Greenwood joins the Red Chamber
Plus, former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s new book hits shelves, and Senator Leo Housakos and Uyghur human rights leader and lawyer Nury Turkel will join author Benedict Rogers to discuss new book on Chinese government.
‘We’ve got to speak with everyone’: new Congress will bring new Canadian outreach efforts on Capitol Hill
‘Ultimately, you need to build relationships with everyone, and you need to be relentless,’ says former PMO Canada-U.S. relations staffer Simon Beauchemin.
Better analysis needed on balance of diplomats abroad and at home, says Sajjan
Canada’s foreign service is highly concentrated in Ottawa with only around 18 per cent of its diplomats posted abroad.
A week that could reverberate in Canada and beyond for years
From the U.S. midterm elections, to policies on China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, last week saw an unusual constellation of events.
Is immigration the next Ottawa-Quebec battle?
Quebec nationalists face a ‘Hobson’s choice’: accept new immigrants as equal to ‘old stock Québécois,’ or shrink to a tiny fraction of the continent.
‘Just be sustainable’: Green Party renewal will require message of stability, prioritization of issues
‘It is so critical that, as Greens, we put democracy ahead of politics,’ says Ontario Green MP Mike Morrice.
Policy adviser exits for revenue, innovation ministers
Plus, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has promoted a new press secretary in his office, and there are additions to note for Heritage Minister and Quebec Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez.
Reconciliation is not voluntary, so the National Reconciliation Council needs to be a commission, not a non-profit
Bill C-29 is finally in discussion. But a National Council of Reconciliation, set up as a non-profit, will lack the teeth to demand accountability.
Anger and hate didn’t work, Trump couldn’t hang it all on Sleepy Joe
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre can imitate Trumpian politics to his heart’s content. But that is old, tired, and empty politics.
Trudeau ‘COPs out’ on the world climate stage
Perhaps Justin Trudeau thinks Canada has a better story to tell on biodiversity—although, this, like everything, is influenced by climate change. Or, when it comes to COP27, maybe he just decided to quit while he is behind.
