Prime Minister’s Office confirms it cancelled year-end media interviews following fallout from Freeland’s bombshell mic drop
The PMO cancelled interviews with at least seven outlets: Global News, CBC, CTV, Radio-Canada, TVA Nouvelles, and a joint interview with CityNews and OMNI Television. Spark Advocacy’s Bruce Anderson says if ‘your plan is to challenge Canadians to follow your leadership in an impending economic/trade crisis, as a way of saving your leadership, you do not give up these communications platforms.’
Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle fails to quiet doubts about his future
Former Liberal staffer Jeremy Ghio says Justin Trudeau is offering a ‘perfect demonstration’ of how letting things linger only makes them worse, and only the prime minister can ‘clear the fog of war’ by talking directly to Canadians.
Scenes from a cold day for a cabinet shuffle
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped eight new MPs to join cabinet in a Dec. 20 shuffle that also saw five minister leave cabinet, and four get new assignments. —The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade The Hill Times
Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?
After months of pressure to change his senior team, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally made changes to nearly one-third of the cabinet posts in a long-awaited shuffle on Dec. 20.
Trudeau promotes eight Liberal MPs, moves ministers in long-awaited cabinet shuffle
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempted to revive his embattled government on Dec. 20 with a cabinet major shake-up.
Justin Trudeau no longer has a mandate to govern, and he doesn’t care
Mandates to govern guide and legitimize political leadership, but Justin Trudeau has never cared about his mandate. Why would he now?
Senator Brent Cotter says goodbye after nearly five years in the Red Chamber
Plus, meet nine exceptional Canadians—including a retired chief of defence staff, former head of Elections Canada, and an ex-envoy to China—who were inducted into the Order of Canada on Dec. 18.
PMO adds new press secretary
Plus, Jenna Ghassabeh has been promoted to lead PMO press secretary, and Veterans Affairs Minister Petitpas Taylor is down an Atlantic adviser.
Senate standoff sees Conservatives wield ‘exceptional and rarely used’ motion, putting two private members’ bills on ice
A junk food bill, a first responder bill, and a ‘hoist motion’ are all in play when the Red Chamber returns next year as the Conservatives and Independent Senators Group fling accusations of political games at each other in the meantime.
House approves new funds, office handover rules ahead of next election
With five new ridings coming into play and many riding names and boundaries changing, the BOIE recently approved measures to help MPs with the post-election transition.
