‘I was pissed off’: Wernick dishes on stepping down, famous warning on Hot Room podcast
Former clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick spoke about his decision to take an early retirement following the SNC-Lavalin scandal, and his famous warning about the rise of incitements to violence in politics during a recent guest appearance on The Hill Times’ Hot Room podcast. Mr. Wernick stepped down from the job after testifying […]
de Adder’s Take: 10-18-2021
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Gehl challenges the Indian Act’s legislative silence
Legislative change must not be used by a government as an opportunity to create new forms of sex discrimination—and mask them through legislative silence. This is exactly what Canada has done. Canada has treaty responsibilities that it has to live up to. We all know this by now. Yet since 1985, and through an amendment […]
One rad dude is running for Alberta Senate election
Canada doesn’t elect Senators, but that hasn’t stopped Alberta from holding its Alberta Senate elections, and one candidate in its upcoming election, Chad “Jett Thunders” Saunders, is having some fun with it. The independent candidate has joined a long list of nominees, including former United Conservative Party president Erika Barootes for the Conservative Party of Canada; Independent Rick […]
New Icelandic envoy brings trade promotion prowess to Ottawa
Iceland’s new ambassador hopes to bring his trade promotion bonafides to Ottawa to expand trade and investment between the Nordic island nation and Canada. A former Iceland consul general in New York City, Ambassador Hlynur Gudjonsson presented his letter of credence to new Governor General Mary May Simon on Sept. 9 in the vice-regal’s first […]
Former Lt.-Gen. Whitecross to host CDAI’s ‘Making National Security Safe’ talk on Oct. 12
MONDAY, OCT. 11 Parliament Not Sitting—Parliament is dissolved and the House is expected to return before the end of fall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently said. He also said the new cabinet will be unveiled this month. UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP15)—The Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological […]
Blanchfield, Hampson co-author book, The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the U.S.-Cyber War
Mike Blanchfield and Fen Hampson have co-authored an upcoming book, The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the U.S.-Cyber War. The book, published by Sutherland House, will be out next month. The Toronto Star ran an excerpt on Oct. 2, headlined “The Two Michaels: Friends and relatives reveal how they coped behind […]
de Adder’s Take: 10-11-2021
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