Canadian policing needs to change
Kent Roach began writing Canadian Policing: Why and How it Must Change, shortly after George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, which was followed a month later by police killings of two Indigenous people in New Brunswick and more events involving police violence in Canada. His book is one of five finalists for this year’s Donner Prize, the best public book of the year. The following is an excerpt.
Jack Austin talks about his memoir, Unlikely Insider
Former Liberal Senator Jack Austin, aged 91, who was a member of Pierre Trudeau’s and Paul Martin’s cabinets, talks about politics, China, and how politics on the Hill is different today.
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Politics and the Pen serves up $350,000 for Writers’ Trust of Canada, and a side of Climate Optimism
The Politics and the Pen event raised another $350,000 to support the Writers’ Trust of Canada and awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to Chris Turner’s How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World
Hill fashion: Ottawa politicos put a pop of spring colour in the room at annual Politics and the Pen bash
The tulips weren’t the only thing blooming bright downtown Ottawa on May 10.
Rural Development Minister Hutchings down a chief of staff
Plus, an update on who will be replacing PMO communications director Cameron Ahmad in June, and Andrew MacKendrick marks his last day on the Hill on May 12.
Leaders past and present pay tribute to former Liberal minister Lalonde
Plus, Neil Brodie is joining Hill+Knowlton Strategies’ federal procurement team in Ottawa, and there’s still time to submit photos for the inaugural Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill contest.
de Adder’s Take: 05-10-2023
New Shaughnessy Cohen Prize winner to be revealed at Politics and the Pen on May 10
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 House Sitting—The House is sitting (May 10-19). It will adjourn on Friday, May 19, for one week and will return again on Monday, May 29. It will sit for four consecutive weeks (May 29-June 23). It’s scheduled to adjourn for the summer on June 23. It will break for 12 weeks (June […]
To learn about the future of inflation, look to lessons from the past
The Next Age of Uncertainty is one of the finalists for this year’s Donner Prize, one of the best public policy books written in 2022. The following is an excerpt.
