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 […]
Bains, Astravas, and Robert: who’s testifying today

Plus: ‘so immature,’ ‘very smart’—what school kids from Calgary thought of Question Period.
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.
de Adder’s Take: 10-07-2024
Bills on the backburner

Plus, Privy Council officials testify in the foreign interference probe.
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. […]