Stevie O’Brien stays on as chief to new PSPC Minister Tassi
Public Services and Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi is keeping Stevie O’Brien on as chief of staff in her new portfolio. O’Brien has been chief of staff to the PSPC minister, previously Anita Anand, since October 2020, and before then, she ran then-border security and organized crime reduction minister Bill Blair’s office for a little more […]
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First quarter of 2021, in photos: pandemic second wave, WE Charity testifies at Commons committee
A pair of pedestrians walk between a model of the Parliamentary Precinct and East Block along the north end of Elgin Street in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 11.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a media availability in front of his home at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Feb. 2 […]
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Minister Petitpas Taylor scoops up experienced chief Guy Gallant to head official languages office
After a year in the private sector, Guy Gallant is back on the Hill as chief of staff to Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who’s also responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. A former staffer in Michael Ignatieff’s office as Liberal opposition leader, Gallant returned to Ottawa to work for the Trudeau Liberal […]
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House has adjourned until Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
MONDAY, DEC. 20 House Sitting—The House has adjourned and will resume sitting again on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. TUESDAY, JAN. 4, 2022 Outlook: 2022—The Canadian Club Toronto and the National Post host “Outlook: 2022.” Expert panellists will gather for a forecast luncheon on the economy, the markets and political issues that will affect Canadians in […]
Some interesting reads about Canadian politics in 2021
Political scientists authored many interesting books about Canadian politics in 2021. Here’s a sample published by three of Canada’s largest academic publishers: University of British Columbia Press (UBC Press), University of Toronto Press (UTP), and McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP). I am going to begin and conclude this synthesis with women and Canadian political books, for […]
Michael Wernick on governing, political journalism, and his Machiavellian inspiration
Michael Wernick spent 38 years working in Canada’s non-partisan public service. For the last three of those years, from 2016 to 2019, he served as the clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the cabinet, a role in which he was the most senior civil servant in the government, and one of the prime […]
The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021
1. Across Boundaries: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Young, edited by André Blais, Cristine de Clercy, Anna Lennox Esselment and Ronald Wintrobe, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 232 pp., $34.95. 2. A Liberal-Labour Lady: The Times and Life of Mary Ellen Spear Smith, by Veronica Strong-Boag, UBC Press, 288 pp., $89.95. 3. A Long Way to […]
