As he nears retirement from the daily grind, you can’t talk about Bob Fife and not talk about passion.
Former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick says awarding a bonus involves ‘a fairly sophisticated conversation’ that considers how they achieved key targets. ‘Did you leave a trail of bodies behind you … or did you strengthen your team?’
Plus, Steve Outhouse will soon once again be chief of staff to Pierre Poilievre, now in his office as official opposition leader.
Plus, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu has a job opening in her own office following the recent exit of executive assistant Gillian Livingston.
Ex-MP and longtime client Will Amos says the Victoria Barber Shop is a ‘working-class’ Hill institution that should be respected and accommodated in future plans.
As The Globe and Mail’s long-time Ottawa bureau chief eyes retirement this summer, colleagues and political operatives reflect on the fear, respect, and relentless reporting that defined his career.
Plus, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly recently added to her communications team, and Gary Xie has left Secretary of State Randeep Sarai’s office.
The Campaign Life Coalition gathered on Parliament Hill on May 15, protesting Canada’s medically assisted dying laws and abortion.
For one, Gregory Frame is now a policy adviser to the secretary of state for seniors.
The Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, and Bell Media hosted an exclusive red-carpet a pre-premiere screening of Crave’s Bon Cop Bad Cop reboot at the Rogers Centre on May 5.
At times, Smith says his work as a senator felt a bit like being back on the football field, from learning the ropes as a rookie to playing defence amid the Senate expense scandal.
Plus, Shannon Ablett has been promoted to stakeholder relations manager in multi-faceted minister Dominic LeBlanc’s office.
Up this month: the Canada Strong and Free conference, celebrating Inuit culture at the NAC, and a red-carpet TV series premiere.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Hill Times, Frank McKenna talks about paying it forward in challenging times, his passion for public policy, and how he’s not likely to advise the prime minister any time soon.
‘I wish I hadn’t got this sick, but I can’t choose the card that I am dealt, but I can choose how to play them,’ says ISG Senator Stan Kutcher, who is delivering his farewell speech on May 7 in the Upper Chamber.
Author Maggie Helwig, who wrote Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and An Unhoused Community, won the $40,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Award for the Best Political Book of the Year.
Former colleagues, politicos, and panellists mourn ‘trusted voices gone silent’ following CPAC’s cancellation of both its English and French-language prime-time news programs and double-digit staff layoffs.
Judges praised the three reporters for ‘impressive,’ well-researched work, columnist Rose LeMay for writing with ‘cogency, wisdom, humour and urgency,’ cartoonist Michael de Adder as ‘a real pro,’ and a front page that was ‘head and shoulders above the competitors.’
In other office updates, Diane Chieng is now a deputy director of operations to the minister, and Muna Tojiboeva is deputy director of parliamentary affairs.
The five nominated authors talk about their books shortlisted for the 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for the best political book of the year.
With thousands of jobs cut entirely from the public service and thousands more retiring early, ‘that could put operations, in some places, at risk,’ warns union leader Pamela Isfeld, noting the early retirement program has already seen significant interest.
Sheila Copps joins The Hot Room to talk about the new Liberal majority government, questions about its legitimacy, and how it could change the dynamic on the Hill.
Also: Martha Wainwright and Mark Carney are each other’s biggest fans, former Liberal minister Navdeep Bains to exit Rogers next month, and the Latin American Film Festival opens this weekend in Ottawa.
Plus, former Liberal MP Francesco Sorbara is no longer working in Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s office.
