‘A big get’: PM Carney’s chief of staff pick Blanchard lauded across partisan lines
Marc-André Blanchard will take over as chief of staff to the prime minister in July.
From Haiti to the PMO to cabinet: Canada’s new Health Minister Michel reflects on her front-row seat in politics
Before becoming involved in Canadian politics, Marjorie Michel was the daughter of a Haitian prime minister. Politics is ‘not really a privilege, it’s like a duty,’ she says.
Joly to deliver speech at Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal on June 11
MONDAY, JUNE 9 House Sitting—The House goes into late-night sittings from June 9-June 20, and is scheduled to break for the summer on June 20. The House is scheduled to return on Monday, Sept. 15. MONDAY, JUNE 9–WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 Minister Champagne at Montreal Conference 2025—Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will take part in a fireside […]
de Adder’s Take: 06-09-2025
This just in: longtime CBC producer Sharon Musgrave to retire end of June
Plus: Senator David Richards joins the Conservative caucus a few months before his retirement, a new Liberal MP has to get his riding office sign re-printed, and the CBC is named Broadcaster of the Year.
Opposition day in the House
Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney gives a defence and security update.
New bills, tariff surprises, and wildfires drive MPs’ discussions this week
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All eyes on unemployment numbers
Plus, checking in on the happenings in the Senate this week.
Liberal Louis, the comeback-cat Göçebe, and The Hill Times’ Hiccup the hamster fetch first place at CAHI’s 2025 ‘Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill’ Awards
The Métropolitain Brasserie went to the dogs, cats, and to one hamster named Hiccup, posthumously, on June 4 as politicos and their pets shared a drink at the Canadian Animal Health Institute’s annual awards reception.
Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs
Prime Minister Mark Carney has tapped 39 parliamentary secretaries to support his 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state. Among the group are five former ministers—Mona Fortier, Ali Ehsassi, Rachel Bendayan, Kody Blois, and Jenna Sudds—and 18 MPs first elected in April. Most of the MPs are supporting ministers, or taking on double duty, but […]
