‘Braver Canada’: a new book paths a fresh course for Canada around the globe
A former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. and an international relations professor argue in a book that Canada needs a new approach as international institutions have been permanently altered. Braver Canada: Shaping Our Destiny in a Precarious World is the latest project by former diplomat Derek Burney and Carleton University professor Fen Osler Hampson. “The […]
Health Minister Hajdu’s team includes four holdovers from her predecessor
With the outbreak of COVID-19, Canada’s federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu has had quite the trial by fire since being sworn-in to the post last November, and her office includes just four holdovers from the former health minister’s team, including director of policy Kathryn Nowers. A former policy analyst with Health Canada, Ms. Nowers first […]
Prime Minister to host First Ministers’ Meeting in Ottawa on March 13
MONDAY, MARCH 9 House Not Sitting—The House will resume on March 9 to March 13. It adjourns again for one week and will sit from March 23 to April 3. It will then take a two-week break and will resume sitting again on April 20 and will sit for four straight weeks until May 15. […]
Making his mark: Bourrie wins Taylor Prize
Former Parliament Hill reporter Mark Bourrie took home this year’s RBC Taylor Prize and a hefty $30,000 cheque for his latest book, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The book about one of the founding members of the Hudson’s Bay Company profiles Pierre-Esprit Radisson, who came to New France as a 15-year-old, where he […]
Taxation employee union files ‘bad faith bargaining’ charge against CRA as PSAC gears up for strike votes
The fourth anniversary of the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system has come and gone, and as Canada’s largest federal public sector union remains without a new contract, union leaders are busy gearing up for strike votes across the country. And in the midst of rallies and sit-ins across Canada, the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s second […]
Minister McKenna to promote running for politics like a girl at March 5 panel discussion
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 House Not Sitting—The House is on a one-week break and will resume on March 9 to March 13. It adjourns again for one week and will sit from March 23 to April 3. It will then take a two-week break and will resume sitting again on April 20 and will sit for […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne has a busy team, led by chief of staff Deschamps-Laporte
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne has a busy mandate indeed, and supporting him currently is a 17-member political staff team, led by chief of staff Laurence Deschamps-Laporte. Annie Lagueux is director of policy to Mr. Champagne. A former policy adviser under then-minister Chrystia Freeland, Ms. Lagueux has spent the last year working at The Hague […]
‘Canada has lost a giant’: Liberal icon David Smith dies at 78
David Smith, a former Senator who was behind two Liberal prime ministers victories over four elections, died last week at the age of 78. Sen. Smith served as the Liberals’ Ontario campaign char, their national campaign chair, and the Ontario Liberal president. He was instrumental in Jean Chrétien‘s victories in 1993, 1997, and 2000, helping […]
Sorbara makes ’em howl at the Métropolitain
With a snowstorm set to pelt Ottawa last Wednesday night, many tried to rush home before they got LRTed. Some were fortunate, many were not. Inclement weather and LRTitis can always be used as an excuse to skip post-work parties, but it was a testament to how well regarded Pat Sorbara is in Liberal circles, […]
Notley to present 2020 Bell Lecture on March 3 at Ottawa’s Dominion Chalmers Centre
MONDAY, MARCH 2 U.S. and Partners Launch Energy Resource Governance Initiative—Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Energy Resources (ENR) Francis Fannon will join the Government of Canada and other partners at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention to launch a new toolkit for the Energy Resource Governance Initiative (ERGI). He is available […]
