How a budget is made: a Q&A with former insider Sahir Khan
When does the budget process really start and finish? How are decisions made, and how do the best lobbyists get their issues addressed? A financial guru and former government budget-maker walks us through the process.
de Adder Take: 09-19-2022
Party Central’s guide to fall session’s shindigs and soirées
For ease of reporting, Party Central will be inquiring about a permanent office inside the Métropolitain Brasserie for the month of September.
Bob Rae to take home democracy honour
Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae is adding another feather to his overflowing global affairs cap. Rae, who among his many previous roles was Canada’s special envoy to Myanmar and special envoy on humanitarian and refugee issues, is the recipient of the inaugural Because Democracy Matters award from the Parliamentary Centre. The new […]
PM responds to open letter urging federal action on threats against, harassment of media
Following a dramatic uptick in online harassment of female journalists in recent months, including some who received death and rape threats, 48 news organizations signed an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for action. A week later, on Sept. 7, the prime minister responded, saying “he would like to express, in no uncertain […]
de Adder’s Take: 09-12-2022
Margaret MacMillan to talk about her work on war and society on Sept. 12 in Toronto
MONDAY, SEPT. 12 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting right now. The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It will break for one week, Oct. 10-14, and will sit for three straight weeks, Oct. 17-Nov. 4. It will take a one-week break, Nov. 7-11. It will return on Nov. 14 […]
Queen Elizabeth’s last tour in Canada
During her 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth toured Canada 22 times, with a dozen stops in Ottawa. Here’s a look back at her last official trip to Ottawa in 2010.Queen Elizabeth and then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper walk past the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill during Her Majesty’s visit to Ottawa on Canada Day […]
Queen Elizabeth’s last tour in Canada
Eisler offers sharp look into Saskatchewan politics in new book, From Left to Right
The howl of extremism intensifies, rattling windowpanes from the Privy Council Office to Bay Street, and the elites who occupy these high offices don’t know what to make of it, much less what to do about it. They are as surprised as anyone. As recently as the 2021 federal election—last summer—the political consensus was that […]
