Staff additions bring Emergency Preparedness Minister Blair’s team to 13
Queen’s Privy Council President and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair now has a total of 13 political staff on his roster, with his most recent addition being Cleopatra Masinga-Chibueze, who’s been hired as the minister’s executive assistant. Masinga-Chibueze started on the job earlier this month, after six months as a legislative assistant to Ontario Liberal […]
Lessons from Cobalt for Ontario’s Ring of Fire
The Westminster Parliament boasts more than a few noteworthy prime ministers who were writers worth reading. Prime ministers Winston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli stand out as exceptionally popular authors of numerous works of fiction, history, and verse. And there is a long list of British MPs who have written crime and spy novels and some exposés. […]
de Adder’s Take: 06-13-2022
‘There’s a new billboard in Times Square’: Neil Macdonald posts pic for his late brother Norm’s new Netflix special
Neil Macdonald, a longtime former CBC National reporter who is married to CTV News’ parliamentary bureau chief Joyce Napier, posted on Facebook on June 2 a picture of a billboard in New York City’s Times Square promoting his late brother, Norm Macdonald‘s new Netflix special. “There’s a new billboard in Times Square,” he wrote. The […]
Senator Black to host Hill reception for ‘exceptional’ Canadian whiskies on June 15
MONDAY, JUNE 13 House Sitting—The House will sit June 13-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 […]
A dive into the new Conservative House leader and whip teams
The Conservative caucus got a new House leadership team upon MP Erin O’Toole’s ouster as party leader in February, with Ontario MP John Brassard taking over as House leader and Alberta MP Blaine Calkins as whip, and in turn, there’s been some staff movement in both offices. Phil Bolduc, who had been chief of staff […]
Diplomatic Circles: Argentina flies the flag
Dominican Republic Ambassador MichelleCohen de Friedlander, left, BrazilianAmbassador Pedro Henrique Lopes Borio,Martinez Gramuglia, and Panama AmbassadorRomy Vasquez Morales.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Peru Ambassador Roberto Rodriguez Arnillas,left, Martinez Gramuglia, and El SalvadorAmbassador Ricardo Alfonso CisnerosRodriguez.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Kuwait Ambassador Reem Al Khaled andMartinez Gramuglia.The Hill Times photograph by Sam […]
Diplomatic Circles: A toast to Bangladesh, ministers attend Israel celebration
Philippines Ambassador Rodolfo Robles, left,snaps a selfie with Bangladesh HighCommissioner Khalilur Rahman at theBangladesh national day reception on March 25at the Delta Hotel.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, parliamentarysecretary to the foreign affairs minister, andRahman raise a glass. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Sangeetha Arya, left, Liberal MP […]
Diplomatic Circles: Europe unites at the NAC
Ann Lind, Sweden’s minister of foreign affairs, left, joinsher Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly, and EuropeanUnion Ambassador Melita Gabric to celebrate EuropeDay at the National Arts Centre on May 4.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Gabric and Liberal MP FrancescoSorbara. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Gabric delivers a speech to the gathered guestsThe […]
Former finance minister Morneau set to launch new book; lets loose on federal economic growth agenda
Former finance minister Bill Morneau, who served in the role from 2015 when the Liberal government was first elected until he stepped down in August 2020, is set to release a new book on his time in politics early next year. According to publisher ECW Press, Morneau paints a “positive picture, tracing his widely lauded […]
