de Adder’s Take: 03-11-2024
Political cartoonist de Adder launches new strip following departure from The Washington Post, he will be keynote speaker at Kesterton Lecture in Ottawa on March 20
Plus, The Globe’s Bob Fife and Steve Chase win Ross Munro Award, Perrin Beatty to step down in August, Bloc MP Yves Perron says UNESCO has renewed Lac Saint-Pierre region as a ‘world biosphere reserve,’ and Liberal MP Michael Coteau recognizes Order of Canada award recipient Lillie Johnson. And more.
Cohen to deliver keynote on U.S.-Canada cross border collaboration in life science and technology
MONDAY, MARCH 11 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House is on break for two weeks (March 4-15). The House comes back again on March 18 and sits for a week until March 22. It breaks for two weeks on March 25, and returns […]
Martin Baron digs into The Washington Post
As the senior news executive at The Washington Post, Martin Baron was a key member of that establishment press. His newsroom was a thorn in Trump’s ego. Collision of Power is his memoir of what that was like.
Ministers Anandasangaree, Boissonnault add new assistants
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree has made some changes to his ministerial staff lineup of late, including recently promoting his press secretary, Matthieu Perrotin, to the added title of Quebec regional affairs adviser. Perrotin first joined Anandasangaree’s team as press secretary last November, arriving fresh from Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s office, where […]
CPAC Brainiacs victorious in Politico’s trivia battle of the news bureaus
The Hill Times’ Parliament Hillbillies, The CBC’s Trivia Night in Canada, and the free-agent Newsroom Nomads will join CPAC at the finals on June 3.
de Adder’s Take: 03-06-2024
The North’s first Indigenous MP, Wally Firth, has died
Plus, House Speaker Fergus pays $1,500 fine for controversial video, former Supreme Court Justice Michel Bastarache will participate in back-to-back book events, and the Parliamentary Black Caucus celebrates Howard McCurdy’s memoir.
GG Mary Simon headlines noon keynote among International Women’s Day celebrations on March 8
TUESDAY, MARCH 5—THURSDAY, MARCH 7 AFN’s National Emergency Management Forum—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its second “National Emergency Management Forum: Floods, Wildfires, Severe Storms, and Pandemics: Are First Nations Ready?” Featuring discussions on culturally relevant emergency management, presentations and networking, and updates from First Nations emergency management practitioners. Tuesday, March 5, to Thursday, March 7, at the Hilton […]
Claire Seaborn readies exit from helm of Minister Wilkinson’s office
Deputy chief of staff and director of parliamentary affairs Kyle Harrietha is already lined up to take over as chief of staff to Wilkinson later this month.
