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Mike Lapointe has been with The Hill Times since 2019, and covers the federal public service, public service unions, the Parliament Hill media, as well as federal politics and policy. He’s reported on the last three federal elections, public health issues throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022 convoy protest in downtown Ottawa. He can be reached at mlapointe@hilltimes.com.

Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals

  • 'Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,' says
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 5, 2024
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge, left, says the Liberal government's approach 'contrasts sharply' with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's plan to 'defund and dismantle' an organization that 'millions of Canadians count on.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 5, 2024
  • 'Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,' says

Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 5, 2024
  • 'Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,' says
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge, left, says the Liberal government's approach 'contrasts sharply' with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's plan to 'defund and dismantle' an organization that 'millions of Canadians count on.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

If you’re looking for Poilievre, he’s in northern Ontario

  • Plus, The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada comes out in October; Canada Post celebrates Norman Jewison; Matt Luloff charged with impaired
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 29, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is on the road in northern Ontario this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If you’re looking for Poilievre, he’s in northern Ontario

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 29, 2024
  • Plus, The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada comes out in October; Canada Post celebrates Norman Jewison; Matt Luloff charged with impaired

If you’re looking for Poilievre, he’s in northern Ontario

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 29, 2024
  • Plus, The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada comes out in October; Canada Post celebrates Norman Jewison; Matt Luloff charged with impaired
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is on the road in northern Ontario this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Influx of names on byelection ballots shows ‘frustration’ with first-past-the-post system, say electoral reform advocates

  • Political science professor Laura Stephenson says a system of government that favours coalitions could ‘decrease some of that party hate’ embedded in Canadian politics.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 24, 2024
Conservative MP-elect Don Stewart—pictured with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and supporters—won the June 24 Toronto-St. Paul's byelection that saw the names of 84 candidates on the ballot, part of a protest against the electoral system. Photograph courtesy of X

Influx of names on byelection ballots shows ‘frustration’ with first-past-the-post system, say electoral reform advocates

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 24, 2024
  • Political science professor Laura Stephenson says a system of government that favours coalitions could ‘decrease some of that party hate’ embedded in Canadian politics.

Influx of names on byelection ballots shows ‘frustration’ with first-past-the-post system, say electoral reform advocates

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 24, 2024
  • Political science professor Laura Stephenson says a system of government that favours coalitions could ‘decrease some of that party hate’ embedded in Canadian politics.
Conservative MP-elect Don Stewart—pictured with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and supporters—won the June 24 Toronto-St. Paul's byelection that saw the names of 84 candidates on the ballot, part of a protest against the electoral system. Photograph courtesy of X

Conservatives could pick up seats in Quebec by targeting Bloc and Liberal ridings where Tories came in second, say experts

  • Pocketbook issues 'play pretty well in Quebec with the Bloc voters, as they are in the rest of the country,' says David Boudeweel-Lefebvre, founder
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 22, 2024
Experts say the Conservatives, under leader Pierre Poilievre, have had some trouble breaking into Quebec, but that the next general election may offer some inroads in close ridings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives could pick up seats in Quebec by targeting Bloc and Liberal ridings where Tories came in second, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 22, 2024
  • Pocketbook issues 'play pretty well in Quebec with the Bloc voters, as they are in the rest of the country,' says David Boudeweel-Lefebvre, founder

Conservatives could pick up seats in Quebec by targeting Bloc and Liberal ridings where Tories came in second, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 22, 2024
  • Pocketbook issues 'play pretty well in Quebec with the Bloc voters, as they are in the rest of the country,' says David Boudeweel-Lefebvre, founder
Experts say the Conservatives, under leader Pierre Poilievre, have had some trouble breaking into Quebec, but that the next general election may offer some inroads in close ridings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

  • Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
Globe and Mail columnist and award-winning author Tanya Talaga has written a new book, The Knowing, published by HarperCollinsCanada. It will be released on Aug. 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the
Globe and Mail columnist and award-winning author Tanya Talaga has written a new book, The Knowing, published by HarperCollinsCanada. It will be released on Aug. 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative Party’s path to government could be paved without major inroads into Quebec, say pollsters

  • Pierre Poilievre is already in majority territory without a big breakthrough in Quebec, says pollster Nik Nanos, alluding to how Stephen Harper had won
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently said his party has 'a chance for a breakthrough' in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative Party’s path to government could be paved without major inroads into Quebec, say pollsters

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Pierre Poilievre is already in majority territory without a big breakthrough in Quebec, says pollster Nik Nanos, alluding to how Stephen Harper had won

Conservative Party’s path to government could be paved without major inroads into Quebec, say pollsters

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Pierre Poilievre is already in majority territory without a big breakthrough in Quebec, says pollster Nik Nanos, alluding to how Stephen Harper had won
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently said his party has 'a chance for a breakthrough' in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Unions, advocacy groups cautiously optimistic about Anand’s call for extension of ’25-and-out’ pensions

  • Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the cost of expanding early retirement eligibility is estimated to include a one-time cost of approximately $175-million and
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2024
Treasury Board President Anita Anand
Treasury Board President Anita Anand
Treasury Board President Anita Anand announced on June 12 that the government will introduce legislative changes to expand the eligibility for early pensions this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Unions, advocacy groups cautiously optimistic about Anand’s call for extension of ’25-and-out’ pensions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2024
  • Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the cost of expanding early retirement eligibility is estimated to include a one-time cost of approximately $175-million and

