House of Commons set to return in hybrid format on Monday, Jan. 31
MONDAY, JAN. 31 House Returns—The House of Commons is scheduled to sit for 26 weeks in 2022. It’s set to return in a hybrid format on Monday, Jan. 31, and will sit every weekday from Jan. 31 to Friday, Feb. 18. It will return again a week later on Feb. 28 and will sit for one week. It […]
‘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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