Fresh faces among Public Works Minister Lightbound’s 16-member team

Wilder Walker-Stewart has been elevated to the role of director of policy to Minister Lightbound, overseeing advisers Whitney McDiarmid and Kabisan Thanendran.
Champagne’s budget and ‘Prosecco Prudence’ at The Met

Finance Minister Champagne takes a victory lap at The Métropolitain Brasserie on Nov. 4 at Politico and Earnscliffe Strategies’ post-budget party
Senator Gwen Boniface bows out early from the Senate

Also, three ex-cabinet ministers are starting new careers in Quebec municipal politics, Marco Mendicino returns to practising law, and The Hill Times‘ All Politics Poll is open for your input.
de Adder’s Take: 11-05-2025
Canada reacts to the budget

Plus, the Liberal benches gain an extra member, and the Supreme Court begins a hearing on whether MPs can limit their own free speech privilege.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gives post-budget breakdown in Toronto on Nov. 7

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 House Schedule—The House of Commons will sit Nov. 3-7; Nov. 17-21; Nov. 24-28; Dec. 1-5; and Dec. 8-12. In total, the House will have sat only 73 days this year. Last year, it sat 122 days, and in 2023, it sat 121 days. In 2022, it sat 129 days, and in 2021, […]
Carney Liberals table long-awaited budget

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It’s budget day

Plus, government officials brief MPs on Gaza and the new border bill.
‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic

Deputy Premier Caroline Wawzonek on the Northwest Territories’ quest to get federal support to build the Mackenzie Valley Highway, which would connect southern roadways to the far North.
Breaking down the staff behind Mark Carney’s PMO: part 2

Derek Lipman, an experienced Liberal Party organizer, is now appointments director; and former Data Sciences VP Rosalie Nadeau is research and advertising director.