Unions, advocacy groups cautiously optimistic about Anand’s call for extension of ’25-and-out’ pensions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2024
  • Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the cost of expanding early retirement eligibility is estimated to include a one-time cost of approximately $175-million and
Treasury Board President Anita Anand
Treasury Board President Anita Anand announced on June 12 that the government will introduce legislative changes to expand the eligibility for early pensions this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Three new books to keep an eye out for this fall

  • Plus, Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi plays a mean electric guitar, Kirbie hires Boissoneau, Grit MP James Maloney treasures friendship with Irish ambassador,
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 8, 2024
Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice, by Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen; What She Said: Conversations About Equality, by The Globe and Mail's award-winning journalist Elizabeth Renzetti; and Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests, by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, will be released this fall. Book covers courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada

Three new books to keep an eye out for this fall

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 8, 2024
  • Plus, Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi plays a mean electric guitar, Kirbie hires Boissoneau, Grit MP James Maloney treasures friendship with Irish ambassador,

Three new books to keep an eye out for this fall

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 8, 2024
  • Plus, Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi plays a mean electric guitar, Kirbie hires Boissoneau, Grit MP James Maloney treasures friendship with Irish ambassador,
Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice, by Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen; What She Said: Conversations About Equality, by The Globe and Mail's award-winning journalist Elizabeth Renzetti; and Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests, by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, will be released this fall. Book covers courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada

‘Historic,’ first female chief of defence staff Carignan has steep road ahead in recruiting and procurement, say military experts

  • With both internal and external pressures on the Canadian Armed Forces, this is an 'extremely challenging' time for any new chief of defence staff
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2024
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan arrives at the Prime Minister’s Office in West Block before the Liberal cabinet meeting on Jan. 30, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Historic,’ first female chief of defence staff Carignan has steep road ahead in recruiting and procurement, say military experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2024
  • With both internal and external pressures on the Canadian Armed Forces, this is an 'extremely challenging' time for any new chief of defence staff

‘Historic,’ first female chief of defence staff Carignan has steep road ahead in recruiting and procurement, say military experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2024
  • With both internal and external pressures on the Canadian Armed Forces, this is an 'extremely challenging' time for any new chief of defence staff
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan arrives at the Prime Minister’s Office in West Block before the Liberal cabinet meeting on Jan. 30, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Younger people in ‘survival mode’ as affordability crisis ticks on, say pundits, leaving little room for Liberals to make up lost ground to Conservatives

  • Unlike the embattled prime minister, 'no one has really any expectations' of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre before the election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 2, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals may be past the point of no return, politicos agree. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Younger people in ‘survival mode’ as affordability crisis ticks on, say pundits, leaving little room for Liberals to make up lost ground to Conservatives

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 2, 2024
  • Unlike the embattled prime minister, 'no one has really any expectations' of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre before the election, says pollster Greg Lyle.

Younger people in ‘survival mode’ as affordability crisis ticks on, say pundits, leaving little room for Liberals to make up lost ground to Conservatives

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 2, 2024
  • Unlike the embattled prime minister, 'no one has really any expectations' of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre before the election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals may be past the point of no return, politicos agree. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s your last chance to vote in The Hill Times’ best of politics in 2024, make it count

  • Plus, Norway's ambassador to Canada died on June 17, editor picked to head up Washington Post turns it down, new Chinese ambassador hosts welcome
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2024
The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

It’s your last chance to vote in The Hill Times’ best of politics in 2024, make it count

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2024
  • Plus, Norway's ambassador to Canada died on June 17, editor picked to head up Washington Post turns it down, new Chinese ambassador hosts welcome

It’s your last chance to vote in The Hill Times’ best of politics in 2024, make it count

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2024
  • Plus, Norway's ambassador to Canada died on June 17, editor picked to head up Washington Post turns it down, new Chinese ambassador hosts welcome
The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Global News hit by five cuts to Parliamentary Press Gallery personnel, as media company slashes 35 unionized jobs across the country

  • CIBC said it is skeptical about Global News' parent firm Corus’ ability to pay down and refinance its debts.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 26, 2024
Corus, the parent company of Global News, is laying of 35 employees across the country 'as part of our ongoing evaluation of our business and continued enterprise efficiency review,' according to a spokesperson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Global News hit by five cuts to Parliamentary Press Gallery personnel, as media company slashes 35 unionized jobs across the country

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 26, 2024
  • CIBC said it is skeptical about Global News' parent firm Corus’ ability to pay down and refinance its debts.

Global News hit by five cuts to Parliamentary Press Gallery personnel, as media company slashes 35 unionized jobs across the country

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 26, 2024
  • CIBC said it is skeptical about Global News' parent firm Corus’ ability to pay down and refinance its debts.
Corus, the parent company of Global News, is laying of 35 employees across the country 'as part of our ongoing evaluation of our business and continued enterprise efficiency review,' according to a spokesperson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst’: Canada should get ready for second Trump presidency, say foreign policy experts

  • Despite the fact that Donald Trump is now the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes, it hasn't affected his polling.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and former U.S. president Donald Trump. Despite being a convicted felon, Trump is polling high in the race against Biden. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and courtesy of Flickr

‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst’: Canada should get ready for second Trump presidency, say foreign policy experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Despite the fact that Donald Trump is now the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes, it hasn't affected his polling.

‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst’: Canada should get ready for second Trump presidency, say foreign policy experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Despite the fact that Donald Trump is now the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes, it hasn't affected his polling.
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and former U.S. president Donald Trump. Despite being a convicted felon, Trump is polling high in the race against Biden. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and courtesy of Flickr

Former Elections Canada chief electoral officer Jean-Marc Hamel dies

  • Plus, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore to step down, Jonathan Malloy elected Canadian Political Science Association president, Pierre Poilievre hosts garden party for third-language media
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
Jean-Marc Hamel was Canada's chief electoral officer from 1966 to 1990. He died on May 24 at the age of 99. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

Former Elections Canada chief electoral officer Jean-Marc Hamel dies

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Plus, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore to step down, Jonathan Malloy elected Canadian Political Science Association president, Pierre Poilievre hosts garden party for third-language media

Former Elections Canada chief electoral officer Jean-Marc Hamel dies

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Plus, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore to step down, Jonathan Malloy elected Canadian Political Science Association president, Pierre Poilievre hosts garden party for third-language media
Jean-Marc Hamel was Canada's chief electoral officer from 1966 to 1990. He died on May 24 at the age of 99. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

Two new books out for politicos

  • Plus, Matthew Green honours the late Peter Rosenthal; Art of Leadership Women conference begins; Elizabeth May mourns loss of St. Anne's Anglican Church; Ottawa
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
Two new books: History Has Made Us Friends, and Voting Online are out. Book cover images courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Two new books out for politicos

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Plus, Matthew Green honours the late Peter Rosenthal; Art of Leadership Women conference begins; Elizabeth May mourns loss of St. Anne's Anglican Church; Ottawa

Two new books out for politicos

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Plus, Matthew Green honours the late Peter Rosenthal; Art of Leadership Women conference begins; Elizabeth May mourns loss of St. Anne's Anglican Church; Ottawa
Two new books: History Has Made Us Friends, and Voting Online are out. Book cover images courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Anand says feds’ return to office directive ‘not a political decision’ as public service unions push back

  • As unions keep fighting the three-day in-office mandate, a Treasury Board spokesperson said senior figures in the secretariat made the decision with the support
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
Public Service Alliance of Canada members, as well as other federal and national union members, protested outside Treasury Board's headquarters last week in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

Anand says feds’ return to office directive ‘not a political decision’ as public service unions push back

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • As unions keep fighting the three-day in-office mandate, a Treasury Board spokesperson said senior figures in the secretariat made the decision with the support

Anand says feds’ return to office directive ‘not a political decision’ as public service unions push back

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • As unions keep fighting the three-day in-office mandate, a Treasury Board spokesperson said senior figures in the secretariat made the decision with the support
Public Service Alliance of Canada members, as well as other federal and national union members, protested outside Treasury Board's headquarters last week in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

  • Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state,
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
Bernadette Betchi, who has joined the Black Class Action Lawsuit in the Federal Court of Canada and is employed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, left, Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, and Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state,

‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state,
Bernadette Betchi, who has joined the Black Class Action Lawsuit in the Federal Court of Canada and is employed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, left, Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, and Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

  • According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
The Ottawa area, including Gatineau, Que., was engulfed in smoke last summer as wildfires raged across the country in a record-breaking year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and
The Ottawa area, including Gatineau, Que., was engulfed in smoke last summer as wildfires raged across the country in a record-breaking year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nahlah Ayed has a new book out, The War We Won Apart

  • Plus, former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie launches a newsletter, and former CTV journalist Daniele Hamamdjian is joining NBC News in London, U.K.,
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
Nahla Ayed, author of The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII. Images and photographs courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada and Carleton University

Nahlah Ayed has a new book out, The War We Won Apart

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • Plus, former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie launches a newsletter, and former CTV journalist Daniele Hamamdjian is joining NBC News in London, U.K.,

Nahlah Ayed has a new book out, The War We Won Apart

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • Plus, former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie launches a newsletter, and former CTV journalist Daniele Hamamdjian is joining NBC News in London, U.K.,
Nahla Ayed, author of The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII. Images and photographs courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada and Carleton University

‘Tremendously important appointment’: public service stalwart Bill Matthews moves into top role as secretary of Treasury Board at a sticky time

  • Experts hint at the 'triangle' between the Secretary of the Treasury Board, the Privy Council Clerk, and the Deputy Finance Minister, all three of
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
Bill Matthews, left, is now the Secretary of the Treasury Board following a May 24 shuffle in the public service's senior ranks. Catherine Blewett, the previous secretary, is now a senior adviser in the Privy Council Office. Stefanie Beck is the new deputy minister of defence. Photographs courtesy of the Government of Canada

‘Tremendously important appointment’: public service stalwart Bill Matthews moves into top role as secretary of Treasury Board at a sticky time

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Experts hint at the 'triangle' between the Secretary of the Treasury Board, the Privy Council Clerk, and the Deputy Finance Minister, all three of

‘Tremendously important appointment’: public service stalwart Bill Matthews moves into top role as secretary of Treasury Board at a sticky time

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Experts hint at the 'triangle' between the Secretary of the Treasury Board, the Privy Council Clerk, and the Deputy Finance Minister, all three of
Bill Matthews, left, is now the Secretary of the Treasury Board following a May 24 shuffle in the public service's senior ranks. Catherine Blewett, the previous secretary, is now a senior adviser in the Privy Council Office. Stefanie Beck is the new deputy minister of defence. Photographs courtesy of the Government of Canada

Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings confronts cancer again, writes her story in Montreal Gazette

  • Plus, Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, calls Trudeau ‘most consequential’ prime minister in his lifetime, and Liberal MP and assistant deputy
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings, pictured in 2009 on the Hill, served in a number of parliamentary secretary roles during her time representing Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Que., from 1997 to 2011. She is battling cancer once again. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings confronts cancer again, writes her story in Montreal Gazette

