‘I ended up being treated as the ‘Indian’ in the cabinet’: Wilson-Raybould
I went to Ottawa hoping to be an Indigenous woman in the cabinet and contribute teachings and learnings from the Indigenous experience in this country to making good decisions and setting better policy. I ended up being treated as the “Indian” in the cabinet. Became the “Indian” out of the cabinet and finally the “Indian” […]
Read all about it: Immigration Minister Fraser’s new 17-member team
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser’s new office is now 17 staff strong, and includes a slate of five regional advisers, two of whom—Juan Sarmiento and Dorine Soundranayagam—cover Ontario. Sarmiento is a former constituency assistant to Ontario Liberal MP Judy Sgro. Soundranayagam is a former constituency assistant to Scarborough-Rouge Park, Ont., Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree. […]
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Sri Lanka’s new envoy talks renewed engagement, Canadian assistance amid collapse of government
Days before Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigned against a backdrop of a growing economic crisis and protracted protests, the country’s new high commissioner in Ottawa said he hoped Canada would help the crisis by providing needed medicine and agriculture supplies. Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on May 9 after more than a month […]
Tributes from MPs pour in for former House Speaker John Bosley
The very last Speaker of the House of Commons to be directly appointed to the position by a prime minister before secret ballot voting was introduced in 1986, John Bosley died on April 28 at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. Bosley, who first served on Toronto’s Metro Council from 1974 to 1978, was elected as a Progressive […]
‘This process doesn’t work’: Pamela Wallin weighs in on assisted dying review
The joint parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing Canada’s medically-assisted dying law doesn’t have the time to properly wrestle with the “tough issues” where there is a “clash of views,” says Senator Pamela Wallin. It’s been a “frustrating” experience dealing with the statutory review of medical assistance in dying (MAiD), said Wallin (Saskatchewan), a member of […]
Liberals tap new research bureau head this Parliament
There’s been plenty of movement in the Liberal research bureau since the start of the 44th Parliament, where Linda Campbell has taken over as managing director. Melissa Cotton, who’d run the caucus research office for the last five years as managing director, left the Hill in January and is now a senior manager of government […]
Poloz, Dodge to host talk on inflation and the threat and response to it, on May 10 in Toronto
MONDAY, MAY 9 House Sitting—The House is sitting every weekday until Friday, May 20. It will break from May 23-27, and will sit May 30-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, […]
de Adder’s Take: 05-09-2022
T.J. Harvey running for New Brunswick Liberal provincial leadership
Former one-term New Brunswick Liberal MP T.J. Harvey, who is running for the provincial leadership, is predicting another win for the federal Liberals in the next election. Harvey, who represented the New Brunswick riding of Tobique-Mactaquac from 2015-2019, said what’s going on with Conservative leadership race and the party’s push to the right, will create […]
