Veteran journalist Evan Solomon heading to NYC to join Eurasia Group, assume GZERO Media publisher role
Political journalist Evan Solomon is heading south of the border to take the helm of GZERO Media in New York City, in a move announced earlier this week. Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, said in a statement: “with so much happening so quickly in the world, Evan’s extensive background […]
Staff changes for Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu
There are a number of notable staffing changes to catch up on in Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu’s office, where, most recently, Kaitlyn Peters has been hired as the new assistant to the minister’s parliamentary secretary, Liberal MP Vance Badawey. Peters, who joined Hajdu’s team in September, has been working on the Hill as an […]
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de Adder’s Take: 10-03-2022
This just in: Kent appointed president of First Phosphate Corp.
Former Conservative MP Peter Kent was appointed president of First Phosphate Corp. on Sept. 28, after he joined the company’s board as a director at its annual meeting in August. Following more than four decades as an international broadcast journalist, reporter and producer at CTV, CBC, NBC Monitor, and Global, Kent was the MP for […]
Second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Inuk youth perform a dance at the National Truth and Reconciliation day event at Lebreton Flats in Ottawa on Sept. 30, 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes former Senator Murray Sinclair’s hand at the National Truth and Reconciliation day event at Lebreton Flats in Ottawa on Sept. 30, 2022.The […]
‘Iconic’ Bill Blaikie: ‘a giant of a man’ among the ‘most distinguished social democrats of our age,’ says Ed Broadbent
By his stature, both physically and reputation, Bill Blaikie was a larger-than-life figure on Parliament Hill. NDP MP Brian Masse (Windsor West, Ont.) got a glimpse of the former when he met the veteran New Democrat Member of Parliament at the Windsor International Airport back in the spring of 2002. Masse, a Windsor city councillor at the time, […]
Director-level changes in Emergency Preparedness Minister Blair’s office
Emergency Preparedness Minister and Privy Council President Bill Blair, who’s been busy with the federal response to Hurricane Fiona, has seen a number of director-level staff changes in his office recently, with new hands at the till of his communications, policy, and operations shops. Christina Rettig—who’s been director of policy and a senior adviser to Blair […]
‘Every part of it has been a privilege’: Heather Bradley retiring after almost three decades as comms head to the House Speaker
After 28 years as director of communications to the Speaker of the House of Commons—through the tenure of five Speakers, five Clerks, and three sergeants-at-arms over 10 Parliaments—Heather Bradley is hanging up her hat and retiring at the beginning of October. As head of communications for the House Speaker’s office—and through it, the House administration—Bradley […]
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reports sexual assault threats made against wife to RCMP
New Conservative Leader and long-time MP Pierre Poilievre said he became aware of “disgusting comments” made over the weekend by Jeremy MacKenzie and another individual identified as Alex Vriend by CBC News, who discussed sexually assaulting Poilievre’s wife, Anaida Poilievre. MacKenzie, who is facing assault and weapons charges in Saskatchewan and who also faced weapons-related […]