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Plus, Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, calls Trudeau ‘most consequential’ prime minister in his lifetime, and Liberal MP and assistant deputy

Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings confronts cancer again, writes her story in Montreal Gazette

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Plus, Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, calls Trudeau ‘most consequential’ prime minister in his lifetime, and Liberal MP and assistant deputy
Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings, pictured in 2009 on the Hill, served in a number of parliamentary secretary roles during her time representing Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Que., from 1997 to 2011. She is battling cancer once again. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion finally open, but energy experts warn it’s not enough to boost Canada’s languishing economy

  • The bigger pipeline now provides Canadian oil shippers with nearly 600,000 barrels per day of new capacity. But the delayed and costly project raises
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
Burnaby Terminal is the end point of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, and is a distribution point for crude oil and refined products to local terminals. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion finally open, but energy experts warn it’s not enough to boost Canada’s languishing economy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • The bigger pipeline now provides Canadian oil shippers with nearly 600,000 barrels per day of new capacity. But the delayed and costly project raises

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion finally open, but energy experts warn it’s not enough to boost Canada’s languishing economy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • The bigger pipeline now provides Canadian oil shippers with nearly 600,000 barrels per day of new capacity. But the delayed and costly project raises
Burnaby Terminal is the end point of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, and is a distribution point for crude oil and refined products to local terminals. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

‘Wînipêk Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre’ set to hit bookshelves this month

  • Plus, Lawn Summer Nights returns this summer to support Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
Winnipeg Free Press columnist and professor in the department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba Niigan Sinclair has a new book coming out later this month. Handout image

‘Wînipêk Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre’ set to hit bookshelves this month

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • Plus, Lawn Summer Nights returns this summer to support Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

‘Wînipêk Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre’ set to hit bookshelves this month

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • Plus, Lawn Summer Nights returns this summer to support Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Winnipeg Free Press columnist and professor in the department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba Niigan Sinclair has a new book coming out later this month. Handout image

‘We wanted answers’: federal public service unions protest government’s return to workplace policy

  • A recent Angus Reid poll found that 59 per cent of Canadians support federal workers spending more time in the office and less time
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 24, 2024
Members of Canada's public service unions gathered outside of Ottawa's City Hall on May 23 to protest the federal government's back-to-workplace policies. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

‘We wanted answers’: federal public service unions protest government’s return to workplace policy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 24, 2024
  • A recent Angus Reid poll found that 59 per cent of Canadians support federal workers spending more time in the office and less time

‘We wanted answers’: federal public service unions protest government’s return to workplace policy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 24, 2024
  • A recent Angus Reid poll found that 59 per cent of Canadians support federal workers spending more time in the office and less time
Members of Canada's public service unions gathered outside of Ottawa's City Hall on May 23 to protest the federal government's back-to-workplace policies. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 20, 2024
This is your 15 minutes, animal folks: Molly, top left, Stella, Gaston, Justin (the cat), Moose Tracks (the cow), and Annie, the horse. Photographs courtesy of the Canadian Animal Health Institute

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 20, 2024
  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 20, 2024
  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in
This is your 15 minutes, animal folks: Molly, top left, Stella, Gaston, Justin (the cat), Moose Tracks (the cow), and Annie, the horse. Photographs courtesy of the Canadian Animal Health Institute

Ottawa Centre MP Naqvi says ‘no consensus’ on return-to-office issue from constituents following Treasury Board’s decree

  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 17, 2024
Following the Treasury Board's announcement that will see federal public servants back in office three days a week this fall, downtown Ottawa Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi says most people want to work in hybrid workplaces. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ottawa Centre MP Naqvi says ‘no consensus’ on return-to-office issue from constituents following Treasury Board’s decree

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 17, 2024
  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their

Ottawa Centre MP Naqvi says ‘no consensus’ on return-to-office issue from constituents following Treasury Board’s decree

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 17, 2024
  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their
Following the Treasury Board's announcement that will see federal public servants back in office three days a week this fall, downtown Ottawa Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi says most people want to work in hybrid workplaces. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

  • Plus, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley win the $60,000 Donner Prize, former MP Nathan Cullen has medical emergency on a flight, and Jenni Byrne
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2024
Top job: Shaila Anwar started her new role as clerk of the Senate and clerk of the Parliaments on May 6. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2024
  • Plus, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley win the $60,000 Donner Prize, former MP Nathan Cullen has medical emergency on a flight, and Jenni Byrne

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2024
  • Plus, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley win the $60,000 Donner Prize, former MP Nathan Cullen has medical emergency on a flight, and Jenni Byrne
Top job: Shaila Anwar started her new role as clerk of the Senate and clerk of the Parliaments on May 6. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada
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‘We have to put the safety of Canadians first,’ says NDP MP Jenny Kwan, as Parliamentarians return to work in person and virtually

  • MPs on all sides of the aisle who represent ridings particularly far from Ottawa are adjusting to the challenges of politics in the COVID-19
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 28, 2020
NDP MP Jenny Kwan, pictured in this file photo in Centre Block and back when things were relatively normal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘We have to put the safety of Canadians first,’ says NDP MP Jenny Kwan, as Parliamentarians return to work in person and virtually

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 28, 2020
  • MPs on all sides of the aisle who represent ridings particularly far from Ottawa are adjusting to the challenges of politics in the COVID-19

