Note to staff: leave no stone unturned, and ask for help

The moment, and your direct bosses—and their bosses, the voting taxpayers—are looking for you to rise to the occasion.
Cabinet chief of staff Savannah DeWolfe talks managing an ‘intense’ Hill job

For rookies starting out on the Hill, DeWolfe emphasized the importance of communication, and providing the full picture regarding decisions.
Youth descend on Senate Chamber for climate solutions assembly

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 CUTA 2025 Policy Forum—The Canadian Urban Transit Association hosts its 2025 Policy Forum, bringing together some of North America’s leading transit and urban mobility experts to discuss the industry’s future. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 8 a.m. ET the Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin St., Ottawa. Register via Eventbrite. AFN First Nations ISET Agreement […]
Is Canada ready for the nation-defining challenges ahead?

If we are going to succeed in the historic task of reinventing our economic culture, it will take hitherto unknown co-operation, compromise, and good-faith bargaining.
As MPs settle into the Hill, Liberal Vince Gasparro gives a glimpse into his ‘eclectic’ home away from home

Some 113 rookie MPs have been busy setting up new parliamentary offices since moving in this past June.
Life lessons for staffers at the start of a new sitting

The most basic and essential rookie advice is simple: be kind to everyone you meet.
NDP MPs rally for Labour Code changes

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Freeland resigns from cabinet after a decade as key Liberal minister for role as envoy for Ukraine

Six months after Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped his Liberal leadership rival to lead internal trade, Chrystia Freeland says she’s ‘turning the page on this chapter’ in cabinet, and while she will remain on as an MP, she will not be running in the next election.
Public service cuts by attrition are ‘passive, lazy, and random,’ warns ex-Privy Council Office clerk Wernick

Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
MPs are back in action

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