Macklem to deliver end-of-year speech to Empire Club on Dec. 15
MONDAY, DEC. 13 House Sitting—The House is scheduled to sit in a hybrid format every weekday until Dec. 17. It will resume sitting again on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Feds to Apologize to Victims of Military Sexual Misconduct—National Defence Minister Anita Anand, Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre, and National Defence deputy minister […]
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Indigenous Services Minister Hajdu lines up senior team
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu has cleared some key staffing decisions off her desk after naming a slate of directors and promoting Katharine Heus to serve as her chief of staff. Heus is currently on maternity leave, and until she’s back, Olivier Cullen, who’s otherwise been hired as Hajdu’s operations director, will be acting chief […]
Auditor general staff picket on day AG reports tabled
Members of the Audit Services Group, representing workers in the Office of the Auditor General of Canada picket outside the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Dec. 9, 2021. Auditor General Karen Hogan cancelled the in-person press conference at the site and conducted a virtual press conference detailing reports to be tabled in the House […]
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Canada announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a media availability West Block on Dec. 8, 2021, to announce the government’s diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games. Flanked by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, left, and Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge, Trudeau says the country will not send any official representatives to the February event.The United […]
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New African Canadian Senate group kicks into action
In an effort to better enable the Senate of Canada to represent accurately the voices of marginalized communities, seven African Canadian Senators formally launched the African Canadian Senate Group on Dec. 2. This multi-group coalition was formed with the express purpose of fighting racism and discrimination while acting as a speakerphone to the voices of […]
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