‘We have to put the safety of Canadians first,’ says NDP MP Jenny Kwan, as Parliamentarians return to work in person and virtually

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 28, 2020
  • MPs on all sides of the aisle who represent ridings particularly far from Ottawa are adjusting to the challenges of politics in the COVID-19
NDP MP Jenny Kwan, pictured in this file photo in Centre Block and back when things were relatively normal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PM should create permanent emergency preparedness cabinet committee, say experts, political players: be ‘prepared for the next natural disaster, terrorist act or health crisis is the objective’

  • In this global pandemic, a former national security adviser to the prime minister says Canada “doesn’t worry about emergency preparedness as much as we
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Sept. 16, 2020. Former clerk of the Privy Council and top bureaucrat Mel Cappe suggested in a piece written for the Centre of International Governance Innovation (CIGI) that the cabinet committee on COVID-19 should 'be turned into a standing committee on emergencies' and that 'being prepared for the next natural disaster, terrorist act or health crisis is the objective.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PM should create permanent emergency preparedness cabinet committee, say experts, political players: be ‘prepared for the next natural disaster, terrorist act or health crisis is the objective’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
  • In this global pandemic, a former national security adviser to the prime minister says Canada “doesn’t worry about emergency preparedness as much as we

PM should create permanent emergency preparedness cabinet committee, say experts, political players: be ‘prepared for the next natural disaster, terrorist act or health crisis is the objective’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
  • In this global pandemic, a former national security adviser to the prime minister says Canada “doesn’t worry about emergency preparedness as much as we
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Sept. 16, 2020. Former clerk of the Privy Council and top bureaucrat Mel Cappe suggested in a piece written for the Centre of International Governance Innovation (CIGI) that the cabinet committee on COVID-19 should 'be turned into a standing committee on emergencies' and that 'being prepared for the next natural disaster, terrorist act or health crisis is the objective.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Many Canadians have been ‘naïve at best and self-delusional at worst’ in dealings with China, says journalist and author Manthorpe

  • As Canada approaches the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations with China—and as politicians in both countries continue to grapple with the fallout from the
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
'I think that one of the most important themes from the book are the attacks and intimidation of Canadians of Chinese, Tibetan, Uighur, and Taiwanese-heritage here in Canada,' says journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda. Photographs courtesy of Jonathan Manthorpe, Cormorant Books

Many Canadians have been ‘naïve at best and self-delusional at worst’ in dealings with China, says journalist and author Manthorpe

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
  • As Canada approaches the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations with China—and as politicians in both countries continue to grapple with the fallout from the

Many Canadians have been ‘naïve at best and self-delusional at worst’ in dealings with China, says journalist and author Manthorpe

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
  • As Canada approaches the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations with China—and as politicians in both countries continue to grapple with the fallout from the
'I think that one of the most important themes from the book are the attacks and intimidation of Canadians of Chinese, Tibetan, Uighur, and Taiwanese-heritage here in Canada,' says journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda. Photographs courtesy of Jonathan Manthorpe, Cormorant Books

Experts sound alarm over ‘politicized’ U.S. intelligence, say COVID-19 pandemic a ‘wake-up call’ about Canada’s new national security threats

  • Security and intelligence experts are sounding the alarm about increasingly “politicized” intelligence information from the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one saying
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 14, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. If Mr. Trump is re-elected in November, 'Canada’s intelligence community will have to maintain a relationship that will be distrustful on both sides,' says Greg Fyffe, president of the Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of the White House

Experts sound alarm over ‘politicized’ U.S. intelligence, say COVID-19 pandemic a ‘wake-up call’ about Canada’s new national security threats

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 14, 2020
  • Security and intelligence experts are sounding the alarm about increasingly “politicized” intelligence information from the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one saying

Experts sound alarm over ‘politicized’ U.S. intelligence, say COVID-19 pandemic a ‘wake-up call’ about Canada’s new national security threats

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 14, 2020
  • Security and intelligence experts are sounding the alarm about increasingly “politicized” intelligence information from the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one saying
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. If Mr. Trump is re-elected in November, 'Canada’s intelligence community will have to maintain a relationship that will be distrustful on both sides,' says Greg Fyffe, president of the Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of the White House

‘Combatting a pandemic requires mobilizing intelligence’: former PCO clerk calls for reforms to emergency preparedness

  • More than half a year into the government’s unprecedented commitment of time, money and resources to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, a former clerk
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 7, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transport Minister Marc Garneau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Health Minister Patty Hajdu, Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, and moderator and Toronto Star reporter Bruce Campion-Smith, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Combatting a pandemic requires mobilizing intelligence’: former PCO clerk calls for reforms to emergency preparedness

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 7, 2020
  • More than half a year into the government’s unprecedented commitment of time, money and resources to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, a former clerk

‘Combatting a pandemic requires mobilizing intelligence’: former PCO clerk calls for reforms to emergency preparedness

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 7, 2020
  • More than half a year into the government’s unprecedented commitment of time, money and resources to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, a former clerk
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transport Minister Marc Garneau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Health Minister Patty Hajdu, Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, and moderator and Toronto Star reporter Bruce Campion-Smith, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Police chiefs, public health authorities, NDP, Greens increasingly united around calls for drug decriminalization amid overdose uptick

  • Amid increasing calls from MPs, police chiefs, and public health authorities for the decriminalization of illegal drugs in the midst of a rapidly worsening
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 3, 2020
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam pictured speaking with reporters at a media availability on Aug. 4 in West Block to update Canadians on the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Police chiefs, public health authorities, NDP, Greens increasingly united around calls for drug decriminalization amid overdose uptick

