A rundown of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s team
Director of media relations Sebastian Skamski is among the new additions to the leader’s office, and recent promotions include Alyssa Doig’s elevation to the title of director of caucus services.
Confronting ‘culture of secrecy’ at forefront of access to information fix, say advocates, as feds trumpet innovation remedies
After more than a dozen reviews of the access to information regime, the solutions to fixing the system are well-known, but opposition MPs, transparency advocates, and experts question if the government actually wants to do so.
Hybrid work in the federal public service is here to stay, there’s no going back to 2019
A new way of thinking is seriously required, one that demands a much bigger conversation about the future of downtown Ottawa. You may recall the ridicule heaped on a public service manager who suggested that employees should come back to the office in order to support a local Subway franchise. Bringing public servants back downtown is not going to make the Byward Market area any safer or resolve the LRT mess.
Reliving the year that was: The Hill Times’ top 10 most-read in 2022
The Conservative leadership race, its eventual winner Pierre Poilievre, and the Ottawa occupation by the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ dominated the interest of Hill Times readers in 2022.
Public Services Minister Jaczek boosts her new team
Two regional advisers have joined PSPC Minister Helena Jaczek’s office, with Justine Vincent covering the West and North and Dominic Morin covering Quebec.
Trade focus to split in 2023 between Indo-Pacific, U.S., as feds look to make progress on new pacts
Trade negotiations with India, Indonesia, and ASEAN will serve as a ‘cornerstone’ of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy, says global policy expert Kristen Hopewell.
High stakes for everyone: tests of Liberal-NDP deal and geopolitics to define 2023
For a country heading into 2023 already facing deep affordability and productivity issues, an epochal transition to a greener economy and relentless global competition for jobs and investment, how the government responds to this test of geopolitics will have high stakes for all of us, writes Jacquie LaRocque.
‘Speed was of the essence’ in rollout of COVID-19 benefit programs following AG’s report of overpayments, say experts, as feds set sights on recouping billions
In her recent bombshell report, the AG found $4.6-billion in COVID benefit overpayments to ineligible recipients, and another $27.4-billion that should be investigated further. Politicos and experts say the government had to get billions of dollars out the door quickly when the entire Canadian economy was shut down overnight in March 2020, but say it should now recover those billions accepted fraudulently.
Judge supply-and-confidence agreement’s success on getting ‘good things done’, not payoff at the ballot box, say NDP strategists
‘It’s just too soon’ to throw out the Liberal-NDP deal says Cam Holmstrom, noting NDP threats around withdrawing due to the ongoing health-care crisis are part of the party’s ‘bargaining position.’
Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador final riding proposals could help swing certain districts: Grenier
Plus, the electoral redistribution commission for Manitoba tabled its final proposal on Dec. 6, which includes a reversal of its suggested expansion of Churchill–Keewatinook Aski.
