MP Dzerowicz’s foray into Reddit hits a few snags
Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport, Ont.) took to popular social media site Reddit on June 9 to host an AMA, short for Ask Me Anything, wherein random users are allowed to ask questions and get hopefully cogent answers. However, the internet mob did not go easy on Ms. Dzerowicz. One point of particular note was […]
Minister Gould hosts conference on Venezuelan refugees and migrants on June 17
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 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 caucus services, communications heads tapped for the LRB
Julie Dewolfe marked her last day as director of caucus services and operations in the Liberal research bureau on June 11, and soon, Linda Campbell will join the office to replace her. Also known as the LRB, the bureau is overall run by managing director Melissa Cotton, and supports all Liberal MPs, helping to provide […]
Some Pontiac constituents ‘puzzled,’ after Grit MP Amos caught exposing himself during House virtual proceedings again, says Low Down to Hull and Back News publisher
Some Pontiac constituents say they’re puzzled by Liberal MP Will Amos, who in April was caught naked on an internal video feed, which he said happened as he was changing after a jog, before he realized his camera was on and, a month later, apologized for urinating during a House proceeding, reportedly into a coffee […]
Philpott to explore lessons learned from the pandemic at a Canadian Medical Association webinar on June 17
MONDAY, JUNE 14 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 […]
Chief Government Whip Holland hires two committees advisers and an executive assistant
Chief Government Whip Mark Holland welcomed some fresh faces to his team this spring, with two new committees advisers and a new executive assistant hired. These additions help fill gaps left after the departure of committees adviser Jared Valdes, who is now a parliamentary affairs adviser to Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger, and committees adviser Ana Krstanovic, […]
Hill titans clash in a breakfast battle
Starting May 15, a strong Twitter rivalry began between two Hill reporters on the least likely of topics: their ability to make delicious, artery-clogging breakfasts. In a series of back-and-forth tweets, CityNews Parliament Hill bureau chief Cormac Mac Sweeney and Toronto Star national politics reporter Alex Boutilier have traded glamorous shots of their morning sandwiches, […]
De Adder’s Take: 06-09-2021
Trudeau takes first mid-COVID overseas trip to G7 meeting June 11-13
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 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 […]
Keeping the bailiff from repossessing your car: the case for a basic income
A basic income for all Canadians, an unconditional, guaranteed income floor below which no one’s income can fall, is an idea that has been growing in refinement and acceptance since the early 1900s. It has some enthusiastic opponents, but unlike other policy ideas, the enemies of basic income come from both the right and the […]
