A rundown of Minister Duclos’ new Quebec lieutenant team
Post-shuffle changes have also led to a new chief of staff being promoted to run Jean-Yves Duclos’ office as minister of public services and procurement.
Remembrance Day ceremony to take place at National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11
MONDAY, NOV. 11 House Not Sitting—The House breaks on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day week until Nov. 15. It resumes again on Nov. 18, and is scheduled to sit from Nov. 18 to Dec. 17. Remembrance Day—Parliamentarians are in their ridings for Remembrance Day this week. A ceremony will take place at the National War […]
Who’s the one Grit both Conservatives fear and Liberals cheer as a future successor to Trudeau?
Plus: PSG Senator Jane Cordy retires early, cartoonist Michael de Adder talks with CBC’s The National, and The Canadian Press sees some staff changes in its Ottawa bureau.
Pints and presidential punditry at The Met
Politico and Earnscliffe Strategies hosted a U.S. election-watch party on Nov. 5 at the Métropolitain Brasserie, featuring trivia, punditry, and special guest U.S. Ambassador David Cohen.
PMO staff changes: Marjorie Michel officially exits, and more
Policy adviser and senior co-ordinator Harry Orbach-Miller is among the list of recent departures, and Jacqueline Lee has been promoted to senior manager.
Difficult deliberations ahead as MPs look to avoid ‘watered-down’ harassment policy
Despite recommending against adopting a formal policy, Tory MP Michelle Rempel Garner says ‘that doesn’t mean … that we shouldn’t have something.’
Ex-senator Murray Sinclair remembered as ‘a giant,’ ‘brilliant,’ and ‘a national treasure’
Plus, a trio of NDP MPs float idea of a pin for residential school survivors, HealthCareCAN’s head retires, and longtime press gallery reporter Courtney George Tower has died.
New hires on board for ministers MacAulay, MacKinnon
Plus, Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc has named a new director of issues management.
A Halloween farewell to Furuya, and konnichiwa to Kouhei
Japanese Ambassador Kanji Yamanouchi hosted a ‘Hello, Goodbye’ party to toast the departure of deputy head of mission Tokuro Furuya, and the arrival of successor Kouhei Maruyama at his official residence on Oct. 31.
U.S. presidential election happens Tuesday, Nov. 5
MONDAY, NOV. 4 House Sitting—The House sits Nov. 4-Nov. 9, and breaks on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day week until Nov. 15. It resumes again on Nov. 18, and is scheduled to sit from Nov. 18 to Dec. 17. Canada’s Envoy to OECD to Deliver Remarks—Madeleine Chenette, Canada’s ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation […]
