McKenna gets a new gig, joins Columbia’s Center on Global Energy
Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna, who represented Ottawa Centre, Ont., from 2015 to 2021, and who did not run in the last election, is joining Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy as a distinguished visiting fellow and will be “working on practical solutions to help scale climate action with CGEP and the new Columbia […]
Health Minister Duclos to speak at Montreal Council on Foreign Relations event on Tuesday, Jan. 25
MONDAY, JAN. 24 House Not Sitting—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. […]
de Adder’s Take:01-24-2022
Alexa McDonough and the cost of blazing trails
Trailblazing isn’t easy, but those who knew her say Alexa McDonough had the character and resilience to do it with grace, earnestness, and always a sense of humour. Since her recent death, McDonough has been described as a “role model,” an “icon,” and the reason many women in politics who came after her were able […]
Agriculture Minister Bibeau has a new acting chief of staff, Jérémy Gauthier
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, who has held her portfolio since 2019, has kicked off the new Parliament with some changes to her ministerial office, where Jérémy Gauthier has stepped in as acting chief of staff. Gauthier took over the reins from Alison Porter, who’s now on maternity leave, in December. Porter was among the first […]
Diplomatic Circles: Kazakhstan salutes the flag
Murat Rustemov, counsellor at the Kazakhstan Embassy, left; Anuar Akhmetov, head of the Kazakhstan Consulate in Toronto; Shokan Omarov, first secretary at the Kazakhstan Embassy; Amirbek Alibi, second secretary at the Kazakhstan Embassy; and Bakhtiyar Kozhamzhar, third secretary at the Kazakhstan Embassy watch Kazakhstan Ambassador Akylbek Kamaldinov raise the flag. The Hill Times photograph by […]
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Bilateral spats need to be addressed, but outgoing South African envoy says Canadian ties still ‘strong’
Despite an ongoing “hurdle” brought on by Canada’s travel ban, the departing South African envoy said Canada-South African ties remain “strong” with their roots in Canada’s anti-apartheid advocacy. South African High Commissioner Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mntambo, who started her post in May 2017, said looking back on her time in Ottawa she was able to achieve “a […]
Politicos pay tribute to Alexa McDonough
Former NDP leader Alexa McDonough died on Jan. 15 in Halifax at the age of 77 after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s, her family told CBC News. McDonough had led the Nova Scotia NDP from 1980 to 1994, the first woman to hold that post. She then led the federal NDP from 1995 to 2002 […]
