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Finance Minister Morneau names press secretary
Finance Minister Bill Morneau and team have been busy of late, with the 2020 federal budget delayed as the federal government works to see through economic relief and other measures announced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and now helping the minister communicate with the public and media alike is new press secretary Maéva Proteau. […]
‘Like no one I have ever met’: former Canadian ambassador to U.S. Allan Gotlieb dies at 92
By the time he finished serving as Canada’s top diplomat in Washington, D.C., for one Progressive Conservative and two Liberal prime ministers, Allan Gotlieb was noted as having an expansive understanding of the Canada-U.S. relationship. Mr. Gotlieb died on April 18, at the age of 92. From 1981 to 1989, he served as Canada’s ambassador […]
Inside the Campaign: new book offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of elections
Most Canadians are familiar with the final products of political campaigns, from party platforms to political ads, but much goes on behind the scenes to get those wheels in motion—and keep the wheels of government turning in the meantime—the details of which only a comparative few understand, and which a new book seeks to demystify. “The […]
Armenian Embassy moves commemorations online to mark 105 years since genocide
Every year at this time, hundreds of Armenian Canadians gather on Parliament Hill to honour the more than one million people who died a century ago, but this week’s genocide commemoration in the midst of a pandemic has forced the country’s new ambassador to Canada to help her community mourn differently. April 24 marks 105 […]
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It’s Earth Day on April 22, hug a tree
MONDAY, APRIL 20 House Sitting—The House has been suspended until Monday, April 20, and the spring schedule is still not confirmed due to the global pandemic. It was scheduled to sit for four straight weeks until May 15. It was then scheduled to take a one-week break and to resume sitting again on May 25, […]
This just in: Donner Prize, Dafoe Prize name books shortlisted for honours
The nominees for 2020’s prestigious Donner and Dafoe book prizes are now out, with 10 books earning the nod and offering Canadians another enlightening way to pass their time in the COVID-19 lockdown. The five books nominated for the Donner Prize for best public policy book include Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson‘s Empty Planet: The […]
New parliamentary affairs head for Seniors Minister Schulte
Shane MacKenzie is back among Parliament Hill’s staffing ranks and is one of three recent additions to Seniors Minister Deb Schulte’s team. Mr. MacKenzie took on the role of director of parliamentary affairs to the minister last month, after almost three years as a senior consultant with the public affairs and government relations firm, Ensight […]