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 3, 2020
  • Amid increasing calls from MPs, police chiefs, and public health authorities for the decriminalization of illegal drugs in the midst of a rapidly worsening

Police chiefs, public health authorities, NDP, Greens increasingly united around calls for drug decriminalization amid overdose uptick

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 3, 2020
  • Amid increasing calls from MPs, police chiefs, and public health authorities for the decriminalization of illegal drugs in the midst of a rapidly worsening
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam pictured speaking with reporters at a media availability on Aug. 4 in West Block to update Canadians on the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘He’s not exactly a household name:’ Erin O’Toole’s ‘well-funded’ team ready for a fall election, say strategists

  • Conservative strategists say the party is in good shape to jump into a campaign if an election is triggered by the government’s upcoming Throne
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2020
Erin O’Toole will lead the Conservative Party back into Parliament on Sept. 23 when the government returns with a Speech from the Throne. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘He’s not exactly a household name:’ Erin O’Toole’s ‘well-funded’ team ready for a fall election, say strategists

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2020
  • Conservative strategists say the party is in good shape to jump into a campaign if an election is triggered by the government’s upcoming Throne

‘He’s not exactly a household name:’ Erin O’Toole’s ‘well-funded’ team ready for a fall election, say strategists

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2020
  • Conservative strategists say the party is in good shape to jump into a campaign if an election is triggered by the government’s upcoming Throne
Erin O’Toole will lead the Conservative Party back into Parliament on Sept. 23 when the government returns with a Speech from the Throne. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s federal security and intelligence establishment encouraging employees to self-identify

  • A number of organizations in Canada’s security and intelligence establishment, including the Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Community, the Department of
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 17, 2020
David Vigneault is the director of CSIS, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Like other security and intelligence agencies, CSIS is encouraging its employees to self-identify if they are women, Indigenous, disabled, or members of a visible minority. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s federal security and intelligence establishment encouraging employees to self-identify

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 17, 2020
  • A number of organizations in Canada’s security and intelligence establishment, including the Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Community, the Department of

Canada’s federal security and intelligence establishment encouraging employees to self-identify

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 17, 2020
  • A number of organizations in Canada’s security and intelligence establishment, including the Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Community, the Department of
David Vigneault is the director of CSIS, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Like other security and intelligence agencies, CSIS is encouraging its employees to self-identify if they are women, Indigenous, disabled, or members of a visible minority. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

With thousands working remotely now and into the future, Hill neighbourhood’s pubs, restaurants, bistros feeling the crunch

  • The COVID-19 pandemic that’s gripped the globe for the last six months has hit downtown Ottawa businesses hard, including all Parliament Hill’s favourite pubs,
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 17, 2020
Jeff O'Reilly, general manager at D'Arcy McGee's, pictured on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

With thousands working remotely now and into the future, Hill neighbourhood’s pubs, restaurants, bistros feeling the crunch

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 17, 2020
  • The COVID-19 pandemic that’s gripped the globe for the last six months has hit downtown Ottawa businesses hard, including all Parliament Hill’s favourite pubs,

With thousands working remotely now and into the future, Hill neighbourhood’s pubs, restaurants, bistros feeling the crunch

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 17, 2020
  • The COVID-19 pandemic that’s gripped the globe for the last six months has hit downtown Ottawa businesses hard, including all Parliament Hill’s favourite pubs,
Jeff O'Reilly, general manager at D'Arcy McGee's, pictured on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Prudent, gradual, and phased-in’: public servant return-to-worksite plan slowly unfolding seven weeks in, but ‘no single date’ yet pinned down

  • Nearly seven weeks after the federal government first addressed how and when Canada’s federal public servants will return to physical worksites, the Treasury Board
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 10, 2020
A cyclist, pictured Aug. 6, 2020, biking past the Place de Ville building complex, which consists of four office towers in Ottawa’s downtown core, located on Albert Street between Kent and Lyon streets. With more than 4,800 full-time employees and just under 100,000 square metres of office space, the complex is most notably home to Transport Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Prudent, gradual, and phased-in’: public servant return-to-worksite plan slowly unfolding seven weeks in, but ‘no single date’ yet pinned down

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 10, 2020
  • Nearly seven weeks after the federal government first addressed how and when Canada’s federal public servants will return to physical worksites, the Treasury Board

‘Prudent, gradual, and phased-in’: public servant return-to-worksite plan slowly unfolding seven weeks in, but ‘no single date’ yet pinned down

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 10, 2020
  • Nearly seven weeks after the federal government first addressed how and when Canada’s federal public servants will return to physical worksites, the Treasury Board
A cyclist, pictured Aug. 6, 2020, biking past the Place de Ville building complex, which consists of four office towers in Ottawa’s downtown core, located on Albert Street between Kent and Lyon streets. With more than 4,800 full-time employees and just under 100,000 square metres of office space, the complex is most notably home to Transport Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘When you have the will, there is a way’: Canadian-Lebanese Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury’s rise to federal political power

  • Founder of the interparliamentary Canada-Lebanon Friendship Group, Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury has had a remarkable rise into Canadian politics, starting from his early life
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 10, 2020
Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury pictured leaving the Liberal party caucus meeting in West Block in Ottawa on Dec. 11, 2019. In early 1976, Mr. El-Khoury headed to the Canadian Embassy in Beirut, which was closed. 'So I went from Beirut to Egypt and I applied in August 1976,' says Mr. El-Khoury, who was elected into office in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘When you have the will, there is a way’: Canadian-Lebanese Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury’s rise to federal political power

