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Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023

This year’s 100 most influential list is peppered with the politicians, political staffers and strategists, public servants, and media who help shape policy, hold the government to account, and wield influence behind the scenes.
After 30 years in the biz, Heather Scoffield departs Toronto Star, joins Goldy Hyder at Business Council of Canada

Plus, Andy Blatchford leaves Politico, Mark Sutcliffe still needs two top staffers, Amira Elghawaby named Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia, and Postmedia cuts 11 per cent cut of editorial staff.
De Adder’s Take: 01-30-2023
This just in: House is back on Monday, Jan. 30

MONDAY, JAN. 30 House Resumes Sitting—The House resumes sitting on Monday, Jan. 30, and will sit for three straight weeks (Jan. 30-Feb. 17). It will break on Friday, Feb. 17, and will return on Monday, March 6. It will sit for one week and will adjourn on Friday, March 10. It will return on Monday, […]
Health care, inflation, cost of living top issues in this House session: pollsters, pundits

The themes raised during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s three-day cabinet huddle in Hamilton, Ont., on Jan. 23-25 provide a good glimpse of where the federal government is headed on policy and legislation when Parliament returns to business on Jan. 30. The cabinet discussed “ways to continue supporting people by creating good middle-class jobs, investing in […]
‘Something positive out of something bad’: politicos, minus the politicians, dance up a storm for ovarian cancer research fundraiser at the Mét

Dance for Her fundraiser returns in-person to the Métropolitain Brasserie in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada.
Senior staff changes for ministers Bibeau, Boissonnault

Plus, Alex Wellstead will soon end his six-year run on the Hill, with Laurie Bouchard stepping in as acting communications director to Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
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