House stalemate enters sixth week
Plus, Trudeau could face Modi at the G20 summit.
Hillman to talk about Netflix’s The Diplomat at British High Commission on Nov. 19
MONDAY, NOV. 18 House Sitting—The House is sitting this week and is scheduled to sit every week until Dec. 17. Panel: ‘Partnership for Global Development’—The Aga Khan Foundation Canada hosts a panel discussion, “A Transformative Partnership for Global Development: Canada and the Aga Khan University,” exploring the link between investing in higher education and advancing sustainable […]
Diplomats talk about The Diplomat’s new season: ‘Far more exciting and dramatic than real life’
Plus Bob Rae tweets four dystopian novels, Niigaan Sinclair wins the GG’s literary prize for non-fiction, two commissioners get new terms, and Maclean’s publishes list of Canada’s richest.
‘This rhetoric paves the way for something much larger, much darker’: Carol Off talks about her timely new book
At a Loss for Words: Conservations in an Age of Rage examines the growing manipulation of basic terms to sow division, which Carol Off saw first hand in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. She says she wrote the book for Canadian politicians, including Pierre Poilievre, who might be attracted to the rhetoric employed by demagogue-minded leaders like Donald Trump.
‘This is an emergency’: Canadian politicos react to Trump’s election, upcoming cabinet appointments
News of cabinet and ambassador positions have trickled out of the Trump transition team since his Nov. 5 election victory, ranging from the expected to the eyebrow-raising.
Trudeau, Biden, Xi in Peru for APEC conference
The PBO reviews the impact of new immigration targets on housing.
You fled north to Canada—now what?
Plus, Alberta has its say at the UN climate summit.
More press secretary moves for multiple ministers
For one, Alain Mukeba has been hired as the new press secretary to National Revenue Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau.
Ratna Omidvar on immigration, and eight years of legislating in the Senate
Reflecting on the federal government’s recently reduced immigration-levels plan, Omidvar says she’s ‘particularly concerned about the drop in refugee numbers.’
Politicos mourn Canada’s ambassador to Germany and ex-B.C. premier John Horgan
Plus, Karsh’s portrait of Churchill comes home, a byelection is set for Dec. 16 in British Columbia, the European Union Film Festival opens in Ottawa Nov. 15, and the press gallery is planning its popular children’s Christmas party.
