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: 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.
Plus, Governor General Louise Arbour is heading to Gander for the 9/11 anniversary; new diplomat posts are announced for Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, and the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C.; and Caroline Mulroney has unveiled her next chapter.
Also: former NDP MP Dick Proctor has died; Jenni Byrne moves into polling; and Conservative comms director Sarah Fischer comes back from her wedding break.
