After 33 years, Parliament’s VIP-visit orchestrator to retire: ‘I don’t think I’ve missed one’
Every year, Parliament plays host to many an international visitor—from heads of state to foreign parliamentarians and other special guests—and behind every visit, address to Parliament, and inter-parliamentary conference are hours upon hours of planning. For the last three decades, Elizabeth Rody has had a hand in organizing all of them, including as chief of protocol […]
Gatineau man spends 10,000 hours, five years sculpting impressive scale model of Parliament
GATINEAU, QUE.—The Centre Block of Parliament is full of beautiful detail and unique history. Now imagine fitting all of that inside one room. That is what Grégoire Lefrançois has done in creating his wooden version of the historic building. With the 150th anniversary of Confederation approaching on July 1, Mr. Lefrançois is completing his wooden […]
More Canadians identify as middle class since last election: poll
A new poll suggests only five per cent of Canadians would not consider themselves a part of the middle class or “those working hard to join it” that the Trudeau government so often pledges to assist, though a prominent researcher says the classification is useless. The nationwide survey, the third in a series conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights, found […]
Status of government bills
House of Commons S-2, Strengthening Motor Vehicle Safety for Canadians Act (second reading) C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 (second reading) C-6, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (consideration of amendments made by the Senate) C-12, An Act to Amend the […]
CPC leadership: Bernier’s to lose? Not quite, say insiders
Though Maxime Bernier is the apparent frontrunner in the Conservative leadership race, insiders say the voting system still means a Bernier win is not a foregone conclusion. While Michael Chong’s campaign and Chris Alexander say they see paths to victory for themselves, Deepak Obhrai’s campaign manager says she expects him to be dropped on the first […]
Much-discussed Senate ‘wise owls’ book getting a rewrite after less than a month
The Senate’s new storybook for children, set in the land of wise owls and squabbling forest creatures, is getting a rewrite and second printing less than a month after initial publication, after feedback from Senators that the first edition appeared to fudge the facts about the Senate’s founding. The Senate released four new free educational […]
Senator pushing to resurrect sit-downs with House over controversial bill changes
An Independent Senator is trying to bring an out-of-use procedural tool back into style, to make sure Senate amendments to government bills get a fair hearing in the House. Sen. Diane Griffin (Prince Edward Island) is working to build support in the Upper Chamber to take a closer look at the use of conferences between […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau departs for NATO meetings in Brussels, then onwards to Italy for G7 summit
In case you missed it: The Washington Post reported yesterday that European intelligence officials have released some details about the suspect who allegedly detonated a suicide bomb outside of an Ariana Grande concert late-Monday night, killing at least 22 people—many of whom were youth. The suspected attacker is said to be 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a British […]
Government anxious to advance marijuana reform, bill changing impaired-driving law could move quicker than pot legalization
Liberal MP Bill Blair, the former police chief who is also a lead federal political player on the marijuana legalization file, said he wants Parliament to be able to get “well into” the debate on marijuana legalization-related bills before the summer recess, and said it’s possible Bill C-46, the impaired driving bill, could reach the […]
Politics This Morning: Innovation Minister Bains to encourage youth to pursue careers in the sciences
Tragic attack in England: Police say at least 19 people are dead and more than 50 others are injured after an explosion took place outside of an Ariana Grande pop concert last night in Manchester, England. The incident, which at the time of writing is being treated as a terror attack, took place just as the concert […]
