‘We are ready’: senior Uruguayan diplomat comes to Ottawa to spotlight CPTPP bid
Uruguayan deputy foreign minister Nicolás Albertoni says it’s time for CPTPP member countries to signal who is next in line for accession to the multilateral trade pact.
Telford untouchable at the top of the 21st Terrific 25 Staffers list, as Conservatives sweep Most Knowledgeable and Best Spin
Coming in at second and third on The Hill Times’ Terrific 25 Staffers list are Conservative staffers Jordan Johnston and Colin Thackeray, respectively.
de Adder’s Take: 06-19-2024
MacKinnon talks ‘ambitious’ legislative priorities
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon spoke with reporters Tuesday about the “very ambitious set of objectives” for government legislation this session that MPs are considering before the House of Commons rises for the summer break. “We’re close to having met them. We’re not, unfortunately, yet at the finish line, but progress is being made every […]
Wilkinson, Anandasangaree, Miller swap comms staff
Staff changes in Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s office also include the promotion of a new director of operations.
de Adder’s Take: 06-17-2024
PCO’s Christiane Fox to talk about new era of hybrid work, human-centred leadership in public service on Wednesday
MONDAY, JUNE 17 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House is sitting for five straight weeks until June 21. After the summer break, the House resumes sitting on Sept. 16, and will sit for four weeks from Sept. 16-Oct. 11, but will take Monday, […]
Two new books out for politicos
Plus, Matthew Green honours the late Peter Rosenthal; Art of Leadership Women conference begins; Elizabeth May mourns loss of St. Anne’s Anglican Church; Ottawa will host Caribbean Development Bank’s annual board of governors meeting; and more.
The mainstream-ification of Andrew Lawton
A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
Singh slams Trudeau as ‘slow to act’ after spy watchdog report
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says an explosive spy watchdog report reveals several MPs helped foreign states interfere in Canadian politics through behaviour that was “deeply unethical and contrary to the oaths” taken as parliamentarians, sometimes rising to the level of criminality. Singh also confirmed that the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ classified report […]
