Ministers Rodriguez, Khera host inaugural Air Accessibility Summit in Ottawa on May 9
TUESDAY, MAY 7—WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 2024 Montreal Climate Summit—Former Liberal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna, now chair of the UN High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities, will take part in the 2024 Montreal Climate Summit happening from May 7-8 at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal. Details online: sommetclimatmtl.com. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 House Sitting […]
Trudeau attends National Prayer Breakfast
Peace Tower in bloom
de Adder’s Take: 05-06-2024
What makes Canada the country that it is, what should we work to preserve, and what should we try to change?
Rob Goodman and Daniel J. Savoie tackle the same questions but in completely different ways. Thoughtful and compellingly argued, both books have been deservedly short listed for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
An enthralling exploration of the Petrocene Age
In Fire Weather, John Vaillant combines history, science, and Promethean fable to place the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires as a harbinger of a new fire century.
India’s high commissioner to Canada to deliver speech to Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on May 7
MONDAY, MAY 6 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House is sitting May 6-May 10. The House returns on Tuesday, May 21, after the Victoria Day holiday, and will sit for five straight weeks until June 21. The House resumes sitting on Sept. 16, […]
Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate
Below is an excerpt from Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, by John Vaillant, published by Knopf Canada, one of the five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
‘This is a big night’: Politics and the Pen returns for annual black-tie event
This year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominees touch on wildfire, threats to democracy, the criminal justice system, social insecurity, and national unity.
Our neighbour is an eroding democracy
An eroding democracy is a threat to democracy in its neighbours. The following is an excerpt from Not Here: Why American Democracy is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself, by Rob Goodman. The book is one of the five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
