Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier names a deputy chief of staff

Plus, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is down a senior policy adviser.
The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

2. A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream, by Marc Garneau, Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, 328 pp., $40. 3. A Nation’s Paper: The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada, edited by John Ibbitson, Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, 315 pp., $45. 4. […]
A formidable exercise in truth telling

Alex Himelfarb’s book Breaking Free is a stunning accomplishment, providing new insights into the analysis of neoliberalism. It is unsurpassed.
Carol Off’s timely warning on the use—and misuse—of words

Author and journalist Carol Off pulls no punches in describing the great strain democracy and the dissemination of factual reality are currently under, as well as the forces trying to ensure this polarization and animosity continues.
My Life in Politics is a formidable read

In many ways, Lloyd Axworthy is more of a golden boy than the statue that sits atop the Manitoba legislature.
Freeland to release fall economic statement on Monday, Dec. 16

MONDAY, DEC. 16 House Sitting—The House is sitting every weekday until Dec. 17, and is scheduled to adjourn on that day 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; […]
Ripping off the deficit bandaid

Plus, Statistics Canada publishes the latest quarterly data on job vacancies.
Bloc MP Christine Normandin makes history with birth of her baby, Léopold

Plus: Matt Gurney joins The Hill Times as a columnist, Shimon Koffler Fogel leaves the CIJA, and politicos read into Mélanie Joly’s recent profile in the New York Times.
Finlandization in the nation

Plus, Poilievre rallies supporters in Liberal territory.
PBO adds up housing action

Plus, the Liberals nix Scheer’s quest for an extra sitting day.