On, then off, then on once again: Conservative leadership contenders set to debate in Calgary
Mark your calendars, it’s now official. The Western Standard is set to host a debate between (most) of the candidates vying for the Conservative Party’s top job on July 8, the first Friday of the all-important Conservative campaign trail destination: the Calgary Stampede. Originally scheduled for July 9, the Alberta-based independent media outlet decided to […]
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Committees on camera: star witnesses put House meetings in spotlight
Then-Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev speaks with reporters before the Special Canada-China Relations Committee meeting on Jan. 20, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Canada’s then-ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, appears before the Special Canada-China Relations Committee on Feb. 5, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Then-Liberal MP and former cabinet […]
‘An idea whose time has come’: expand Hill precinct, says Fergus
Parliamentarians have an opportunity to make the Parliamentary Precinct safer by securing the area from those who would “sow chaos” and expanding the area under the jurisdiction of police who protect the Hill, while still retaining public access, says Liberal MP Greg Fergus. “It’s a reality that we have to face up to, that sometimes […]
Vandana Kattar-Miller among recent PMO exits
PMO director of operations, outreach, and planning Vandana Kattar-Miller left the top office, and the Hill, in late May. She spoke about her decision in a LinkedIn post, writing she had “mixed emotions” in announcing her last week on the Hill after more than a decade in politics. “I never imagined myself sitting in the […]
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Senator Black hosts a whisky shindig on the Hill
Canadian Senators Group Senator Rob Black (Ontario) hosted the final reception of the season on June 15, in Room 325 of the Wellington Building, to showcase grains and oilseed farmers and, as the Irish poets call it, that golden-brown “elixir of life and philosophers stone” they produce: “whisky me boys.” The Grain Farmers of Ontario, […]
Shindig for Chris Hall happens Monday night at the Métropolitain Brasserie
MONDAY, JUNE 20 House Sitting—The House will sit June 20-June 23. It will break for the summer on June 23 and will return on Sept. 19 and will sit Sept. 19-Oct. 7, will break for one week, Oct. 10-Oct. 14, and will sit for three straight weeks, Oct. 17-Nov. 4. It will take a one-week […]
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Something within Me, Michael Wilson’s memoirs released, posthumously
Michael Wilson, who served under Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney as finance minister from 1984 to 1991, international trade minister from 1991 to 1993, and was a key negotiator of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1987, had his memoirs published, posthumously. Something within Me: A Personal and Political Memoir, published by Aevo UTP, was completed […]
