Canada’s Ambassador to U.S. Hillman to discuss Canada-U.S. relations Nov. 24 with La Presse correspondent
MONDAY, NOV. 23 House Sitting—The House of Commons is sitting in a hybrid format right now during the pandemic, with most MPs connecting remotely. The House is scheduled to sit every weekday from Nov. 23-Dec. 11, and that’s it for 2020. Senate Sitting—The Senate has approved a plan for hybrid sittings during the pandemic to […]
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Katherine Koostachin joins PMO as a senior policy adviser
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a new wonk in his office with Katherine Koostachin having been brought on board last week as a senior policy adviser. Ms. Koostachin left her role as director of Indigenous relations and reconciliation to Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, a post she’d taken on at the beginning of September, to […]
Chagger, Paul join panel to talk women in politics on Nov. 18
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 House Sitting—The House of Commons is sitting in a hybrid format right now during the pandemic, with most MPs connecting remotely. The House is scheduled to sit every weekday from Nov. 16-Dec. 11, and that’s it for 2020. Senate Sitting—The Senate has approved a plan for hybrid sittings during the pandemic to […]
De Adder’s Take: 11-18-2020
Chinese ambassador turns down invite to appear at Canada-China Relations Committee
As the Special House Committee on Canada-China Relations continues studying the maimed relationship between Ottawa and Beijing, Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu declined an offer to showcase the Chinese government’s perspective, the committee announced. The committee noted in a Nov. 13 press release that it was “disappointed” that Mr. Cong declined the invitation. “The Special Committee […]
‘This is a national crisis, not a series of provincial pandemics,’ says columnist Gilmore, urging PM to take ‘national response’
Recent high infection rates of COVID across Ontario and across parts of the country sparked calls for a “national response” last week for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “stop scolding premiers from the sidelines.” Maclean’s columnist and entrepreneur Scott Gilmore wrote in a Nov. 10 piece that Mr. Trudeau “mostly side-stepped responsibility and decided 10 […]
House and Senate back this week in last legislative push for 2020
MONDAY, NOV. 16 House Sitting—The House of Commons is sitting in a hybrid format right now during the pandemic, with most MPs connecting remotely. The House is scheduled to sit every weekday from Nov. 16-Dec. 11, and that’s it for 2020. Senate Sitting—The Senate has approved a plan for hybrid sittings during the pandemic to […]
