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 will host Caribbean Development Bank’s annual board of governors meeting; and more.
de Adder’s Take: 06-17-2024
The mainstream-ification of Andrew Lawton
A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
Singh slams Trudeau as ‘slow to act’ after spy watchdog report
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says an explosive spy watchdog report reveals several MPs helped foreign states interfere in Canadian politics through behaviour that was “deeply unethical and contrary to the oaths” taken as parliamentarians, sometimes rising to the level of criminality. Singh also confirmed that the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ classified report […]
Grrr-rit’s Walnut, Tabasco the Tabby, and Bernard the Duck named 2024’s ‘Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill’
Politicos, staffers, and four-legged friends flock to Métropolitain Brasserie for the Canadian Animal Health Institute’s sophomore awards reception.
Environment Minister Guilbeault promotes a new policy director
Plus, Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds has also seen some recent changes to her policy team.
McGuinty addresses NSICOP report
Reporters scrum Liberal MP David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, before the Liberal caucus meeting on June 12. McGuinty told reporters he welcomed the questions that have emerged following the release of NSICOP’s report. “It’s a good thing that we’re having a debate about this,” he said, including Canadians being […]
de Adder’s Take: 06-12-2024
Au revoir to Conservative Senator Victor Oh
Plus, three other Senators change affiliation, Monserrat legislature to receive Canadian-made table, a new Parliamentary Librarian is nominated, and Latin American embassies to host film festival in Ottawa.
Veterans Affairs Committee releases report on experiences of women veterans on June 12
MONDAY, JUNE 10—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 IEFA’s Montreal Conference—Treasury Board President Anita Anand, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez will take part the International Economic Forum of the Americas’ Montreal Conference. Other participants include Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem; Mairead Lavery, president and CEO, Export Development Canada; New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs; Canadian Chamber of Commerce president […]
