Leitch’s campaign says mass email to supporters while pictured firing a handgun intended to communicate directly to gun owners, ‘very important’ community
OTTAWA—Conservative Party leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s email to supporters about her proposed firearm policies, which included a photo of her firing a 1972 Walther P1 handgun at a shooting range while discussing the “tradition of using firearms for hunting and for recreational purposes,” was intended to communicate to lawful gun owners who are important to the party, […]
Feds should take another look at electoral reform
OTTAWA—The government’s reasons for not putting in place a proportional representation system included their assertion that the House Electoral Reform Committee failed to propose an actual, detailed system for Canada. While the mixed-member proportional system got a lot of attention during the hearings, people were concerned about whether a party list would be required, and […]
Unfathomable jihadist forces Britain to confront ever-changing terror threat
LONDON, U.K.—When terrorists struck in London in the summer of 2005, the United Kingdom was plunged into shock of the kind that reverberated across the United States after 9/11. Tony Blair, who as prime minister was hosting world leaders at the annual G8 summit at Gleneagles golf resort in Scotland, hastily abandoned the conference to […]
Liberals won’t commit to meeting platform promises on transparency by next election
The government’s lead on Access to Information Act reform isn’t making any promises to change the law before Canadians go to the polls again in 2019. Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) wouldn’t commit to completing before the next election the changes to Canada’s access to information regime that the government has promised—including opening […]
The week ahead in committees
Wednesday, March 29 The Senate Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators Committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 356-S, Centre Block, to consider an inquiry report of the Senate Ethics Officer. The meeting will be held in camera. The Senate Human Rights Committee will meet at 11:30 a.m. in Room 9, Victoria Building. The meeting will be […]
Parliament’s budget nearing $700-million, up almost 18 per cent in Trudeau era
The Trudeau government is planning to increase funding for Parliament again this year, bringing it close to $100-million higher than when the Liberals first took office, as costs for salaries, offices, and benefits grow along with membership in the expanded House and revamped Senate. Money set aside for the Hill, including costs for security and […]
Innovation Minister Bains hires new press secretary
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains has a new press secretary on his ministerial staff team, after his old one, Philip Proulx, was scooped up to work as a special assistant in the PMO’s senior adviser unit. Karl W. Sasseville officially started on the job as press secretary to Mr. Bains on March […]
Bill Rompkey and me: How a young PC staffer and a Liberal MP sparked a 20-year friendship
OTTAWA—Class, grace, and kindness aren’t often words you hear associated with politicians nowadays. Bill Rompkey, the former cabinet minister, Senator, and long-time Parliamentarian who passed away last week at the age of 80, possessed them all. Rompkey was the kind of guy you’d want to grow up to be, or show you the ropes—as he […]
Leitch pictured firing Walther P1 in fundraising email to her Conservative Party supporters, not a Nazi-era handgun, says gun owner
OTTAWA—An email blast from Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch to supporters shows her firing a 1972 Walther P1, not what two national gun associations had identified as a Nazi-era semi-automatic weapon, a 9mm Walther P38, the owner of the gun told The Hill Times later Tuesday night after reading the story. “The handgun is not a P38. […]
‘This is a big deal for us,’ talks continue over plans for Hill media security screening
Talks are ongoing between the Parliamentary Press Gallery and House of Commons officials and concerns remain over a proposed security-screening process for new reporters. “We’re still in a fact-finding and a discussion stage,” said Tonda MacCharles, the new president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery and a Toronto Star reporter. “This is a big deal for […]
