New aides for Ministers MacAulay, Hajdu
Veterans Affairs and Associate Defence Minister Lawrence MacAulay has a new special assistant, with Bradley Henstock having joined the minister’s political staff team last month. Mr. Henstock previously spent the six months leading up to the October 2019 federal election working as a constituency assistant to then-Liberal MP Matt DeCourcey, who represented Fredericton, N.B., in […]
Christy Clark to discuss why policy-makers missed so many opportunities to prepare for pandemic on May 27 at 4:30 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 25 House Not Sitting—The House has been suspended until Monday, May 25, and the spring schedule is still not confirmed due to the global pandemic. However, during this adjournment time, a Special COVID-19 Pandemic Committee has been established, composed of all members of the House, to meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The […]
Flanagan documents how successful First Nations are achieving prosperity
Prior to the 19th century, the large majority of human beings lived in what today would be considered poverty. In all complex societies, an elite stratum used its control of political and economic institutions to enjoy a varied diet, clean water, formal education, and relief from long hours of manual labour, but such luxuries were […]
Labour Minister Tassi now has a 15-member team
Labour Minister Filomena Tassi has further built up her office since Hill Climbers’ last dive into the team in January, including lining up Nilani Logeswaran as director of parliamentary affairs, and hiring Olivier Pilon as a communications assistant earlier this month. A former director of parliamentary affairs to then-science and sport minister Kirsty Duncan, Ms. […]
‘More Canadians are starting to get it’: outgoing Don Kelly reflects on two decades at Assembly of First Nations
A fixture in the Parliamentary Precinct for years, departing Assembly of First Nations (AFN) spokesperson Don Kelly says since he started at the advocacy organization back in 1999 more Canadians understand the work that is needed on reconciliation, but also says more progress needs to be made. Mr. Kelly has worked for four different national […]
‘A very difficult few weeks’: MPs pay tribute to Snowbirds fatal crash victim Jennifer Casey
Parliamentarians commemorated the life of a Snowbird public affairs officer following a crash in Kamloops, B.C., which happened less than a month after six members of the Canadian Forces were killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece. Snowbirds spokesperson Captain Jennifer Casey was killed in the crash on May 17 and pilot […]
New press secretary in International Development Minister Gould’s office
AN APARTMENT NEAR PARLIAMENT HILL—International Development Minister Karina Gould has added a press secretary to her ministerial team, with Guillaume Dumas taking on the role in March. Mr. Dumas previously spent a year, from August 2018 to August 2019, as a press and public affairs officer with the office of the Consulate General of France […]
Hot Docs Festival goes online, May 28-June 6
MONDAY, MAY 18 House Not Sitting—The House has been suspended until Monday, May 25, and the spring schedule is still not confirmed due to the global pandemic. However, during this adjournment time, a Special COVID-19 Pandemic Committee has been established, composed of all members of the House, to meet beginning on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. […]
Breakdown lays out a fulsome set of policy recommendations
An untenable risk for any future major development of resources or related infrastructure must be confronted. Do the Indigenous Peoples of Canada currently possess a de facto veto or not on major infrastructure projects in Canada? At the end of 2018, this issue remained unresolved, and it may yet undo TMX, despite the Trudeau government’s […]
Maple syrup, maple chocolate, maple lollipops: a look inside Canada’s gifts to UN diplomats
When keeping up the tradition of diplomatic gift-giving, Canada’s mission to the United Nations takes cues from its flag—handing out an assortment of maple-related items to envoys from across the world. Maple syrup, maple cookies, maple butter, maple chocolate, and maple lollipops are some of the items that Canadian diplomats in New York City gift […]
