Famous 5 Ottawa speech: Celebrating New Zealand’s first female prime minister
Good evening, everyone. My name is Julia, and I am thrilled to be here today. I work at Global Affairs Canada, an organization with many international mandates, including political, trade, consular, and international assistance. I focus my efforts on international assistance, where we try to do things like eradicate poverty and support the empowerment of […]
Ontario now ranks first in Canada for representation of women
During elections where the losses are as big as the wins, it’s easy to miss the obvious. This may be especially true in Ontario where, in this past Thursday’s election, the distinct desire for change was an overriding preoccupation. This intense thirst for change overrode multiple and conflicting concerns, including the relative inexperience and polarizing […]
Diplomatic purge hurts the U.S. more than Trump’s Twitter diplomacy, says Farrow
Diplomacy in the U.S. may have been eroding for decades, but under the Trump administration, the purge of career diplomats has accelerated, undercutting the country’s credibility with its allies, says journalist Ronan Farrow, author of the recently released War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence, who was speaking at […]
Senate committee reviewing harassment policy hearing from staff, Senators in private
Senators and their staffers are able to air their harassment-related grievances behind closed doors over the next month, as a group tasked with overhauling the Upper Chamber’s harassment policy finally gets into gear. A subgroup of the Senate’s Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee has scheduled four meetings between May 29 and June 19 to […]
Ex-PMO photographer shuts Elgin Street studio, café
Jean-Marc Carisse, a former PMO photographer, says he decided to close down his photography studio, Carisse Studio Café and Photography Gallery located on Elgin Street near Somerset Street West in downtown Ottawa, due to a massive road construction project. In an email, Mr. Carisse said the brick-and-mortar space closed on May 25 but noted he […]
We need to talk about racism, ‘colour-blind society’ is not reality
Following the latest round of social media friction between Conservative MP Maxime Bernier and Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, in which he accused her of being too focused on her skin colour instead of his stated goal “to bring better policies to all Canadians,” reporters asked Conservative MPs about systemic racism on Monday. Featured in clips […]
Fix Indigenous issues, racial discrimination, countries tell Canada in UN human rights review
Indigenous issues continue to be a major blemish on Canada’s human rights record, according to countries reviewing Canada this month as part of a regular United Nations process, though there’s also an increase in calls to address other racial discrimination, particularly against Black Canadians. On May 11, a delegation led by Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould […]
G7 can’t exclude U.S., despite disagreements, say envoys
Diplomats representing G7 countries in Canada say the group can’t exclude the United States even if most members disagree with it on a growing number of issues, including most recently its decision to pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran. Senior diplomats posted to Canada from five G7 member states and the European Union, […]
With every new misconduct allegation, more questions are raised
The last week’s revelations about NDP MP Christine Moore have rocked Parliament Hill again in what seems to be a regular occurrence in the last several months. And they’ve raised new questions about how to deal with such allegations. CBC columnist Neil Macdonald last week broke the story in the mainstream press that Afghanistan veteran […]
Even if you’re not a New Democrat, you’ve got to feel for Jagmeet Singh
OTTAWA—Even if you aren’t a New Democrat you’ve got to feel a little bit for NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. It is as if he can neither make a break nor catch one. Even longtime Dippers, who usually have an abundance of optimism even when facts and the environment suggest they shouldn’t, are concerned about Singh’s […]
