Conservative campaigner Jenni Byrne delves into running a strong race in May 30 webinar

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 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, […]
Queer Legends podcast sheds light on civil service’s 40-year LGBT Purge

Plus, colleagues mourn former senator Joseph Day, Andrew Lawton’s new book on Pierre Poilievre is out, Stephen Maher and Hannah Thibedeau among ex-press gallery types to be ‘mugged’ on May 31, McMaster to honour Senator Dean, and Stefanie Beck is shuffled to deputy minister of defence.
de Adder’s Take: 05-29-2024

Fergus appears before PROC

House Speaker Greg Fergus appears before the House Procedure and House Affairs Committee. Fergus is weathering a Conservative-led push to oust him as Speaker, accusing him of lacking the “impartiality” required of the nonpartisan post, following an event on his website that used language targeting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Bloc Québécois have shared that […]
Minister Virani bids farewell to aides, Minister Hajdu tweaks office roster

Recent changes in Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu’s office include Jack Welsh’s hiring as a policy adviser for litigation.
‘Wînipêk Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre’ set to hit bookshelves this month

Plus, Lawn Summer Nights returns this summer to support Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking releases its annual report.
de Adder’s Take: 05-27-2024

Hillman to deliver speech at lunch hosted by Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on May 29 in Montreal

MONDAY, MAY 27 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, […]
Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn’t want Poilievre to run the country, but author and veteran journalist Stephen Maher says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again.
Blanchet takes questions
