Poloz, Dodge to host talk on inflation and the threat and response to it, on May 10 in Toronto
MONDAY, MAY 9 House Sitting—The House is sitting every weekday until Friday, May 20. It will break from May 23-27, and will sit May 30-June 23. It will break for the summer on June 23 and will return on Sept. 19 and will sit Sept. 19-Oct. 7, will break for one week, Oct. 10-Oct. 14, […]
de Adder’s Take: 05-09-2022
T.J. Harvey running for New Brunswick Liberal provincial leadership
Former one-term New Brunswick Liberal MP T.J. Harvey, who is running for the provincial leadership, is predicting another win for the federal Liberals in the next election. Harvey, who represented the New Brunswick riding of Tobique-Mactaquac from 2015-2019, said what’s going on with Conservative leadership race and the party’s push to the right, will create […]
The threat picture Canada faces has seldom been so challenging
Being an intelligence analyst can sometimes feel like dipping in and out of an endless stream of information. You arrive at work, placing your electronics in a secure lockbox, pass through security, and, after inputting a series of passwords, you open a portal to a number of databases to be combed through, looking to find […]
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Protests in the Parliamentary Precinct
Surrounded by Ottawa Police, ‘United We Roll’ convoy supporters yell into a megaphone in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2019. The tuckers and supporters were protesting the Liberal government’s pipeline program and lack of support for the oil patch and resource jobs in the Prairies. Joined by Canadian Yellow Vest movement members and supporters of the […]
Family is the guidepost for Charest campaign co-chair Tasha Kheiriddin
The current federal Conservative leadership campaign may well be remembered as a study of contrasts, not only between the candidates—Pierre Poilievre, who’s drawing crowds of those disaffected with the Liberal government, and Jean Charest, who appeals to moderate Conservatives in favour of their party taking more of a big-tent approach—but also the two formidable women […]
Russia travel bans treated as symbol of defiance and status
Getting banned from travelling to Russia is becoming a badge of honour, according to some who have been prohibited from setting foot on Russian soil, indefinitely, by the Russian foreign ministry. On April 28, Russia announced it had imposed entry bans on close to 600 Canadians, keeping them from travelling to the country for what […]
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The storm breaks: Wellington Street after Rolling Thunder
Sidewalk chalk drawings on May 2 mark Metcalfe Street next to the Prime Minister’s Office, left over from the weekend’s Rolling Thunder rally that drew hundreds of motorcycles and demonstrators to downtown Ottawa between April 29 and May 1, 2022.. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Sidewalk chalk drawings left over from the weekend’s […]
