Ministers Chagger, Joly add to political staff teams
Diversity, Youth, and Inclusion Minister Bardish Chagger has recently added a new member to her ministerial communications team, with Emelyana Titarenko having been hired as a special assistant for communications and issues management. Ms. Titarenko officially began working for the minister on June 1. A recent graduate of Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., from […]
Media shakeups in Ottawa and beyond: Globe bids adieu to Leblanc, HuffPost Canada readies for new editor-in-chief
Globe and Mail veteran reporter Daniel Leblanc split his time last week between digging into the government’s $343-billion deficit and announcing his resignation from the paper at which he spent more than two decades. “The news is trickling out… After nearly 22 years, I have resigned from the Globe and Mail. It was a pleasure, […]
Cabinet’s directors of communications and chiefs of staff list, 2021
Minister Portfolio Chief of Staff D. Comms Press Secretary Main Office # Trudeau, Justin Prime Minister Katie Telford Cameron Ahmad Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, Alex Wellstead 613-957-5555 Alghabra, Omar Transport Mike Maka Valérie Glazer Allison St-Jean 613-991-0700 Anand, Anita Public Services and Procurement Stevie O’Brien James Fitz-Morris Cecely Roy 819-997-5421 Bennett, Carolyn Crown-Indigenous Relations Sarah Welch Gillian […]
Freeland continues role overseeing Canada-U.S. file as Ng takes reigns of new NAFTA implementation act
While International Trade Minister Mary Ng has gained responsibility for the implementation law of the new NAFTA, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland remains the cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the ever-important Canada-U.S. relationship. Ms. Freeland has carefully stick-handled the new NAFTA through all phases of negotiations and implementation, but now that the trade pact came […]
Two new advisers on Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Bennett’s team
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett has welcomed a familiar face back to her fold, with Charlotte McKenna returning to serve as a policy adviser to the minister for the summer. A former assistant to then-Manitoba Liberal MP Doug Eyolfson, Ms. McKenna first landed a job as a legislative assistant in Ms. Bennett’s office as the […]
NDP MPs Green, Qaqqaq to talk about systemic racism in Canada on July 6 in video town hall
House Not Sitting—The House had its final meeting on June 18 of the Special COVID-19 Pandemic Committee, composed of all members of the House, but as per a government motion tabled May 25, the House will sit on July 8, July 22, Aug. 12, Aug. 26. The House is then scheduled to return in the […]
Philpott keeping busy these days, co-editing new book as dean appointment begins
Canada’s former federal health minister Jane Philpott will soon have a new COVID-19 credential under her belt: a book detailing the impacts of the outbreak. Titled Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19, it’s published by the University of Ottawa Press and set to be released on July 14. At a hefty 628 pages, […]
De Adder’s Take: 07-01-2020
No fireworks this year: U.S. Embassy to showcase Fourth of July online
The Fourth of July party thrown by the U.S. Embassy is usually one of the most noteworthy events of the year, but this year it will be celebrated online. The embassy announced a series of celebratory productions to mark the 244th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence being ratified by the Second Continental Congress. There will […]
‘Just not the same’: Parliamentarians plan Canada Day festivities around the COVID-19 pandemic
With major Canada Day celebrations across the country either halted entirely or mimicking Parliament in their move to a more virtual venue, some Hillites and MPs are still eager to get into the celebratory spirit as much as they can, while still paying respect to the past and those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
