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: Adam Scotti will chat about his time as Justin Trudeau’s longtime photog at Acadia University, Bill Morneau rejoins the C.D. Howe Institute, and award-winning director Sarah Polley lends her support to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s re-election bid.
Plus: Senator Cardozo joins a U.K. MP in a new podcast, Conservative MP Chris Lewis has a new caucus role, and longtime Liberal MP Hedy Fry’s son is elected mayor of Vancouver.
Plus, the PBO delivers its fiscal outlook ahead of the fall budget.
Conservative Senator David Wells binge-watched it last weekend, Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says everyone’s talking about it, Grit MP Tom Osborne liked all the Newfoundland details, and Tim Powers says it’s ‘all the rage in my NL network.’
Plus: friends and colleagues pay tribute to Mulroney-era speechwriter and Policy magazine publisher L. Ian MacDonald, Conservative MP Michael Guglielmin and Senator Lucie Moncion each take on new roles, and parliamentarians beat diplomats in their annual cricket match at Rideau Hall.
Plus: MPs burn the midnight oil in the House last week, Senators wish ‘Iron Lady’ Raymonde Saint-Germain a happy retirement, and Marieke Walsh will join CTV News’ Hill bureau later this month.
Also, a new senator and a former national security adviser join the PM’s new AI council, Alberta separatism kicks off GRIC’s new webinar series, and former minister Perrin Beatty’s son Patrick has died.
Plus: a reporter-turned-ambassador, two retired career diplomats, and a past chief electoral officer join the Order of Canada; five books shortlisted for 2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy; and Canada’s got a new chief actuary.
Also, Policy Options magazine opts for transparency on ‘trust cascade,’ organic trade group lauds Green Leader Elizabeth May, and a new book celebrates 60 years of Canada’s foreign service work.
