It’s a tiny Speaker…It’s a bloody man…It’s Superman!
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hair was a little slicker than usual on Tuesday, as he got into the Halloween spirit. Rogers Communications’ Hill reporter Cormac Mac Sweeney tweeted: “PM Justin Trudeau is dressed as Clark Kent/Superman for Halloween. He flashed the Superman logo on his way into the House. #cdnpoli” […]
Feds’ vague response to committee report will not protect whistleblowers, say critics
Opposition Members of Parliament and advocates are panning the government’s response last month to the House Government Operations Committee’s report on whistleblower legislation, saying it is too vague and takes no real action to further protect public-servant whistleblowers. The two-page response by Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) is being called a “brush-off” by […]
Right-wing provocateurs’ effect on democracy hard to ignore
Just as your left-wing friends probably gravitate to the Broadbent Institute-founded PressProgress, right-wingers tend to clamour for right-wing propaganda. Research has shown that consuming certain media affects how we see others and how we see ourselves, even if we don’t realize it—which is known as implicit or unconscious bias. This could explain why Andrew Scheer […]
Conservatives maintain fundraising lead in Q3, with Liberals gaining pace
The federal Conservatives edged out the governing Liberals in the battle to tap into Canadians’ wallets last quarter, drawing $3.6-million in donations over the past three months, in what the party is calling one of its best fundraising performances in a non-election year. The Liberals finished some $500,000 behind the Tories, racking up roughly $3.1-million […]
Canada’s ‘social agenda’ derailing NAFTA, says ex-Pence chief of staff
The former chief of staff to U.S. vice-president Mike Pence says Canada’s demands to include language on gender, Indigenous people, and climate change in the NAFTA negotiations have created an “obstacle” to progress, with no path forward. Bill Smith, now the president of the U.S. public relations firm Sextons Creek, told The Hill Times last […]
Prime Minister’s Office down one correspondence writer, office spent $8.4-million last year
The Prime Minister’s Office is down one correspondence writer in light of the recent departure of Jonathan Barry who left the week before last. Mr. Barry has been in the PMO since the Liberal government’s early days, having started in January 2016. He was campaign manager to now Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson in North Vancouver, B.C., […]
It’s ‘too inflammatory,’ federal Liberals tread carefully on Quebec’s niqab law, eyes on 2019 election
Quebec’s federal Liberal MPs are mostly sticking to the prime minister’s script when it comes to that province’s new law on religious face-coverings, signalling opposition to Bill 62 but holding off on criticism of the provincial Liberals that put it in place, or on any calls to walk back the legislation. Liberal MPs from that […]
Canada’s law enforcement and security services are in crisis
PARLIAMENT HILL—Last spring, after almost a year of delay, the government accepted Senate amendments to Bill C-7, an Act to Amend the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board Act, which will allow RCMP officers to form a union and negotiate a collective agreement. Unfortunately, passage of the […]
Appointing officers, agents, ambassadors and more
TORONTO—Who will be Canada’s next chief justice? Who will be the country’s new chief electoral officer? When will the federal government finally get its act together and replace or make permanent several officers of Parliament? Will the chief of the defence staff be replaced before the next federal election? As Justin Trudeau’s Liberals begin serving […]
Opposition research may finally bring Trump down, that’s the ticket
TORONTO—The 70 per cent of Americans who self-identify as Democrats or Independents share one thing: they hate, hate, hate Donald Trump. They want him gone. Impeached, indicted, whatever. Gone. The 30 per cent of Americans who still call themselves Republicans, however, love him. They adore him. They stick with him. No amount of controversy and […]
