de Adder’s Take:10-16-2023
Space Canada’s Hill event to showcase astronaut David Saint-Jacques
Plus, new House Speaker Greg Fergus launches the 2024-2025 Page Program, and Ottawa is set to host the Canada-CARICOM Summit.
A dive into National Defence Minister Bill Blair’s team
Manel Menouar is now both deputy chief of staff and director of policy to the defence minister, and Renée Filiatrault is back on the Hill as culture change adviser to Blair.
New Democrats converge on Steeltown for policy convention Oct. 13-15
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting this week. But it will resume sitting on on Monday, Oct. 16, and will sit for four consecutive weeks (Oct. 16-Nov. 10). It will break for one week (Nov. 13-17) and will resume sitting on Monday, Nov. 20, and will sit for four weeks (No. […]
MPs applaud deputy clerk Michel Patrice, who bows out after three decades on the Hill
Plus, Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga is named a Politician of the Year by One Young World, and the five finalists for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, an award honouring a book of non-fiction that influences policy debate, have been announced.
de Adder’s Take: 10-11-2023
Who’s who so far in the offices of ministers Hussen, Valdez
For one, former PMO photographer Alex Tétreault is now director of communications to International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen.
Transport Minister Rodriguez slowly solidifies team led by new chief Miled Hill
Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez and Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan both have first-time chiefs of staff running their shops: Miled Hill and James Cudmore, respectively.
de Adder’s Take: 10-09-2023
Yamanouchi to speak in Montreal on Oct. 10 marking 50 years of Quebec’s delegation in Japan
MONDAY, OCT. 9 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting this week. But it will resume sitting on on Monday, Oct. 16, and will sit for four consecutive weeks (Oct. 16-Nov. 10). It will break for one week (Nov. 13-17) and will resume sitting on Monday, Nov. 20, and will sit for four weeks (No. […]
