Côté marks her half-century on the Hill as Long Service Awards are doled out
Plus, the Queen’s Gates are getting a facelift, Marie-Danielle Smith and Murad Hemmadi get mugged, and Philip Ling leaves as Mike Blanchfield returns.
Confederation sit-in cranks security concerns as MPs debate balance of right to protest with parliamentary privilege
‘Jews Say No to Genocide’ protest organizer Rachel Small says disruption was a ‘last resort’ after a year of outreach.
PPS investigates ‘suspicious package,’ finds it ‘unsuspicious’
The Wellington Building was evacuated during the lunch hour on Dec. 10, with police blocking off nearby streets.
MacKinnon scoops up Tassi staffer to fill parliamentary affairs team
With Chelsea Kusnick’s exit, FedDev Ontario Minister Filomena Tassi has promoted a new director of communications.
Tourism Minister Martinez Ferrada to deliver speech in Montreal on Monday, Dec. 9
MONDAY, DEC. 9 House Sitting—The House is sitting every weekday until Dec. 17 and is scheduled to adjourn on that day for the Christmas holidays and break. It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will sit for 25 weeks over the year. It will sit Jan. 27-Feb. 14; Feb. 24-28; March 17-21; […]
NDP MP Randall Garrison says he’ll resign in January, cites health reasons
Plus, Michelle Rempel Garner runs from CBC reporter, and Canadian representatives make their case to American news networks on tariffs.
PMO press sec Hussain now comms director to tourism minister
Plus, new staff have been added to the offices of Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree.
Minister Beech recruits new operations director
Plus, Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc has a new policy adviser on his team.
Parliament is stuck: we need leaders, not fiddlers and fire starters
Fighting for Canadians should be at the top of the agenda. Instead, we’re stuck in scandal and sideshows.
Director-level updates for Defence Minister Blair, Foreign Affairs Minister Joly
Recent staff changes in Defence Minister Bill Blair’s office also include the hiring of two new regional affairs advisers, and the promotion of another.
