Issues director exits Government House Leader Chagger’s Office
Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, who is also the minister responsible for Small Business and Tourism, is down one political aide, following director of issues management Chad Mariage’s recent exit. After a little more than a year, Mr. Mariage left the minister’s office on Jan. 12, according to filings on the conflict of interest and […]
May wants to see all-party women’s caucus tackle issues of sexual harassment, misconduct on the Hill
Amid the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she’d “love” to see the all-party women’s caucus tackle the issue of sexual harassment on Parliament Hill and plans to raise the idea with colleagues when the House returns next week. “Women in public lives could perhaps give women in other, less […]
Health Canada adding staff, launches new branch, in preparation for legal pot
Health Canada is taking the lead on the marijuana file in Ottawa in advance of the summer deadline for legalization, overseeing product licensing and regulations, quality monitoring, health research, and public education. In preparation, the department is transforming significantly, according to experts and a former Liberal health minister, adding new inspectors and staff to deal with backlogged licensing […]
‘Tight’ timeline for Lobbying Act review, all rules on the table: new lobbying czar
Canada’s new lobbying commissioner says the timeframe to begin a five-year review of the Lobbying Act this spring is “tight,” but doable, and that everything will be studied including restricting the political activities of lobbyists, making the registry more transparent, and overlapping rules in the Lobbying and Conflict of Interest acts. “I need to do my own […]
Government falling behind on cannabis public education, say critics
Health Canada says it will launch a national public education advertising campaign on cannabis in the spring, though critics say it should have already been in place in order to educate the public ahead of the July 1 legalization deadline. The impaired driving campaign run by Public Safety,“Don’t Drive High”, has been popping up in […]
Seven Conservative MPs face divisive nomination challenges, party denies it’s behind the move
Seven Conservative MPs are facing nomination challenges for the 2019 election, but there is widespread speculation the party’s leadership is behind at least some of those challenges, which the party strongly denies. “There were some OLO staffers last fall who were overheard musing about the need to organize challenges against a handful of incumbent MPs, […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau heads to Davos for World Economic Forum; McKenna kicks off visit to U.S., Mexico; Bains and other Mississauga MPs make digital skills announcement
Good Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is starting the week in Davos, Switzerland, where he’s spending the next three days at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, one of the largest gatherings of movers and shakers in the global economy. While there, Mr. Trudeau is meeting with other world leaders, global business […]
Watchdog petitions Federal Court to kill new appointments for lobbying, ethics commissioners
An ethics watchdog is suing the Trudeau government for the way it handled appointments for the lobbying and ethics commissioners, saying the Liberals failed to honour legislative requirements mandating consultations with all parties recognized in the House of Commons. Democracy Watch announced on Jan. 18 that it had filed lawsuits in Federal Court challenging the appointments […]
Politics This Morning: Scheer addresses Ottawa media after U.S. trip; Trudeau visits remote Northern Ontario First Nation; Garneau, Sohi make funding announcements
Good Friday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spending the day in a remote Indigenous community in northwestern Ontario, meeting with local band officials and speaking with residents. Mr. Trudeau has a busy day in store at the Pikangikum First Nation, a fly-in Ojibwe First Nation of roughly 2,300 residents located near the Ontario-Manitoba border. […]
Politics This Morning: Freeland holds court with NAFTA council; Trudeau meets with Quebec City mayor; Morneau, Mexican finance secretary meet in Toronto; Bains, McKenna to make ‘major clean tech’ announcement
Good Thursday morning, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is meeting with members of Canada’s NAFTA council today in Toronto, in advance of the sixth round of renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement next week in Montreal. But Ms. Freeland and members of the advisory panel will only be available to the media for a photo […]
