Former NDP MP Charlie Angus rules out leadership bid
Plus: the Bloc Québécois unveils its House leadership team while a recount cuts its caucus down to 22, Radio-Canada’s Louis Blouin is heading to D.C., and The Globe‘s Roy MacGregor is the new honorary Ottawa Riverkeeper.
Yes, ministers
Plus, the B7 business summit begins this evening.
Carney PMO transition continues, staff await word
Plus, Liberal Tatiana Auguste’s win in Terrebonne, Que., brings the count of former staffers turned first-time MPs to at least eight.
Carney unveils his post-election cabinet
Plus, the PM has approved another $33-billion to keep the government running.
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Former diplomats talk foreign policy at Ottawa summit
Plus, a Nova Scotia senator lays out some First Nations’ priorities for the Carney government.
Senator Boehm to talk about ‘Finding Canada’s place in a Disordered World’ on May 12
MONDAY, MAY 12 Lunch: ‘Legal Ethics and the Attorney General’—The University of Ottawa’s Public Law Centre hosts a conversation with Andrew Martin on his forthcoming book, Legal Ethics and the Attorney General, looking at the position of Canada’s attorney general, emphasizing the ethical standards they must uphold as lawyers and the importance of professional accountability […]
Authors dig deep into government’s response to COVID-19
The following is an excerpt from Seized by Uncertainty: The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19, which is one of five finalists for the 2024 Donner Prize for the best public policy book of the year.
REEL Politics Film Festival coming to Ottawa this fall
Also, ex-Liberal MP John McKay predicts the Carney honeymoon will last six months, CTV’s Mercedes Stephenson is having a baby, and Marlo Glass joins The Hill Times newsroom.
Unemployment stats for April incoming
Plus, Macklem predicts tariffs could cause a permanent economic damage.
