What is the world coming to? Lloyd Axworthy will discuss in Oct. 7 Pearson Centre chat
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 House Sitting—The House of Commons is sitting in a hybrid format right now during the pandemic, with most MPs connecting remotely. But the House is scheduled to sit Wednesday, Oct. 7 until Friday Oct. 9. It’s scheduled to take a one-week break, Oct. 12-16, and will then sit again Oct. 19-Nov. 6. […]
Champagne popping off to Europe in hopes of quelling Armenia-Azerbaijan clash
Canada’s top diplomat is headed to Europe to meet with allies to discuss a path to de-escalation in the revived conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory Nagorno-Karabakh. “I’ve asked the foreign minister to travel to Europe to discuss with our allies the developments in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, particularly in the […]
Canada-Irish relationship ‘ripe for development,’ new envoy says
Helping negotiate the 1998 peace treaty in Northern Ireland is among the proudest achievements for Ireland’s new top diplomat in Ottawa, and one that has a notable Canadian connection. As a member of the Irish government’s team involved in the negotiation, and later implementation, of the Good Friday Agreement bringing to an end decades of […]
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Sen. Sinclair to talk about racial inequality and disparity on Oct. 6, hosted by Aksis: Edmonton’s Aboriginal Business and Professional Association
MONDAY, OCT. 5 House Sitting—The House of Commons is sitting in a hybrid format right now during the pandemic, with most MPs connecting remotely. But the House is scheduled to sit Monday, Oct. 5 and every weekday until Friday Oct. 9. It’s scheduled to take a one-week break, Oct. 12-16, and will then sit again […]
Crunchie bar and Doritos: NDP MP Green shares how he got by during Wednesday’s early-morning House vote
Apparently, politicians love their Doritos, the flavoured tortilla chips invented in a Disneyland restaurant in the 1960s, and thanks to a 3 a.m. House of Commons vote Wednesday night on the federal government’s latest pandemic-aid bill, Hill watchers got a taste of where NDP MP Matthew Green lands on the great Doritos debate. No stranger […]
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Rona Ambrose tells her story during virtual Pink Tea talk on Oct. 2
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30 EU-Canada Business Summit—Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion, and International Trade Mary Ng will deliver remarks at the EU-Canada Business Summit—a one-day event hosted by the Canada-Europe Economic Chamber. This year’s topics are Energy and the Environment, Security and Transport, International Trade and Mobility, and Manufacturers and Artificial Intelligence. Other speakers include […]
First virtual Commons vote featured lags and laughs
The House of Commons held its first hybrid in-person/remote recorded division on Sept. 28, with a vote on a Bloc Québécois change to a Conservative amendment to the House’s Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne. It wasn’t without a few hiccups. A world-wide Microsoft outage delayed the vote by more than 30 […]
