Little wonder Dion and Trudeau didn’t get along
It is little wonder that Stéphane Dion and Justin Trudeau did not see eye to eye, according to Quebec author Jocelyn Coulon’s recent book, Un selfie avec Justin Trudeau, given Mr. Dion’s past behaviour. According to a previous speechwriter for Mr. Dion, who reluctantly tweaked Mr. Dion’s address following delivery to an audience in the […]
Tories take top prize in parliamentary basketball tournament that raises $26,500 for kids charity
We don’t know what’s going to happen in 2019, but at least on the basketball court the Conservatives bested the Liberals. Team Tory took the trophy from the two-time champion Grits at the seventh annual Parliamentary Basketball Tournament to benefit Christie Lake Kids on Sunday. Four teams—consisting of politicians and staffers from the Liberals, Conservatives […]
Conservatives using tour to capitalize on perfect moment to introduce Scheer to Quebecers, say politicos
With one pollster predicting the Conservatives will be the only realistic alternative to the Liberals in Quebec in 2019, the party has wisely embarked on a Listening to Quebecers tour to introduce its relatively unknown leader to Quebecers, emphasize its tough stance on immigration issues, and look for platform ideas. Observers also say the party should ride the […]
‘Too many unknowns’ to decide on summer move, Senators told, waiting could cost $11-million per month
Senators are as unsure as their House of Commons counterparts whether their temporary new home will be ready in time for a planned summer move. Any delay could cost $11-million per month, says the department in charge of the construction. During an April 19 Senate Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee meeting, Conservative Senator Scott […]
Ministers Duclos, Qualtrough hire new assistants
Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has recruited his Hill assistant, Valérie Glazer, to join his ministerial staff team. Until recently, Ms. Glazer had been a parliamentary assistant to Mr. Duclos on the Hill in his capacity as the Liberal MP for Quebec, Que., since August 2016, having spent that summer in Mr. Duclos’ MP office as […]
Newfoundland’s Ches Crosbie, the unlikely candidate, could now be premier
OTTAWA—Canadians’ embrace of dynastic politics continues. No, this isn’t another column about Doug Ford, who comes from a well-known political family. It’s about Ches Crosbie, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Crosbie, the son of Newfoundland and Labrador political legend John Crosbie, just did something his father was never […]
What would a reunified Korea look like? Better ask China
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the world’s focus was on the physical destruction of the concrete symbol of the Cold War between the communist east and democratic west. Miraculously, people danced atop a structure that, over three decades, dozens had been shot for going anywhere near. “The wall has suddenly become irrelevant,” declared Peter […]
Status of government bills
HOUSE OF COMMONS Second reading: C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 C-12, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Reestablishment and Compensation Act C-27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 C-28, An Act to amend […]
Independent Senate leader lays out plan to ‘modernize’ Red Chamber, waiting for signal government is ready to help
The leader of the largest group in the Senate laid out a list of changes to the rules, practices, and act governing the Upper Chamber that he said are needed in front of a committee of his peers last week. Independent Senator Yuen Pau Woo (B.C.) told the Senate Modernization Committee that the Parliament of […]
‘This is a historic moment for the people of Canada,’ House poised to vote on papal apology for residential schools
NDP MP Gord Johns talked about his two uncles who died after their lives were “completely destroyed” by the Indian residential schools, a fact long hidden from him because it was too painful for his family to talk about. Conservative MP Cathy McLeod (Kamloops-Thomson-Cariboo, B.C.) spoke about the quiet sadness in a First Nations community […]
