Bains, Astravas, and Robert: who’s testifying today

Plus: ‘so immature,’ ‘very smart’—what school kids from Calgary thought of Question Period.
Mark Carney, Jody Wilson-Raybould, and Lloyd Axworthy all have new books coming

Plus, the Métis National Council is without a president following Cassidy Caron’s Sept. 30 departure, Olivier Cullen and Annalisa Harris join the Blackbird Strategies team, and Gerry Byrne the younger joins Sen. Busson’s office.
de Adder’s Take: 10-09-2024

Tory MP Jeneroux to be fêted as mental-health champion, discuss mental well-being in Parliament on Oct. 10

SUNDAY, OCT. 6—FRIDAY, OCT. 11 ASEAN Summit—The ASEAN Summit will take place in Vientiane, Laos, from Sunday, Oct. 6, to Friday, Oct. 11. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in attendance Oct. 10-11. MONDAY, OCT. 7—THURSDAY, OCT. 10 AFN’s National Climate Gathering—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its third annual National Climate Gathering on the […]
Trudeau, Poilievre attend Oct. 7 commemoration

JWR weighs in on UNDRIP Act

Plus, NWT leaders speak in Ottawa.
Q&A | What the heck is HERC, with Mark Holland

‘We’re putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build up life sciences capacity in advance of a pandemic.’
New press secretary for Minister Lebouthillier, raft of changes for Minister Duclos

Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has hired a new director of parliamentary affairs, and tapped a new acting communications head, among other changes.
PSPC to lead deep dive into Centre Block’s renovation, the largest, most complex project to rehabilitate a heritage building ever in Canada on Oct. 7

MONDAY, OCT. 7 House Sitting—The House is sitting until Oct. 11. It breaks Oct. 14-18, and resumes sitting on Oct. 21. It sits Oct. 21-Nov. 9, and breaks on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day week until Nov. 15. It resumes again on Nov. 18, and is scheduled to sit from Nov. 18 to Dec. 17. […]
Costa Rica’s ambassador to Canada, Adriana Solano Laclé, has died

Also, Conservatives hope to move mountains with their new ad, Senator Klyne reacts to Cher endorsing his bill, and reporter Mickey Djuric joins Politico.