Virani plugs miscarriage of justice law
Plus, a Senate clash leaves a junk food marketing bill on ice over Christmas.
Liberals throw their holiday caucus party, despite all the political chaos, and CBC says farewell to Phil Ling
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau smiled through the pain alongside his caucus and staffers at their annual holiday party on Dec. 17 at the Rogers Centre and on Dec. 16, Hill journalist wished Ling well on the West Coast at the Métropolitain Brasserie
Parliamentarians head home for the holidays
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 House Not Sitting—The House has adjourned for the Christmas holidays and break. It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will sit for 25 weeks over the year. It will sit Jan. 27-Feb. 14; Feb. 24-28; March 17-21; March 31-April 11; April 28-June 20 (not sitting May 19, and is […]
‘The timing is right’: Stephen Greene bids farewell to Senate
The now-former senator recently sat down to talk everything from ‘herding cats’ in his early days as chief of staff to Preston Manning, to ‘plotting’ Senate modernization.
Comeback kid: Tory Jansen returns to the House after B.C. byelection win
Plus, Chatelaine honours NDP MP Leah Gazan, the Bloc Québécois gets a new whip, former Alberta premier Rachel Notley is leaving provincial politics, and journalist Patti Sonntag joins Postmedia.
‘Ridiculous clown show of chaos’ wraps for the holiday
Plus, Blair meets his counterpart in Poland.
Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
‘She knows how to make a splash, and knows how to get things done,’ says author of new Freeland book
Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland’s life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime minister’s life: principle and loyalty.
Trudeau on the ropes
Plus, politicos react to Chrystia Freeland’s historic resignation.
Dramatic day on the Hill after Freeland’s resignation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for the morning Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Dec. 16, 2024. Trudeau was not in Question Period and issued no comment through the day following Chrystia Freeland’s surprise resignation from cabinet the morning she was set to present her fall economic statement as finance minister. In the wake […]
