Ministers Sohi, Duncan, Ng nab new talent from Liberal research bureau
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi recently scooped up veteran staffer Damien O’Brien to serve as a senior adviser for stakeholder relations in his office. Until recently, Mr. O’Brien was busy as director of strategic research in the Liberal research bureau (LRB) on the Hill, a role he first took on in September 2017 and officially […]
Majority of Canadians not sold on feds’ plan to tackle climate change, poll suggests
Federal Liberals shouldn’t give themselves too much credit for trying to lead action on the climate file, a recent poll suggests. A significant majority of Canadians gives the Trudeau government poor marks for its efforts to tackle climate change, according to a Forum Research poll. About 58 per cent of respondents rated those efforts as […]
‘Scheer needed this,’ federal Tories tighten hold on Leeds-Grenville riding in byelection
Federal Conservatives expanded the margin of victory in the Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Lakes and Rideau Lakes byelection, sinking the Liberals’ hopes of chipping away at their hold on the riding. Conservative Michael Barrett on Monday night handily captured the popular vote, increasing the party’s share by 11 percentage points, from 47 per cent in the 2015 general […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau to speak at AFN gathering; Conservatives maintain hold on Leeds-Grenville in byelection
Good Tuesday morning, Here’s what’s happening today: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding his regular cabinet meeting at 9:30 a.m. and will attend QP at 2 p.m. In the afternoon at 4:30 p.m., he’s slated to address delegates gathered for the Assembly of First Nations’ special chiefs assembly. He also plans to take part in a […]
Conservatives win Leeds-Grenville byelection, maintaining grip on riding
The Conservatives scored a decisive victory against the Liberals in Monday’s byelection, maintaining their hold on a riding that was formerly occupied by the late Conservative MP Gord Brown. With 65 of 238 polls reporting, the party’s Michael Barrett beat Liberal challenger Mary Jean McFall in the Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes byelection in Ontario, […]
Indigenous languages matter: MP Falcon-Ouellete dreams of day when House debates are translated in his native tongue
HOUSE CHAMBER—The House of Commons only allows translation into English and French. However, it is my dream that one day in the future, when we tune into CPAC on the television, and as we have more Indigenous members from across the country who are elected to the people’s House, we can watch it in Cree, […]
CAQ’s agenda could challenge federal parties
For the first time in 42 years, the curtain rose on the opening speech of a new party governing in Quebec’s National Assembly on Nov. 28. The circumstances could not have been more different than in 1976. Back then, the election of a Parti Québécois government had sent shock waves across the country. It propelled […]
PMO hires new special assistant for Canada-U.S. relations team
The Prime Minister’s Office recently hired Elise Wagner to join its Canada-U.S. relations team as a special assistant, overseen by director Brian Clow. Up until June, Ms. Wagner was busy working for the Ontario Liberals at Queen’s Park, last as an MPP liaison and correspondence officer to now former education minister Indira Naidoo-Harris. The Ontario Liberals were defeated […]
Morneau’s the voice of sunny optimism, but what if he’s wrong?
TORONTO—Finance Minister Bill Morneau is the voice of sunny optimism. But what if he is wrong? While Morneau’s recent fiscal outlook portrayed a country on the right track, a group of former high-level public servants, now in the private sector, has a much more sober message about prospects over the coming decade. Rather than seeing […]
More than eight kilometres of shelf run and one service elevator: inside the Library of Parliament’s move out of Centre Block
Moving books out of the Library of Parliament in the Centre Block building is a lot harder than it may seem, and not only because of the sheer volume of its collection, which includes more than 600,000 books. With 8.7 kilometres of shelf run and only one service elevator to transport those books, many of […]
