser among recent staff moves in Seniors Minister Khera’s office
Plus, policy adviser Maria Campbell left the seniors minister’s team in late January after almost two years.
Parliamentary facts from 1950s Canada
In 1953, in Moncton, then-external affairs minister Lester Pearson and Conservative MP John Diefenbaker each spoke at election rallies on the same night that a circus was performing. The Moncton Transcript rated their performances: ‘Circus first, Diefenbaker second, Pearson third.’ Nelson Wiseman digs into some highlights and lowlights in 1950s’ federal politics.
Freeland must ‘say no a lot’: strategic spending needed to craft ‘challenging’ budget, say former finance officials
The finance minister needs to have ‘some difficult conversations’ with her colleagues that will likely require strong ‘internal messaging’ and good ‘caucus management,’ says Liberal strategist Elliot Hughes.
Conservatives turn attacks into cash
If the Conservative Party of Canada handed out trophies to fundraisers, it would probably award one to CBC President Catherine Tait.
‘No miracle recipe’: new freelance interpreters not adding capacity to House, Senate services as injuries, attrition affect hours available
Though 10 people passed the recent accreditation exam, the Translation Bureau can’t ‘reallocate resources to either the Senate or the House,’ says new CEO Dominic Laporte.
Rouleau lays much of the blame for Ottawa’s occupation where it belongs—with Doug Ford
He reminds everyone that, under Canada’s federal system, restoring order in an Ontario city in the midst of near-riotous conditions is the remit of the Ontario government.
‘Mixed emotions’ in the north, anger in Toronto over final Ontario riding redraw draft
‘It seems like they just took a problem in Scarborough and moved it into North York,’ says Liberal MP Micheal Coteau, whose riding is being broken up and eliminated under the final proposal.
House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Ukraine travel wishes kiboshed due to safety concerns
Global Affairs and House of Commons security recommended against the Foreign Affairs Committee travelling to Ukraine as part of its current trip to Europe.
Fisheries Minister Murray promotes new parliamentary affairs director
Plus, former NDP director of communications Mélanie Richer is now a senior consultant for strategic communications with Earnscliffe Strategies.
