Staffers on the move post-shuffle as Rural Economic Development Minister Jordan continues to build team
Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan is slowly building up an experienced ministerial staff team. She recently hired Brian Kaufmann to take over as her director of communications. Mr. Kaufmann started on the job tackling media and communications for Ms. Jordan on Feb. 4, and before then was director of parliamentary affairs and operations in the Indigenous […]
Canada’s not ready to take Black History Month off the calendar
Black History Month in Canada has had some recent powerful successes. There’s a growing, greater understanding and appreciation of the intrinsic value of black contributions, in science, business, education, music, sports, and public policy throughout our nation. These advances in heightening the awareness in our country to the contributions of African Canadians is perhaps best […]
Canada’s wandered off global strategy path to diversify markets, economy
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Secret deals preventing access to prime ministerial papers
Secret multi-million-dollar deals are being made with former prime ministers (or their executors) to obtain their papers for archival purposes, and to pay for such expenses as office renovations and private researchers. The deals, made with Library and Archives Canada, also determine how long the papers are to be kept out of the public eye. […]
NDP ‘disheartened’ at party’s decline in Quebec, but messaging in line with voters’ priorities, says NDP MP Dubé
The federal NDP could be facing a big uphill battle in Quebec, with a recent poll suggesting their favourability has plummeted into single-digit territory. A recent Léger survey suggested that the NDP is lagging considerably behind with eight per cent of support in Quebec, while the Liberals lead with 39 per cent. The Conservatives and […]
How to reduce the regulatory burden
Ottawa recently expressed its intention to eliminate outdated regulatory requirements. While this is a welcome admission that the Canadian regulatory burden is weighing down our competitiveness compared with the United States, it would be even better to have a concrete plan to effectively reduce it. Even when regulation does serve a seemingly reasonable purpose—as it usually […]
‘We don’t take decisions like this lightly,’ Hill’s 100-year-old elm tree could be chopped down as part of Centre Block renovations
PARLIAMENT HILL—Parliament Hill’s oldest tree could be chopped down in order to make way for the Centre Block renovations. A review is underway to assess whether it is necessary to remove the roughly 100-year-old elm tree, planted east of Centre Block by the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, for the “construction associated with the […]
‘The time has come for me to say goodbye,’ former NDP MP Paul Dewar dies of brain cancer
Former NDP Member of Parliament Paul Dewar has died at age 56. A year after he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the former NDP foreign affairs critic, leadership candidate, and Ottawa Centre MP passed away at 5:15 a.m. on Feb. 6, according to a statement from his family provided to The Hill Times, with […]
Six-term Liberal MP Cuzner ‘disappointed’ he was left out of cabinet, not 100 per cent sure if he will seek re-election
PARLIAMENT HILL—After 19 years in federal politics, a veteran Liberal MP from Nova Scotia—who won his riding with the highest percentage of votes in his province, in 2015—is not 100 per cent sure if he will seek re-election in October. “Well, you know, I’m 99 per cent sure,” said Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner in an […]
Adam Vaughan apologizes for ‘whack’ tweet
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan apologized for a tweet he wrote on Saturday saying to “just whack” Ontario Premier Doug Ford. In the tweet, the Toronto-area MP also misspelled his former Toronto city council colleague calling him Doug “Frod.” “So Frod’s gang could get folks upset over hurting Kindergarten students instead of being angry over the […]
