‘Politicians work in a fishbowl environment:’ MPs should talk about scaling back the role of officers of Parliament, says Savoie
It’s the job of Parliament to hold parliamentarians to account, not officers of Parliament, says Donald Savoie. He also says cabinet minsters should be allowed to hire their own chiefs of staff, social media is destroying the credibility of parliamentary institutions, and politicians need to put a plug in the personal insults. Democracy is at stake.
Foreign Affairs Minister Joly to deliver speech at Economic Club in Toronto on Oct. 30
MONDAY, OCT. 30 House Sitting—The House will sit for two consecutive weeks (Oct. 30-Nov. 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. Stem Cell Registry—Parliamentarians and staff are […]
House Speaker Fergus recuses himself from ruling on question of privilege on PM’s Montana vacation expenses
Plus, Optimum Publishing to host launch of the Mosaic Effect at the 3 Brasseurs on Oct. 25, and University of Toronto professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, co-author of Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice to keynote the Institute for Research on Public Policy’s fall lecture in Ottawa on Nov. 8.
‘Suspended animation’: acting assignments pile up within House administration
Five key roles within the House of Commons administration are currently filled on an acting basis; meanwhile, the Senate has had a series of interim clerks since 2015.
AG Hogan to deliver five performance audits in House on Oct. 19
MONDAY, OCT. 16 House Sitting—The House will resume sitting on Monday, Oct. 16, and will sit for four consecutive weeks (Oct. 16-Nov. 10). It will break for one week (Nov. 13-17) and will resume sitting on Monday, Nov. 20, and will sit for four weeks (No. 20-Dec. 15). It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. […]
Space Canada’s Hill event to showcase astronaut David Saint-Jacques
Plus, new House Speaker Greg Fergus launches the 2024-2025 Page Program, and Ottawa is set to host the Canada-CARICOM Summit.
MPs applaud deputy clerk Michel Patrice, who bows out after three decades on the Hill
Plus, Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga is named a Politician of the Year by One Young World, and the five finalists for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, an award honouring a book of non-fiction that influences policy debate, have been announced.
This just in: Ed Broadbent writes a book with Frances Abele, Jonathan Sas, and Luke Savage
Plus, Cindy Lamoureux only Grit MLA elected in Manitoba; Michael Coteau elected Ontario Liberal caucus chair; Jacqueline O’Neill awarded; MLI to host talk on South China Sea; and Kim Campbell’s coming to town.
Pressed for space: Hill scribes have mixed views on continued closure of National Press Theatre
The NPT hosted its last press conference on March 16, 2020. Initially shuttered in part due to physical distancing concerns, it remains closed because of accessibility issues.
Bruce and Vicki Heyman to be special guests in Team Rubicon Canada’s ‘Salute to Service’ on Monday night in Ottawa
MONDAY, OCT. 2 House Sitting—The House won’t be sitting on Monday, Oct. 2, but will resume on Tuesday, Oct. 3, and will sit for the rest of the week. It will adjourn on Friday, Oct. 6, for a week. It will resume sitting on on Monday, Oct. 16, and will sit for four consecutive weeks […]
