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.
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 […]
Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs
The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.
Mental Health Minister Saks hires new press secretary
Plus, Citizens’ Services Minister Terry Beech has a new Quebec regional adviser and assistant to the parliamentary secretary on his team.
Centre Block reno update: project spending to date nears $1-billion
Plus, Senators recently threw a wrench in efforts to revamp the approach to the future renovation of the Confederation Building, which houses MP offices.
Energy Minister Wilkinson welcomes back a familiar face
Plus, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree has a new policy adviser for Inuit relations in his office.
May calls for full-blown public inquiry a decade after Hill shooting
It’s ‘a uniquely Canadian thing that something that significant would happen and there’d never be an inquiry,’ says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, while Kevin Vickers told the Ottawa Citizen he’s surprised there’s never been a parliamentary review, and that witness statements and security footage should be released.
There should be a public inquiry into the 2014 Hill shooting
Though it’s been 10 years, there should be a full public inquiry into what happened that day. Parliament experienced one of the darkest days in its history, and the public should know how and why it happened.
Environment Minister Guilbeault hires a new press secretary
Plus, an update on the transport team now under Minister Anita Anand, including Anson Duran’s exit as chief of staff.
Unarmed Hill security were the true heroes on Oct. 22, 2014, says Heather Bradley, who speaks publicly about that awful day for the first time
On Oct. 22, 2014, the first person in security who came face-to-face with gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was Const. Samearn Son who stood at his post at the base of the stairs inside the front doors of Parliament. Son, unarmed, lunged towards Zehaf-Bibeau, stopping him long enough to shout ‘gun, gun, gun.’ This warning gave MPs, staff, and the media milling about at the top of the stairs time to run and hide.
