Former Liberal minister makes history in Edmonton mayoral race
Former Liberal cabinet minister Amarjeet Sohi has returned to his municipal political roots. Mr. Sohi, who was the MP for Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta., from 2015 to 2019, was elected Oct. 18 as the new mayor of Edmonton. He won the federal riding in 2015 by a razor-thin margin of 92 votes, besting then-Conservative cabinet […]
‘I did not stop and I did not die’: Rwandan recounts surviving the genocide in his book Die Walking: A Child’s Journey Through Genocide
Messengers moved quickly and quietly between tents: a band of rebel scouts had been apprehended near the camp, and they had confessed that an attack was imminent. We must be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. By now we had sold or lost most of our possessions, so there was not much packing to […]
No wetsuits allowed: McKenna celebrates 50th with a splash as she looks to post-Hill life
What better way for an avid swimmer to mark a milestone birthday during a pandemic than swimming the five Great Lakes, and the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans—all without a wetsuit? So figured outgoing Liberal minister Catherine McKenna, who recently completed a swimming challenge to celebrate her 50th birthday and raise money for the non-profit, […]
Wilson-Raybould to talk about her book, ‘Indian’ in the Cabinet on Oct. 18 at Toronto Public Library
MONDAY, OCT. 18 Jody Wilson-Raybould: “Indian” in the Cabinet—Former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould will discuss her memoir ‘Indian’ in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power, hosted by the Toronto Public Library. Wilson-Raybould’s book recounts her journey to Ottawa, her challenges with enacting change while in cabinet and the important lessons that now inform her […]
‘I was pissed off’: Wernick dishes on stepping down, famous warning on Hot Room podcast
Former clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick spoke about his decision to take an early retirement following the SNC-Lavalin scandal, and his famous warning about the rise of incitements to violence in politics during a recent guest appearance on The Hill Times’ Hot Room podcast. Mr. Wernick stepped down from the job after testifying […]
de Adder’s Take: 10-18-2021
From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives
Gehl challenges the Indian Act’s legislative silence
Legislative change must not be used by a government as an opportunity to create new forms of sex discrimination—and mask them through legislative silence. This is exactly what Canada has done. Canada has treaty responsibilities that it has to live up to. We all know this by now. Yet since 1985, and through an amendment […]
One rad dude is running for Alberta Senate election
Canada doesn’t elect Senators, but that hasn’t stopped Alberta from holding its Alberta Senate elections, and one candidate in its upcoming election, Chad “Jett Thunders” Saunders, is having some fun with it. The independent candidate has joined a long list of nominees, including former United Conservative Party president Erika Barootes for the Conservative Party of Canada; Independent Rick […]
New Icelandic envoy brings trade promotion prowess to Ottawa
Iceland’s new ambassador hopes to bring his trade promotion bonafides to Ottawa to expand trade and investment between the Nordic island nation and Canada. A former Iceland consul general in New York City, Ambassador Hlynur Gudjonsson presented his letter of credence to new Governor General Mary May Simon on Sept. 9 in the vice-regal’s first […]
