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Policy director among new hires for Heritage Minister Rodriguez

Heritage Minister and Quebec Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez has some new faces in both of his ministerial offices, including Ron Ahluwalia, who’s been hired as his director of policy for heritage. As recently reported, Shane Mackenzie left Seniors Minister Kamal Khera’s office earlier this spring to become head of appointments in Rodriguez’s heritage office. Also (relatively) […]

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Border phone search bill creates ‘wishy-washy’ threshold: Sen. Simons

A government bill granting border agents the power to search phones is getting “tough scrutiny” in the Senate, and its’ threshold for searches is “too vague,” according to Independent Senator Paula Simons. Bill S-7 would grant border officers the power to search through a traveller’s electronic device, such as a phone or laptop, any time […]

Hussen and Yussuff to talk ‘Human Capital’s Role in the Canadian Economy: Investing in Canada’s Future,’ on June 7

MONDAY, JUNE 6 House Sitting—The House will sit May 6-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 […]

Three-term Liberal MP and international trade lawyer Ehsassi elected chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee

Three-term GTA Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi, who has extensive experience in international trade law, was elected chair of the House Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee last week. Ehsassi succeeds outgoing Mississauga Liberal MP Sven Spengemann as the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Spengemann stepped down as an MP last month to take up […]