British high commish to host ‘#Uncensored’ dinner to celebrate media freedom at Earnscliffe; CPAC hosts a shindig; and Bluesky Strategy Group marks 20 years
Plus, House Speaker Anthony Rota to host MPs and journals at garden party in Quebec, the Parliamentary Press Gallery to hold ‘mugging,’ and Helen Brimmell, the third woman to be elected a full member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, dies at 103.
Trade Minister Mary Ng imports a new chief of staff
Plus, an update on new Treasury Board President Anita Anand’s team, where Monique Lugli has been hired as chief of staff.
‘Mother of medicare’ mourned
Plus, Independent MP Alain Rayes says he’s bowing out of politics, celebrated Canadian Raymond architect Moriyama has died, and Power and Politics stands up a new Friday night panel.
de Adder’s Take: 09-13-2023
Bloc Québécois hold pre-sitting huddle in Sherbrooke Sept. 13-14
TUESDAY, SEPT 12—THURSDAY, SEPT. 14 Liberal National Caucus Retreat—The Liberal Party of Canada’s national caucus will take part in a retreat from Tuesday, Sept. 12, to Thursday, Sept. 14, in London, Ont. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting yet, but will resume on Monday, Sept. 18. It will sit for three weeks (Sept. […]
Wayne Eyre to deliver speech at C.D. Howe Institute lunch in Toronto on Sept. 12
MONDAY, SEPT. 11 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting yet, but will resume on Monday, Sept. 18. It will sit for three weeks (Sept. 18-Oct. 6), and will adjourn on Friday, Oct. 6, for a week. It will resume sitting on Monday, Oct. 16, and will sit for four consecutive weeks (Oct. 16-Nov. 10). […]
This just in: Charlotte Gray, Alister Campbell, Kennedy Stewart, and Andrew McDougall all have new books out
Plus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffles four bureaucrats, Chris Forbes and Suzy McDonald new top mandarins at Finance.
de Adder’s Take: 09-11-2023
‘The energy is off the charts’: Conservatives wrap up policy convention in Québec City
‘The energy is off the charts,’ says Alberta Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie, with convention delegate Andrew Mason saying his biggest takeaway from Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s speech was that he was ‘very emotionally reactive to the stories and to whom he’s talked to over the past few months since recess, traveling across the country and talking to people who are hurting and who are having a hard time.’
Yes he KAN: GR-pro Greg MacEachern hosts reception for his new policy shop KAN Strategies
Politicos, pundits return to the Hill for pre-Parliament shin-dig at the Hyde Room.
