Politics This Morning: Under pressure
Good Wednesday morning, Today is shaping up to be a bit of a slower day in Ottawa, unless you work on defence or foreign affairs. If you do, you’re probably preoccupied with yesterday’s news that a missile had struck NATO-member Poland, killing two people. Early reports stated the missile was Russian-made. This morning, however, NATO […]
Politics This Morning: Hogan reveals audits on homelessness, CBC
Good Tuesday morning, It’s a hectic time to be on Parliament Hill—or at the Bank of Canada. More on the latter, later. We’ll start with Auditor General KAREN HOGAN, who is releasing four of her office’s performance audits today, as well as another three reports examining Crown corporations, including the CBC. Hogan’s reports will likely […]
Policy adviser exits for revenue, innovation ministers
Plus, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has promoted a new press secretary in his office, and there are additions to note for Heritage Minister and Quebec Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez.
‘The energy is electric’: Conservative Party’s new comms director says she was ‘moved and impacted’ by ‘heroes’ of ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest, according to past tweets, blog posts
Plus, former chief of Curve Lake First Nation Emily Whetung-MacInnes joins the ranks of Proof Strategies as senior adviser for Indigenous relations, and CTV columnist Don Martin’s mother dies.
House of Commons is back for five weeks, breaks on Dec. 16
MONDAY, NOV. 14 House Sitting—The House returns on Monday, Nov. 14, and will sit for five straight weeks, Nov. 14-Dec. 16, every weekday. And that will be all for the House calendar for 2022. Public Order Emergency Commission Hearings—The Public Order Emergency Commission, headed by Paul Rouleau, began on Thursday, Oct. 13, and will run […]
Politics This Morning: House to debate midnight sittings as Holland accuses Conservatives of ‘obstruction by stealth’
And Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault gets into the second (and final) week of the COP27 climate conference in Egypt.
De Adder’s Take: 11-14-2022
Communications staff change-ups for four ministers
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has a new press secretary, but recently bade farewell to his communications director, as did Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos.
Powerful women, powerful voices: NAC rolls out the red carpet to celebrate women in the arts
Party Central got a chance to play paparazzo this weekend while some of the most powerful women voices in Canadian arts and politics walked down the red carpet into the National Arts Centre’s Gala for the first time in three years. In most cases, journalists dread receiving an assignment from their editor at 5 p.m. […]
Taiwan hosts national day party
Guests were treated to a traditional lion dance at Taiwan’s national day reception at the ChâteauLaurier on Oct. 5.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Taipei Economic and CulturalOffice in Canada RepresentativeHarry Ho-jen Tseng delivers aspeech. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Senator Marilou McPhedran, left, Tseng, and his wifeYu-ling Lu.The Hill Times photograph […]
