At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs
Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.
de Adder’s Take: 05-07-2025
Senator Don Plett gets special event to say goodbye
Plus: Hill Times alumni Tim Naumetz has died, ex-Liberal MP Pam Damoff is the Pearson Centre’s new CEO, and PM Carney’s cat gets kudos from another political feline.
‘I love Canada’: making sense of Trump/Carney meeting
Plus, Andrew Scheer to fill in for Poilievre in the House.
Minister Joly, Ambassador Miraillet to discuss Canada-France relations in Ottawa on May 8
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Webinar: ‘Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity’—The Institute for Research on Public Policy hosts a webinar: “Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity.” Loleen Berdahl, executive director of the University of Saskatchewan’s Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy; and Jared Wesley, University of Alberta political science professor, will unpack the federal […]
Carney faces Trump
Plus, the Conservative caucus assembles on the Hill to chart a way forward.
Lisa Raitt to deliver Dick, Ruth, and Judy Bell Lecture on May 6, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre in Ottawa
TUESDAY, MAY 6 Prime Minister Carney to visit United States—Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., to discuss trade pressures and the broader future economic and security relationship between the two sovereign nations. Panel: ‘Revisiting Macdonald and Diefenbaker’—The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a pane discussion, ‘Legacy […]
First there were six, now five former MPs re-elected on April 28
Plus: Liberal MP Noormohamed becomes a father during the election campaign, Ottawa-born ex-CFL star now leads Manitoba’s PCs, Joe Biden says he’s defect to Canada, and longtime CP reporter Gord McIntosh has died.
Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court
The following is an excerpt from Constraining the Court: Judicial Power in Policy Implementation in the Charter Era, one of five books shortlisted for the 2025 Donner Prize, the best public policy book of the year.
de Adder’s Take: 05-05-2025
