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Marie-Danielle Smith reports and edits for the Wednesday edition of The Hill Times.

‘Under constant attack’, minister warned of spying, sabotage ahead of cyber security review

  • As the public safety minister promises to talk to Canadians about and put more money into cyber security, opposition parties are criticizing the Liberals for being too vague
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | May 4, 2016
The cyber security policy review will be launched 'shortly,' according to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale's office. The Hill Times photograph by Steve Gerecke

‘Under constant attack’, minister warned of spying, sabotage ahead of cyber security review

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | May 4, 2016
  • As the public safety minister promises to talk to Canadians about and put more money into cyber security, opposition parties are criticizing the Liberals for being too vague

‘Under constant attack’, minister warned of spying, sabotage ahead of cyber security review

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | May 4, 2016
  • As the public safety minister promises to talk to Canadians about and put more money into cyber security, opposition parties are criticizing the Liberals for being too vague
The cyber security policy review will be launched 'shortly,' according to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale's office. The Hill Times photograph by Steve Gerecke

‘Too early to tell’ if Liberals’ positive tone will last: Info czar

  • There has been a “change in tone” from the top, and a “very positive one,” when it comes to access to information, says Information
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | May 4, 2016
Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault at her office in Gatineau, Que. on April 27. 'We will have to see whether the sunny ways will continue,' she says. The Hill Times photograph by Marie-Danielle Smith

‘Too early to tell’ if Liberals’ positive tone will last: Info czar

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | May 4, 2016
  • There has been a “change in tone” from the top, and a “very positive one,” when it comes to access to information, says Information

‘Too early to tell’ if Liberals’ positive tone will last: Info czar

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | May 4, 2016
  • There has been a “change in tone” from the top, and a “very positive one,” when it comes to access to information, says Information
Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault at her office in Gatineau, Que. on April 27. 'We will have to see whether the sunny ways will continue,' she says. The Hill Times photograph by Marie-Danielle Smith

Aid group famously dumped by Tories seeking help from Liberals

  • KAIROS Canada, an international development group famously dumped by a Conservative federal minister, is looking to build bridges with the new Liberal government. The
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 27, 2016
Chantal Bilulu co-ordinates the Women and Children's program at Héritiers de la Justice, a human rights organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The organization is one of five partners for which KAIROS Canada is currently seeking government funding. KAIROS Canada photograph by Ian Thomson

Aid group famously dumped by Tories seeking help from Liberals

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 27, 2016
  • KAIROS Canada, an international development group famously dumped by a Conservative federal minister, is looking to build bridges with the new Liberal government. The

Aid group famously dumped by Tories seeking help from Liberals

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 27, 2016
  • KAIROS Canada, an international development group famously dumped by a Conservative federal minister, is looking to build bridges with the new Liberal government. The
Chantal Bilulu co-ordinates the Women and Children's program at Héritiers de la Justice, a human rights organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The organization is one of five partners for which KAIROS Canada is currently seeking government funding. KAIROS Canada photograph by Ian Thomson

Military aid to Ukraine was last-minute scramble under pressure from PM: Docs

  • Canada’s high-profile delivery of military supplies to Ukraine in the summer of 2014 appears to have been planned and executed under pressure from the prime
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 20, 2016
James Bezan, then parliamentary secretary to the defence minister, gives a speech Aug. 8, 2014, at Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine. The delivery of military equipment he accompanied was a last-minute order from the Prime Minister's Office, documents show. DND photograph by MCpl Marc-Andre Gaudreault

Military aid to Ukraine was last-minute scramble under pressure from PM: Docs

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 20, 2016
  • Canada’s high-profile delivery of military supplies to Ukraine in the summer of 2014 appears to have been planned and executed under pressure from the prime

Military aid to Ukraine was last-minute scramble under pressure from PM: Docs

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 20, 2016
  • Canada’s high-profile delivery of military supplies to Ukraine in the summer of 2014 appears to have been planned and executed under pressure from the prime
James Bezan, then parliamentary secretary to the defence minister, gives a speech Aug. 8, 2014, at Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine. The delivery of military equipment he accompanied was a last-minute order from the Prime Minister's Office, documents show. DND photograph by MCpl Marc-Andre Gaudreault

