Government House Leader Rodriguez, Women and Gender Equality Minister Monsef hire new Quebec advisers
Government House Leader and Quebec Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez recently said goodbye to one of his senior advisers for Quebec regional affairs, Éric Beaulieu, who has already been replaced in the minister’s office. Mr. Beaulieu had supported Mr. Rodriguez in his capacity as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Quebec lieutenant since February 2020 and officially exited his […]
House wraps, remaining MPs scatter as summer begins
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 House Sitting—The House is sitting in a hybrid format during the pandemic, with most MPs connecting remotely. It’s scheduled to sit every weekday until Wednesday, June 23, and will then break for three months, until Monday, Sept. 20. In the fall and winter, the House is scheduled to sit for 11 weeks […]
New Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, three directors named
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has appointed Ronald E. Ignace as Canada’s first-ever Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, alongside three directors to staff the commissioner’s office, Robert Watt, Georgina Liberty, and Joan Greyeyes. “We celebrate this day where we breathe new life into all of our Indigenous languages for the future,” said Mr. Ignace in a June […]
Ministers Chagger, Qualtrough both down a press secretary
Diversity, Inclusion, and Youth Minister Bardish Chagger has seen a couple of key staff exits in recent weeks, including that of her press secretary, Emelyana Titarenko, who left to do the same job for Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna. Ms. McKenna has been in need of a new press secretary since late May, when […]
Monday, June 21, is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada
MONDAY, JUNE 21 It’s National Indigenous Peoples Day—June 21 is the national 25th anniversary of celebrating heritage, diverse cultures, and outstanding achievements of First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Issues for urban Canada—A conversation with Don Iveson, mayor of Edmonton, who will reflect on his eight years as mayor and his leadership of the Big City Mayors […]
de Adder’s Take: 06-21-2021
Grenier leaves CBC; Petty to guest host Power & Politics this summer; Zainab Al-Mehdar joins Hill Times news team
Éric Grenier, the popular polls analyst who still goes by @EricGrenierCBC on Twitter, left the CBC’s parliamentary bureau last week and was mysterious about what’s next. “After nearly seen years working with the CBC in parliamentary bureau as the CBC’s polls analyst, I’ve decided it is time to move on and do something different,” he […]
Hargreaves exits as chief of staff to Associate Finance Minister Fortier
Associate Finance and Middle Class Prosperity Minister Mona Fortier’s senior-most aide, chief of staff Lucy Hargreaves, recently bid Parliament Hill farewell after five years of federal political work. Ms. Hargreaves started out as a constituency office manager to now-Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, running her MP’s Ottawa Centre riding office in 2016. A year later, she […]
The latest in Centre Block renovations
The massive excavation site in front of Centre Block pictured during a press tour of the construction site on June 16, 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Scaffolding obstructs the side view of the Peace Tower, pictured during a press tour of the Centre Block construction site on June 16, 2021. The Hill […]
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