Christina Leadlay is The Hill Times’ engagement editor and copy editor, and has been writing the “Heard on the Hill” column since November 2023. She’s held a number of roles since first joining Hill Times Publishing in 2004, including associate editor of Embassy, co-editing Parliament Now, contributor to Hill Times Health, and overseeing the annual Inside Ottawa Directory. Contact her at cleadlay@hilltimes.com.
Plus: David Olive’s new book on Justin Trudeau is coming Sept. 29, German MP Terry Reitnke on why she wore a Team Canada jersey in the European Parliament last week, applications are open for the next Parliamentary Poet Laureate, and emerging reporters can apply to be mentored by The Globe‘s Bob Fife.
Editor’s note: the Sept. 22 Canadian Club event originally had SecState Stephen Fuhr as speaker, but was updated to Minister McGuinty on Sept. 21.
Also, Don Davies takes over as NDP House Leader as Heather McPherson focusses on Alberta issues, Katie Griffin joins CTV Hill bureau, Diana Fox Carney to chair oceans conference in Halifax next spring, and former Liberal staffer Julie Savard-Shaw among Famous 5 laureates.
Plus: France and Japan are among nine new envoys in Ottawa, ex-ambassador Kirsten Hillman joins Scotiabank’s new growth institute, and former health minister Mark Holland looks forward to the men’s health strategy.
Also, Michael Kovrig and Margaret Atwood among contributors in new book on Canadian sovereignty edited by Bob Rae, Conservative MP Arnold Viersen’s family keeps growing, and press gallery reporter Gerhard Braune remembered as ‘a lovely man with a dry wit.’
Also, Conservative MPs register their push to keep Alberta in Canada, ex-Liberal MP Sven Spengemann honours his late wife Kirsty Duncan with an epic climb, and a new book coming this winter explores #Election2025.
Also, Scott Jones will succeed Caroline Xavier as head of the CSE, Liberal MP Lori Idlout is caught in an ethics breach, and Sen. Amina Gerba publishes her first book.
Plus: Conservative MP Aaron Gunn shoots down Dominic Barton’s new federal role, Senate Tories call for a special committee to hear from tariff-affected workers, and Wayne Eyre and Jody Wilson-Raybould are among this fall’s Writers’ Festival authors.
Plus, Liberal MP Salma Zahid is safe after her car is set ablaze, lobbying commissioner Nancy Bélanger will lead a webinar on Sept. 17, and Senator Kristopher Wells donates his library of hundreds of kids’ books on 2SLGBTQ themes.
