Au revoir to Conservative Senator Victor Oh

Plus, three other Senators change affiliation, Monserrat legislature to receive Canadian-made table, a new Parliamentary Librarian is nominated, and Latin American embassies to host film festival in Ottawa.
The ‘Godfather’ of Canadian hip hop and a Godspell reunion take over the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards

The annual Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards was a swanky way to recognize lifetime achievement and volunteerism in Canada’s performing arts scene, and celebrate emerging and mid-career artists.
Labour and Seniors Minister O’Regan finds a new comms lead

Plus, there are some recent staff departures from the offices of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough.
de Adder’s Take: 06-10-2024

Trudeau: he eludes us still

Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever know.
Trudeau headed to G7 Summit in Italy, then to Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland this week

MONDAY, JUNE 10 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, […]
Nahlah Ayed has a new book out, The War We Won Apart

Plus, former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie launches a newsletter, and former CTV journalist Daniele Hamamdjian is joining NBC News in London, U.K., and four restaurants in Ottawa make Canada’s 100 Best picks
Fraser nabs award

Macklem cuts key interest rate

The Prince and the Maher at The Met

Veteran journalist and author Stephen Maher celebrated the launch of his new book The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau with a book signing event at the Métropolitan Brasserie on June 4.