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 10, 2020
  • Founder of the interparliamentary Canada-Lebanon Friendship Group, Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury has had a remarkable rise into Canadian politics, starting from his early life

‘When you have the will, there is a way’: Canadian-Lebanese Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury’s rise to federal political power

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 10, 2020
  • Founder of the interparliamentary Canada-Lebanon Friendship Group, Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury has had a remarkable rise into Canadian politics, starting from his early life
Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury pictured leaving the Liberal party caucus meeting in West Block in Ottawa on Dec. 11, 2019. In early 1976, Mr. El-Khoury headed to the Canadian Embassy in Beirut, which was closed. 'So I went from Beirut to Egypt and I applied in August 1976,' says Mr. El-Khoury, who was elected into office in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Beirut is bleeding’: Lebanese-Canadian MPs express horror, disbelief in wake of massive explosion

  • Following a massive explosion that ripped through Beirut’s port area on Aug. 5, killing more than 100 and injuring 5,000 others, Lebanese-Canadian MPs are
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 6, 2020
Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury, left, Conservative MP Ziad Aboultaif, and former Liberal MP Eva Nassif say the massive explosion, which has left an estimated 300,000 homeless, is going to have a devastating toll on Lebanon's struggling economy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photograph, photograph courtesy of Twitter

‘Beirut is bleeding’: Lebanese-Canadian MPs express horror, disbelief in wake of massive explosion

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 6, 2020
  • Following a massive explosion that ripped through Beirut’s port area on Aug. 5, killing more than 100 and injuring 5,000 others, Lebanese-Canadian MPs are

‘Beirut is bleeding’: Lebanese-Canadian MPs express horror, disbelief in wake of massive explosion

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 6, 2020
  • Following a massive explosion that ripped through Beirut’s port area on Aug. 5, killing more than 100 and injuring 5,000 others, Lebanese-Canadian MPs are
Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury, left, Conservative MP Ziad Aboultaif, and former Liberal MP Eva Nassif say the massive explosion, which has left an estimated 300,000 homeless, is going to have a devastating toll on Lebanon's struggling economy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photograph, photograph courtesy of Twitter

PM’s ‘Tiger Team’ meant to address diversity, inclusion in Canada’s national intelligence and security community hasn’t met since 2018

  • The federal government still has “much work to be done” on addressing diversity and inclusion issues within its intelligence and security apparatus, according to
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 3, 2020
The Office of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council, pictured in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PM’s ‘Tiger Team’ meant to address diversity, inclusion in Canada’s national intelligence and security community hasn’t met since 2018

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 3, 2020
  • The federal government still has “much work to be done” on addressing diversity and inclusion issues within its intelligence and security apparatus, according to

PM’s ‘Tiger Team’ meant to address diversity, inclusion in Canada’s national intelligence and security community hasn’t met since 2018

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 3, 2020
  • The federal government still has “much work to be done” on addressing diversity and inclusion issues within its intelligence and security apparatus, according to
The Office of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council, pictured in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘I must speak, I have no choice but to speak’: CBC’s Adrian Harewood talks about his decades-long fight against systemic racism in the media

  • CBC Ottawa News anchor Adrian Harewood has been involved in the fight against systemic racism in the media for nearly 30 years, a fight
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
CBC Ottawa News anchor Adrian Harewood says 'I have a little bit of power, I have a little bit of confidence, and I feel as if I can speak, and that I must speak, and that I have no choice but to speak.' Photograph courtesy of CBC

‘I must speak, I have no choice but to speak’: CBC’s Adrian Harewood talks about his decades-long fight against systemic racism in the media

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
  • CBC Ottawa News anchor Adrian Harewood has been involved in the fight against systemic racism in the media for nearly 30 years, a fight

‘I must speak, I have no choice but to speak’: CBC’s Adrian Harewood talks about his decades-long fight against systemic racism in the media

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
  • CBC Ottawa News anchor Adrian Harewood has been involved in the fight against systemic racism in the media for nearly 30 years, a fight
CBC Ottawa News anchor Adrian Harewood says 'I have a little bit of power, I have a little bit of confidence, and I feel as if I can speak, and that I must speak, and that I have no choice but to speak.' Photograph courtesy of CBC

Feds recognize ‘there’s more work to be done on diversifying the public service,’ says Liberal MP Alghabra

  • “Glaring” underrepresentation of visible minorities in the upper echelons of the federal public service—Canada’s largest employer with more than 280,000 employees—continues to be something
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
Liberal MP Omar Alghabra says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tasked Clerk of the Privy Council Ian Shugart for increasing attention to diversity within the federal public service, as well as ministers within their own departments. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Feds recognize ‘there’s more work to be done on diversifying the public service,’ says Liberal MP Alghabra

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
  • “Glaring” underrepresentation of visible minorities in the upper echelons of the federal public service—Canada’s largest employer with more than 280,000 employees—continues to be something

Feds recognize ‘there’s more work to be done on diversifying the public service,’ says Liberal MP Alghabra

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
  • “Glaring” underrepresentation of visible minorities in the upper echelons of the federal public service—Canada’s largest employer with more than 280,000 employees—continues to be something
Liberal MP Omar Alghabra says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tasked Clerk of the Privy Council Ian Shugart for increasing attention to diversity within the federal public service, as well as ministers within their own departments. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

U.S. presidential campaign likely to be ‘ugly or uglier than last time,’ and of ‘deep concern’ to Canadians, say politicos

