Finding space on the Hill

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen delivers the keynote address at Space Canada’s parliamentaryreception in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Oct. 17.The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster CBC journalists Vassy Kapelos, left, and Hannah Thibedeau, right, with Proof Strategies’Matthew Dubé.The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster Minister of Housing and Diversity and InclusionAhmed Hussen, right, […]
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Ottawa, Parliament Hill get new municipal leaders

Plus, former senator Don Oliver has established a new literary award, current Senator Donna Daskso wants to talk about leaders’ debates, and the PM makes more public service changes.
Committee report on vaccine equity calls for immediate review of Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime

The federal government should move quickly to consult Canadians on the rules surrounding when generic drug makers can manufacture and send patented medicines to developing nations in the throes of a health crises, says a House committee in a new report tabled on Oct. 24. Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi (Willowdale, Ont.), chair of the House […]
Seniors Minister Kamal Khera names a new chief of staff

Seniors Minister Kamal Khera has a new chief of staff, Lindsay Hunter, following Jude Welch’s departure from the role at the end of September. Welch had run Khera’s office since she was first sworn into cabinet as minister of seniors after the fall 2021 federal election. He’d been a chief of staff on the Hill […]
‘It’s not easy work’: Yasir Naqvi on how to get things done with government

Yasir Naqvi is a relatively recent addition to the House of Commons, having taken the seat for Ottawa Centre just last year. But navigating the politics and bureaucracy of government is nothing new for Naqvi. Before entering federal politics in 2021, Naqvi served as the CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, and before that, […]
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Compass Rose Group founder and principal Jacquie LaRocque named one of Canada’s top 100 most powerful women

The Women’s Executive Network announced that Compass Rose Group founder and principal Jacquie LaRocque has been named one of Canada’s top 100 most powerful women, in the BMO entrepreneurs category. The network selects 100 women each year who are advocates and champions for others, with the award “celebrating the ability to share empowerment and to […]
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Hallé says goodbye to the Prime Minister’s Office

Strategic adviser Andrée-Lyne Hallé marked an end to her run in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office earlier this month. A former communications manager for the federal Liberal Party, Hallé was an early addition to Trudeau’s then-new Prime Minister’s Office after the Liberals formed government following the 2015 election, starting as a press secretary. Hallé was […]