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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The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department
Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 9.2 days in 2023-24 compared to 5.9 in 2020-21, marking a rise in days claimed by employees in every department and agency in the core public service since the onset of the pandemic. The Hill Times reported on the Treasury Board Secretariat’s most […]
A rundown of the humans behind AI Minister Solomon’s shop
Michael Paramathasan has been hired as a director of policy to the minister, while Peter Wall is in place as director of communications.
Government House Leader MacKinnon calls for co-operation, but criticizes Poilievre’s ‘angry rhetoric’ as House resumes
‘We are a minority government, yes, but we believe that we have a mandate to proceed with major policies,’ says Steven MacKinnon.
On affordable housing, Ottawa should support bottom-up initiatives, not impose top-down solutions
This is a moment of opportunity. Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson should listen to former Toronto mayor David Crombie. Cities are where things actually get done. And solving the afforable housing crisis is surely something that must be done.