  • With skyrocketing deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States, cases on the rise in that country, and the extension of the Canada-U.S. border
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 20, 2020
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, pictured on July 14, 2020, at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House. Pollster Nik Nanos says the presidential campaign will be 'as ugly or uglier than last time because of Donald Trump’s survival instinct.' Photograph courtesy of the White House Flickr account

U.S. presidential campaign likely to be ‘ugly or uglier than last time,’ and of ‘deep concern’ to Canadians, say politicos

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 20, 2020
  • With skyrocketing deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States, cases on the rise in that country, and the extension of the Canada-U.S. border

U.S. presidential campaign likely to be ‘ugly or uglier than last time,’ and of ‘deep concern’ to Canadians, say politicos

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 20, 2020
  • With skyrocketing deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States, cases on the rise in that country, and the extension of the Canada-U.S. border
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, pictured on July 14, 2020, at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House. Pollster Nik Nanos says the presidential campaign will be 'as ugly or uglier than last time because of Donald Trump’s survival instinct.' Photograph courtesy of the White House Flickr account

‘Would not be wise to pursue austerity’ before recovery, says Kevin Page

  • Although there is a projected federal deficit of just under $350-billion for 2020-21, Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page said the government needs
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 20, 2020
Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page says that 'while an austerity exercise could be a few years off, it would be wise for the public service to develop possible options for future political consideration in a post COVID-19 environment.' The Hill Times file photograph

‘Would not be wise to pursue austerity’ before recovery, says Kevin Page

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 20, 2020
  • Although there is a projected federal deficit of just under $350-billion for 2020-21, Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page said the government needs

‘Would not be wise to pursue austerity’ before recovery, says Kevin Page

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 20, 2020
  • Although there is a projected federal deficit of just under $350-billion for 2020-21, Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page said the government needs
Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page says that 'while an austerity exercise could be a few years off, it would be wise for the public service to develop possible options for future political consideration in a post COVID-19 environment.' The Hill Times file photograph

Opposition MPs decry lack of transparency around government’s COVID-19 advertising spending

  • Opposition MPs from the Conservatives, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois condemned the government’s spending plan for advertising related to the COVID-19 pandemic last
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 13, 2020
NDP MP Matthew Green, Bloc Québécois MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval, and Conservative MP Kelly McCauley. Mr. Barsalou-Duval says he was 'very surprised' that the government still needs more money for COVID-19 advertising, and that they need more money than they needed before. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Facebook

Opposition MPs decry lack of transparency around government’s COVID-19 advertising spending

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 13, 2020
  • Opposition MPs from the Conservatives, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois condemned the government’s spending plan for advertising related to the COVID-19 pandemic last

Opposition MPs decry lack of transparency around government’s COVID-19 advertising spending

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 13, 2020
  • Opposition MPs from the Conservatives, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois condemned the government’s spending plan for advertising related to the COVID-19 pandemic last
NDP MP Matthew Green, Bloc Québécois MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval, and Conservative MP Kelly McCauley. Mr. Barsalou-Duval says he was 'very surprised' that the government still needs more money for COVID-19 advertising, and that they need more money than they needed before. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Facebook

PSAC reaches tentative deal with feds on Phoenix damages, wage increases

  • After nearly three weeks at the bargaining table, Canada’s largest federal public service union reached a tentative agreement with the government late on July
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2020
PSAC national president Chris Aylward, left, who heads the largest federal public service union, says the tentative deal with the Treasury Board, overseen by Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, right, 'recognizes the value and commitment of our members to Canadians.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

PSAC reaches tentative deal with feds on Phoenix damages, wage increases

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2020
  • After nearly three weeks at the bargaining table, Canada’s largest federal public service union reached a tentative agreement with the government late on July

PSAC reaches tentative deal with feds on Phoenix damages, wage increases

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2020
  • After nearly three weeks at the bargaining table, Canada’s largest federal public service union reached a tentative agreement with the government late on July
PSAC national president Chris Aylward, left, who heads the largest federal public service union, says the tentative deal with the Treasury Board, overseen by Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, right, 'recognizes the value and commitment of our members to Canadians.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Editorial independence assured, say Facebook and Canadian Press, amid launch of $1-million fellowship

  • Following the launch of a fellowship between Facebook and The Canadian Press—a model CP’s executive editor says has to be “a part of the
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 29, 2020
Marc Dinsdale, head of media partnerships with Facebook Canada, left, and Gerry Arnold, executive editor with The Canadian Press. Mr. Arnold says CP will have 'complete rein' over how reporters will be assigned with 'no editorial input from Facebook whatsoever.' Photograph courtesy of Facebook, photograph courtesy of Gerry Arnold/The Canadian Press

Editorial independence assured, say Facebook and Canadian Press, amid launch of $1-million fellowship

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 29, 2020
  • Following the launch of a fellowship between Facebook and The Canadian Press—a model CP’s executive editor says has to be “a part of the

Editorial independence assured, say Facebook and Canadian Press, amid launch of $1-million fellowship

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 29, 2020
  • Following the launch of a fellowship between Facebook and The Canadian Press—a model CP’s executive editor says has to be “a part of the
Marc Dinsdale, head of media partnerships with Facebook Canada, left, and Gerry Arnold, executive editor with The Canadian Press. Mr. Arnold says CP will have 'complete rein' over how reporters will be assigned with 'no editorial input from Facebook whatsoever.' Photograph courtesy of Facebook, photograph courtesy of Gerry Arnold/The Canadian Press

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