‘Everything has a time’: Senator Jaffer marks an end to 23 years on the Hill
A trailblazer in the Upper Chamber who has juggled chairing committees and working towards peace in Sudan in the early 2000s, Mobina Jaffer reflects on her career as a Senator.
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Jean Chrétien marks 25 years since Kosovo conflict with lunch, old friends, and a basketball
Plus, Tory Don Stewart shocks with Toronto byelection victory, John McKay and Denis Coderre each announce their next move, the French ambassador readies for the Paris Olympics with an Ottawa event, and the new Health Canada DM bids farewell to Queen’s Park.
Red-and-white wave to descend on downtown Ottawa for Canada Day celebrations July 1
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 House Not Sitting—The House is on its summer break. It resumes sitting on Sept. 16, and will sit for four weeks from Sept. 16-Oct. 11, but will take Monday, Sept. 30, off. It breaks Oct. 14-18, and resumes sitting on Oct. 21. It sits Oct. 21-Nov. 9, and breaks on Nov. 11 […]
Ottawa MPs announce funding for local tech sector
Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development Jenna Sudds was joined in her riding by two other Ottawa-area MPs on June 24 to announce funding for the local tech sector. Sudds was joined in her riding of Kanata–Carleton, Ont., by two caucus colleagues—Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi and Ottawa West–Nepean MP Anita Vandenbeld. The announcement—made […]
New chief of staff incoming for Minister LeBlanc as Jamie Innes exits
Plus, Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien is in need of a new press secretary.
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 outlets, Alberta seeks a chief electoral officer, and more.
Blair to deliver defence policy update speech on June 27 in Halifax
MONDAY, JUNE 24 House Not Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to begin its summer break on June 21, the House resumes sitting on Sept. 16, and will sit for four weeks from Sept. 16-Oct. 11, but will take Monday, Sept. 30, off. It breaks Oct. 14-18, and resumes sitting on Oct. 21. It sits Oct. […]
Senate should examine sponsored travel and ‘reporting gap,’ says Senator who wants the practice banned
‘It’s no longer appropriate to travel on sponsored trips’ in light of the recent NSICOP report says ISG Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain
LeBlanc says Canada listing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist group
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced Wednesday Ottawa is naming Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist entity in the Criminal Code. Calling the move a “strong message,” LeBlanc said Canada “will use all of the tools at its disposal to combat” the IRGC. “The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both […]