Liberals block motion to convene subcommittee on arms trade

  • In the wake of scrutiny over a deal with Saudi Arabia, Liberals have blocked the creation of a parliamentary committee that would investigate Canada’s
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 19, 2016
NDP MP Hélène Laverdière, pictured in this file photo, after the meeting tweeted: 'Where's the transparency and openness the PM promised?' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Liberals block motion to convene subcommittee on arms trade

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 19, 2016
  • In the wake of scrutiny over a deal with Saudi Arabia, Liberals have blocked the creation of a parliamentary committee that would investigate Canada’s

Liberals block motion to convene subcommittee on arms trade

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 19, 2016
  • In the wake of scrutiny over a deal with Saudi Arabia, Liberals have blocked the creation of a parliamentary committee that would investigate Canada’s
NDP MP Hélène Laverdière, pictured in this file photo, after the meeting tweeted: 'Where's the transparency and openness the PM promised?' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opposition parties push Liberals to let committee probe arms trade

  • As Liberal government officials stand by their much-criticized decision to honour a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia, some MPs are pushing for a parliamentary
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 18, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, looks on as Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion speaks at a press conference in February. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opposition parties push Liberals to let committee probe arms trade

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 18, 2016
  • As Liberal government officials stand by their much-criticized decision to honour a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia, some MPs are pushing for a parliamentary

Opposition parties push Liberals to let committee probe arms trade

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 18, 2016
  • As Liberal government officials stand by their much-criticized decision to honour a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia, some MPs are pushing for a parliamentary
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, looks on as Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion speaks at a press conference in February. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Face-time good, funding underwhelming, say aid groups

  • Canadian international development organizations are buoyed by Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s open door, though they’d like to see the government open its wallet wider. Gillian Barth,
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 13, 2016
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks at a press conference Jan. 8. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Face-time good, funding underwhelming, say aid groups

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 13, 2016
  • Canadian international development organizations are buoyed by Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s open door, though they’d like to see the government open its wallet wider. Gillian Barth,

Face-time good, funding underwhelming, say aid groups

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 13, 2016
  • Canadian international development organizations are buoyed by Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s open door, though they’d like to see the government open its wallet wider. Gillian Barth,
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks at a press conference Jan. 8. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

‘Huge irony’ in male-dominated study of women, peace and security, says MP

  • A parliamentary committee studying women’s place at the table in peacebuilding only has one woman at its own table, and she says that’s a
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
NDP foreign affairs critic Hélène Laverdière, pictured in February 2015, says it's 2016 and more than one woman should be at the foreign affairs committee table. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Huge irony’ in male-dominated study of women, peace and security, says MP

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
  • A parliamentary committee studying women’s place at the table in peacebuilding only has one woman at its own table, and she says that’s a

‘Huge irony’ in male-dominated study of women, peace and security, says MP

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
  • A parliamentary committee studying women’s place at the table in peacebuilding only has one woman at its own table, and she says that’s a
NDP foreign affairs critic Hélène Laverdière, pictured in February 2015, says it's 2016 and more than one woman should be at the foreign affairs committee table. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

How to mourn friends and reassure people: A minister’s disaster handbook

  • Bureaucrats have prepped Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale on how to talk to the public after tragedies, even prescribing “no comment” responses to hypothetical
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in a scrum with reporters in early February. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

How to mourn friends and reassure people: A minister’s disaster handbook

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
  • Bureaucrats have prepped Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale on how to talk to the public after tragedies, even prescribing “no comment” responses to hypothetical

How to mourn friends and reassure people: A minister’s disaster handbook

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
  • Bureaucrats have prepped Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale on how to talk to the public after tragedies, even prescribing “no comment” responses to hypothetical
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in a scrum with reporters in early February. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Tens of millions in severance paid yearly to military members who leave voluntarily

  • In the last three years, more than $105 million in severance has been paid out to 7,213 Canadians who voluntarily left the military, according
News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
A Battle of Britain ceremony takes place at a Canadian base in Kuwait on Sept. 20, 2015. DND photograph.

Tens of millions in severance paid yearly to military members who leave voluntarily

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
  • In the last three years, more than $105 million in severance has been paid out to 7,213 Canadians who voluntarily left the military, according

Tens of millions in severance paid yearly to military members who leave voluntarily

News | BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH | April 6, 2016
  • In the last three years, more than $105 million in severance has been paid out to 7,213 Canadians who voluntarily left the military, according
A Battle of Britain ceremony takes place at a Canadian base in Kuwait on Sept. 20, 2015. DND photograph.
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