Inside West Block, the House Chamber’s home for the next decade
With seven years of renovations nearly complete, the media got a tour on June 15 inside the West Block building, the interim home for the House of Commons Chamber for at least a decade once Centre Block closes in 2019. It was the first peek for the press inside the space, along with the new […]
Trudeau owes surge in approval to Trump bump, poll suggests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is experiencing a Trump bump of his own, particularly in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, a recent poll suggests. In a recent Angus Reid Institute survey, Mr. Trudeau saw a double-digit surge of 12 points in his approval rating since March, thanks to his forceful response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sabre […]
Don’t blame supply management on U.S. dairy’s woes
As a childish, bullying, narcissistic, and hugely ill-informed U.S. president insults our own prime minister as “weak and dishonest,” we should not feel pressured to do what he wants–which is to use NAFTA negotiations to dismantle our supply management system for dairy, poultry, and egg producers–to appease him. U.S. President Donald Trump is a dirty […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau, Freeland, Champagne meet with youth council; MacAulay plays host to Trump’s agriculture secretary; Duncan checks in with the frogs at Toronto Zoo
Happy Friday, Word on the street is that Centre Block will officially remain open to visitors throughout the summer. The decade-long renovation, which was expected to start after the summer recess, has been pushed off until January. Hill reporters are being given a tour of West Block and the Visitor Welcome Centre this morning between 8:30 […]
Centre Block closure, renos delayed until after summer
After months of uncertainty, it was made official today that Centre Block would be open for business this summer after all, delaying until January the planned decade-long renovation that was expected to begin after the House of Commons and Senate vacate the building after rising this month. The Senate’s Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee—a […]
Conservatives ought to use ‘street cred’ with Republicans to blitz Trump-friendly media to support united Canadian front: Tory foreign affairs critic
The Conservative foreign affairs critic says he and his caucus colleagues ought to use their “street cred” with American Republicans to blitz conservative media outlets and defend Canada to the U.S. president’s base amid a united front from Parliamentarians of all stripes backing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s response to the Trump administration’s harsh criticism of Canada on […]
Nothing safe about the U.S. for Central American refugees
The recent visit of Canadian human rights worker Karen Spring to Ottawa as she attempted to convince Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland to go to bat for her imprisoned human rights advocate husband, Edwin Espinal, should remind us how bad things really are in our own hemisphere. Espinal has been locked up in a military prison in […]
Climate leader? Trudeau needs to walk the talk
Never before has the health of our global climate and environment been in such a precarious position. The fight against climate change is one of our generation’s biggest challenges, and the world needs Canada to show leadership. The Prime Minister has repeatedly claimed, in Canada and abroad, that Canada will be a leader in fighting […]
Hill-union contract talks to pick up over summer, fall
As the core public service tries to nail down new contracts with the federal government, many of Parliament Hill’s unionized employees are also getting ready to exchange demands with their employers through the summer and fall. With most collective agreements between the House of Commons, the Senate, and their respective unions expiring this year, the […]
Crazily, Trump wants a trade war; Canada better gear up
OTTAWA—Last weekend, Canadians got an indication of what they are really dealing with when it comes to United States President Trump. Annoyed that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a wrap-up G7 press conference that Canada would not be pushed around by its American neighbour, Trump blew up and began a verbal attack on Trudeau that […]
