Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023
This year’s 100 most influential list is peppered with the politicians, political staffers and strategists, public servants, and media who help shape policy, hold the government to account, and wield influence behind the scenes.
The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022
Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star, by John Honderich, Penguin Random House Canada, $35. 2. A Cooperative Disagreement: Canada-United States Relations and Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-93, by John M. Dirks, foreword by Robert Bothwell and John English, UBC Press, 352 pp., $98.95. 3. A Journey of Love and Hope: The Inspirational Words of […]
The 2022 Terrific 25 Staffers ranking
Conducted by Forum Research, a total of 141 politicos cast votes online between June 3 and July 8 as part of this year’s Terrific 25 Staffers survey. Between the 18 survey categories, 421 individual staffers received votes. The PM’s right hand Katie Telford was once again voted to the top of the 25 list, and […]
Conservative party leadership: who supports who
Pierre Poilievre MP Adam Chambers (Simcoe North, Ont.) MP Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) MP Anna Roberts (King-Vaughan, Ont.) MP Blake Richards (Banff-Airdrie, Alta.) MP Bob Zimmer (Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, B.C.) MP Brad Redekopp (Saskatoon West, Sask.) MP Brad Vis (Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon, B.C.) MP Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, Ont.) MP Chris Lewis (Essex, Ont.) MP Chris […]
Ukraine has the spotlight, but U.S. still dominates for the top 50 influencing Canada’s foreign policy
Russia’s renewed aggression in Ukraine has pushed Canadian foreign policy back in focus—forcing a response from those who have some influence over its creation. At the centre of the response to the crisis is Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who one former diplomat said is showing “real leadership and real dynamism that is often lacking […]
Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2022
Minister Portfolio Chief of Staff D. Comms Press Secretary Main Office # Trudeau, Justin Prime Minister Katie Telford Cameron Ahmad Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, Cecely Roy 613-957-5555 Freeland, Chrystia Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Leslie Church Alex Lawrence Adrienne Vaupshas 613-369-5696 Alghabra, Omar Transport Mike Maka Valérie Glazer Laurel Lennox 613-991-0700 Anand, Anita National Defence Mike Power Sabrina […]
The 50 MPs in ridings where 142 former residential schools are located
Fifty of Parliament’s 338 MPs have former residential schools in their riding boundaries, with the 142 sites identified in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s landmark report spread across the three territories and seven provinces. Since May, the remains of more than 1,000 Indigenous children have been found at the sites of the former government-funded residential […]
All the federal leaders’ stops during the 2021 campaign
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh criss-crossed the country during a breakneck 36-day campaign. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, meanwhile, kept up his own rapid pace, often visiting multiple ridings in Quebec per day in an effort to bolster his party’s 32 seats, out of a potential […]
The 24 ridings AFN says First Nations voters can decide the election outcome
There are 24 ridings where First Nations voters could play “kingmaker” in the upcoming election, according to the Assembly of First Nations. To come up with the list, the national advocacy organization said it analyzed First Nations population data from Statistics Canada and combined it with 2019 election outcomes, taking into consideration ridings with very […]
The former MPs who are running again in 2021
At least 22 former MPs are running to win back their seats this election, including nine Liberals, eight NDP candidates, three Conservatives, and two People’s Party of Canada candidates. Half are running in Quebec, which saw some of the biggest shifts last election when the Bloc Québécois surged from 10 to 32 seats, the Liberals […]
