Continuing to champion ‘resilient digital government’ could be greatest legacy of new minister, says expert
Given the scope and complexity of the challenges surrounding the development of a resilient digital government, one expert says that realistically, “it does need to be someone’s job that they wake up to every morning and are focused on.” Following the Oct. 21 election that saw the Liberals returned to government in a minority Parliament, […]
Building the People’s Party will be Bernier’s ‘full-time job,’ but skeptics remain after poor election showing
Maxime Bernier will face an uphill battle in his efforts to build the People’s Party ahead of the next election, say some party candidates and political watchers, but that’s not stopping the leader from promising a stronger showing in the next election. Speaking to The Hill Times, Mr. Bernier said he will be throwing his […]
‘Days of the partisan echo chamber are over’: Senators Harder, Mitchell leaving government team in Red Chamber
Senators Peter Harder and Grant Mitchell are stepping down from their posts as the government’s representative and liaison in the Senate at the end of the year, paving the way for an entirely new government team in the Red Chamber. Sen. Harder (Ottawa, Ont.) said the start of the new Parliament was “the best time […]
‘Only a Conservative government can keep this country united,’ Scheer says amid internal party divisions
PARLIAMENT HILL— Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will continue to make the case for leading the party into the next election, despite unrelenting calls for his resignation. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Mr. Scheer announced that Leona Alleslev, an ex-Liberal who crossed the floor last year, will be stepping into the role of deputy […]
Joly to hit the six regional development agencies ahead of House’s return
Economic Development Minister Mélanie Joly is hitting the road, with a plan to visit all six regional development agencies before Parliament returns next week. Apart from a brief stop in Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday for the Liberals’ cabinet orientation session, Ms. Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) said she is spending the remaining days before the new parliamentary […]
Politico ramping up Ottawa operations with expanded subscription service
Politico is quickly ramping up its operations in Canada, following the initial launch of Politico Pro Canada in September 2018, with veteran editor Susan Allan now at the helm, longtime Canadian journalist Andy Blatchford on the ground in Ottawa, and U.S.-based journalist Lauren Gardner working south of the border in Rosslyn, Va. Based out of […]
‘Disappointing’ cabinet picks show Trudeau still needs to address diversity ‘blind spot’, say advocates
The latest cabinet picks were disappointing for some advocates of better representation for racialized Canadians in positions of power, including former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes who offered a plea to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to demonstrate he is correcting an admitted blind spot. She said that didn’t happen during the Nov. 20 cabinet shuffle, which […]
In tweaking front bench, Trudeau signals shift inward to focus on fraught domestic relations: experts
With a diminished caucus heading into a minority Parliament, the Trudeau government has signalled through tweaks to its front bench that it is scaling back its ambitions, as it shifts its focus to attending to fraught domestic relations, say political experts. “The dissatisfaction that led him [Justin Trudeau] to a minority government are the things […]
Canadian labour backs U.S. Democrats, unions in USMCA impasse, but ratification timing a ‘worry,’ says Canadian Labour Congress
In the midst of ongoing U.S. negotiations over the implementation of the new NAFTA, Canadian labour unions are supporting the efforts of U.S. House Democrats and American labour to strengthen labour enforcement provisions in the trade pact, but a leading Canadian labour voice says the delayed timing is a “worry.” Hassan Yussuff, president of the […]
‘My time to give back’: Meet new Seniors Minister Deb Schulte
Two months after finishing treatment, new Seniors Minister Deb Schulte is entering cabinet for the first time, a journey she says shows that cancer “doesn’t mean everything has to stop” and is part of a “strong message” from a government that has three leaders dealing with the diagnosis. In April, Ms. Schulte was diagnosed with […]
