Nenshi to speak at Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s ‘Global Reads’ event on Monday, Nov. 27
MONDAY, NOV. 27 House Sitting—The House is sitting on Monday, Nov. 20, and will sit for four weeks (Nov. 20-Dec. 15). It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Anne McLellan and Lisa Raitt to Deliver Remarks—Co-chairs of the Coalition for a Better Future Anne McLellan and Lisa Raitt will take part in a conversation on inclusive and […]
Who’s who in Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s office
Recent additions to the office include policy advisers Dominic Morin and Madison Taipalus, and Nina Bouteldja as director of issues and stakeholder management.
‘Not worth the cost,’ ‘axe the tax,’ and ‘after eight long years’: repetition of phrases in the House may be annoying, but also ‘how political marketing works,’ say experts
The recent Angus Reid survey also found that 73 per cent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that MPs just follow their leaders and there is no real debate on issues in Parliament. That’s a problem. And the closer the election, and the more the Liberals drops in polls, the more rambunctious the House.
Senator Francis to deliver remarks on ‘100 years of Indigenous international relations’ at Global Centre for Pluralism on Nov. 20
MONDAY, NOV. 20 House Sitting—The House is sitting on Monday, Nov. 20, and will sit for four weeks (Nov. 20-Dec. 15). It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Book Launch—The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History hosts the launch of former U.S. congressional staffer Rob Goodman’s new book: Not Here: Why American […]
Four new books out: The Mosaic Effect; The Wild Horses of Chilcotin; Beryl, The Making of a Disability Activist; and She Dared to Succeed
Plus, Charlotte Gray’s Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons one of Indigo’s top books of 2023; Pluralism Awards celebrates hard work of diversity; Bobby Jamieson has died; Rob Goodman to launch new book in Toronto; and more.
George Elliott Clarke completes late NDP MP Howard McCurdy’s book for him: ‘he was the most unforgettably proud Black man that I ever had the pleasure to know’
Also, Liberals plan a big 90th birthday bash in January 2024 for Jean Chrétien; Dalhousie creates new Senator Don Oliver Scholarship; and Richard Madan is picked up by CBC News in Washington.
Ian Shugart: may his memory be eternal
On Jan. 30, 2019, during a trip to Turkey, Ian Shugart, then deputy minister of foreign affairs, visited His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world’s 300 million Orthodox Christians. I wrote to Shugart to express my gratitude to him for visiting the first throne of Orthodoxy; to my surprise, he wrote […]
India’s High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma to deliver remarks at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Nov. 7
MONDAY, NOV. 6 House Sitting—The House will sit Nov. 6-10. It will break for one week (Nov. 13-17) and will resume sitting on Monday, Nov. 20, and will sit for four weeks (Nov. 20-Dec. 15). It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. #ChampionChildrenInEmergencies Reception—Results Canada hosts a parliamentary reception to draw attention to […]
Joe Maingot wrote the book on parliamentary privilege, and he was my lifelong friend
Joe Maingot became one the country’s leading experts on parliamentary privilege, was well-known in the Hill community, and kept active all his life. In July 28, 2022, the 91-year old cycled from his Sandy Hill home to The Hill Times’ downtown newsroom to say hello.
‘Things are stacking up’: BOIE delays four Centre Block design decisions
‘Although the project continues to track well, we have been taking on some water on the design side in decision-making,’ PSPC’s Rob Wright told the BOIE on Oct. 26.
