‘Nothing is going to change’ unless Hill harassment training made mandatory, critics say
The main tool to help educate MPs and their staff to combat harassment on the Hill is better than the nothing that existed before, but not good enough to deal with the unique challenges presented by the parliamentary environment, say advocates. A year after the harassment policy governing MPs and their staff came into effect […]
He’s no nervous flyer: Nunavut MP nears goal to visit territory’s 25 fly-in communities
Last week was the first time in almost two months Independent MP Hunter Tootoo spent more than a couple days in his Iqaluit home. It was also the first time in a long while he’d slept more than two nights in the same bed. The Nunavut MP spent his summer travelling to more than a […]
MP trips to U.S. more than triple in first quarter of 2017-18
With NAFTA renegotiations on the horizon, Members of Parliament took more than three times the number of trips to Washington and New York from April 1 to June 30 than the same period the year prior. In the first quarter of the 2017-18 fiscal year, which runs April 1 to Mar. 31, MPs used 16.5 travel […]
Senators, Indigenous activists frustrated by feds’ silence on Bill S-3
The government is reviewing new information on the potential implications of fully removing sex discrimination from the Indian Act, but Indigenous activists reaching out to cabinet to offer their own contributions said they’re not being taken up on their offer. “We wish to offer you the benefit of our expertise and long experience addressing the […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau sits down with Trump; fourth round of NAFTA renegotiations begin
Good Wednesday morning, It’s the first full day of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the U.S. and Mexico. Starting things off at 9 a.m., Mr. Trudeau, his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will all participate in the Women One Roundtable Discussion at the Case Foundation Office in Washington, D.C. […]
Politics This Morning: Bains to make superclusters announcements; Trudeau to visit Washington, D.C.
Good Tuesday morning, We hope you had a restful Thanksgiving weekend. Parliament Hill is significantly quieter today and it has nothing to do with overstuffed bellies or tryptophan. No, the House and Senate are not sitting this week, with both Chambers to resume their work the following week. The House returns on Oct. 16, while […]
Rookie Liberal MP Grewal throws down gauntlet to NDP Leader Singh, would ‘welcome the challenge’ in 2019 election
Rookie Liberal MP Raj Grewal says if the new NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh chooses to run against him in Brampton East, Ont., in 2019, he would “welcome the challenge” to compete against the man who just won the federal leadership with 53.8 per cent of the vote on the first ballot and who has represented the […]
Cabinet shuffle stalled creation of mining ombudsperson, feds now moving ‘rapidly’ on file: McKay
The January cabinet shuffle that swapped Chrystia Freeland out of the trade file and François-Philippe Champagne into it stalled progress towards the creation of an ombudsperson for the mining, oil and gas sector, a campaign promise by the Trudeau government, says Liberal MP John McKay, a longtime advocate for the move. “It’s sort of like, […]
MPs careful not to condemn U.S. gun laws after Las Vegas mass shooting, but NDP MP Dubé says it’s an ‘unsustainable situation’
PARLIAMENT HILL—Some Canadian MPs offered measured criticism of U.S. gun laws in the wake of the shooting rampage at a country music festival in Las Vegas Oct. 1 that left 59 people dead and 489 wounded, saying the incident illustrates the differences between the countries’ respective gun cultures, though opting to stay out of what’s a […]
China denied travel visa to Liberal MP McKinnon, vice-chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association
The Chinese government denied a travel visa to rookie Liberal MP Ron McKinnon this summer when he tried to travel to China as part of the Canada-China Legislative Association’s two-week trip, after he failed to provide details of his education, international travel, and work history. In an interview with The Hill Times, Mr. McKinnon (Coquitlam-Port […]
