Heating problems leave Global Affairs staff out in the cold, working from home
Global Affairs Canada employees at the Lester B. Pearson Building were sent home twice in January after problems with the building’s heating system, a problem the union says employees have been grappling with for more than a year. The temperatures were too low on Jan. 8 and Jan. 15 for employees to work, the government […]
Substance vs. celebrity: which matters to voters?
Re: “Democracy or dynasty? It’s getting hard to tell the difference,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 5, p. 10). This is an interesting column, but the last sentence—“Voters may be drawn to celebrity, but they chose based on substance”—has me puzzled. Susan Riley cites Michael Ignatieff as an example of a high-born dabbler without humility and conviction. […]
Feds’ pot legalization could be delayed beyond July 1 deadline
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says Ottawa could delay legalizing recreational marijuana for months after necessary legislation is passed into law to allow lower orders of government more time to set up new retail facilities and production channels. “They told us they need eight to 12 weeks following royal assent for preparatory activities to occur, […]
Email exchange shows Green leader May involved in choosing lawyer for her own investigation
An email exchange shows Green Party leader Elizabeth May was involved in hiring the lawyer who will lead the investigation on allegations of workplace bullying against her and was involved in the process of how the investigation would be conducted. The email obtained by The Hill Times dated Feb. 2, which is between current Green […]
Singh must unite a fractious NDP
It’s a divided NDP family that will gather in Ottawa late next week for the party’s first national convention under leader Jagmeet Singh. The last time the New Democrats got together, two years ago in Edmonton, the issue of Thomas Mulcair’s leadership split the convention down the middle. He resigned after having lost a confidence […]
Innovation is the talk of the town
Innovation is the talk of Ottawa, with the government having made it the centrepiece theme of its last budget, and currently preparing to roll out billions of dollars in innovation-enhancing policy programs. Yet while artificial intelligence, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, and other fields are getting the lion’s share of attention, it is critical we not […]
On the front lines: constituency aides are an MP’s ‘eyes and ears,’ says NDP MP Kwan, and her team is a busy one
No two ridings are the same, and with a large immigrant population, more than 70 different languages spoken, and a high proportion of low-income families, NDP MP Jenny Kwan’s downtown riding of Vancouver East, B.C. is one of the busiest in Canada. “We fly by the seat of our pants a lot of the time,” […]
Faced with nomination challenges, five-term Conservative MP Tilson ‘undecided’ if he will run in 2019
Faced with two nomination challenges, Ontario Conservative MP David Tilson says he’s still undecided if he will seek re-election in 2019, but denies that the challenges are the reason why he may choose not to run next time. “I haven’t made up my mind, I don’t know yet,” said Mr. Tilson (Dufferin-Caledon, Ont.) in an […]
A Canadian partnership to address dementia
PARLIAMENT HILL —Today, roughly 564,000 Canadians will struggle with dementia. This will not only present a frustrating and frightening challenge to them, but to their loved ones as well. In less than 15 years, that number is expected to increase to nearly one million. It is estimated that by this time, the total direct and […]
Palliative care, the next step for Canada
With Bill C-277, “An Act Providing for the Development of a Framework on Palliative Care in Canada,” receiving royal assent in December 2017, there is a real opportunity to accelerate plans to fill the gap that exists in palliative care across Canada. Consider that upwards of 70 per cent of Canadians have no access to palliative […]
