‘Freedom convoy’ comes to Ottawa
Supporters of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa early in the day on Jan. 29, 2022. Thousands of truckers and protesters against cross-border vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions rallied on Parliament Hill Jan. 29.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade A ‘freedom convoy’ supporter holding a Confederate flag walks on Parliament […]
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Reconciliation ‘has no end date,’ says GG Simon who hopes for a future of healing in Canada
For a country battered by numerous divisions of the present and multiple pains from the past, Mary Simon says she hopes for a future of healing in Canada. In her New Year’s Day message, she referred to the Inuktitut phrase “ajuinnata,” (pronounced a-yoo-nata), a term often used in her Inuit language which means “a commitment, […]
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Grit MP Taylor Roy encourages public policy students to hold on through the pandemic
Liberal MP Leah Taylor Roy will be the keynote speaker at a virtual event for first-year students at York University’s McLaughlin College. Taylor Roy, who represents the Ontario riding of Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill, told The Hill Times she was delighted to be invited to the Jan. 27 event, and that she will use the speech […]
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Rural Economic Development Minister Hutchings’ firms up 13-member team
Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings has finalized her new office, with 13 staff in place, including Kendra Wilcox as director of policy and operations and Danielle Moriarty as head of parliamentary affairs. As previously reported, Alex Howell is chief of staff to the first-time minister from Newfoundland and Labrador. Wilcox is well familiar with […]
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McKenna gets a new gig, joins Columbia’s Center on Global Energy
Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna, who represented Ottawa Centre, Ont., from 2015 to 2021, and who did not run in the last election, is joining Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy as a distinguished visiting fellow and will be “working on practical solutions to help scale climate action with CGEP and the new Columbia […]
