Day 33: Sure, but are they funny?

Plus, Doug Ford headlines a policy summit in Toronto.
Canada Growth Summit dives into unleashing country’s potential in Toronto on April 24

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 Bruce Heyman to Deliver Remarks—Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman, now CEO of Power Sustainable, will deliver remarks on the environment at a lunch event hosted by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. Wednesday, April 23, at 11:30 a.m. ET at a location to be announced in Montreal. Details: corim.qc.ca. Panel: […]
de Adder’s Take: 04-23-2025

‘A very classy man’: Ex-Trudeau and Turner minister Ed Lumley has died

Plus, journalist groups hand out this year’s Code of Silence Awards, a former PMO staffer launches his own polling firm, and a new book on medical assistance in dying is out this week.
Day 32: Poilievre in Nova Scotia

Plus, the Conservative leader made his case to the AFN.
Day 31: Carney in Quebec, Poilievre sets out to take back Vaughan, and Singh campaigns with a former Alberta premier

Plus, the Conservatives will release their costed election platform today.
Fiscal Choices takes a sober look at economic dimensions of pandemic

The following is an excerpt from Michael M. Atkinson and Haizen Mou’s, Fiscal Choices: Canada After the Pandemic, one of the five finalists for this year’s Donner Prize, the best public policy book of the year.
Reconciliation starts local, says author of guide book for non-Indigenous allies

Rose LeMay says it’s ‘up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.’
Obed to talk about ‘Charting Canada’s Arctic Future’ in Toronto on April 23

TUESDAY, APRIL 22 Mayor’s Breakfast—David Coletto, founder, chair, and CEO of Abacus Data, is the special guest at the Mayor’s Breakfast, hosted by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, The Ottawa Business Journal, and the Ottawa Board of Trade. Tuesday, April 22, at 7 a.m. ET Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W. Details: business.ottawabot.ca. Rose LeMay’s […]
‘These books all contribute to the national debate of headline issues’: Donner Prize nominees include titles on COVID response, intimate partner violence, corporate governance, and judicial power

Plus: Pierre Poilievre says his kids have made him more empathetic, the City of Ottawa aces the C.D. Howe’s report on fiscal transparency, and Israel’s PM weighs in on a comment Mark Carney made about Gaza.