Peter Mazereeuw is executive editor at The Hill Times. He writes and edits The Hill Times' daily subscriber newsletter, Politics This Morning, and hosts and produces its weekly podcast, The Hot Room. Mazereeuw has covered politics and policy for The Hill Times and its sister publications since 2012, and has dug deep into legislation, the Senate, international trade, lobbying, politics, and more. Send your news tips to pmazereeuw@hilltimes.com.
Plus, McGuinty meets Poland’s defence minister in Ottawa.
Plus, Canada’s Armed Forces have a new number two.
Plus, Canada’s seniors ministers meet in Iqaluit.
Plus, Carney to meet with astronauts.
Plus, the PBO will issue a new report.
The auditor general joined The Hot Room to discuss her March 2023 report digging into government efforts to scrap the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system and replace it with Dayforce, at a minimum preliminary cost of $4.2-billion.
Plus, ministers hit the golf cheque circuit.
Plus, Azam Ishmael has a new gig following his departure from the Liberal Party.
Plus, Poilievre delivers his speech at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa.
Plus, the Oilsands Alliance attaches strings to the carbon capture project.
Plus, the Bloc takes centre stage in the House.
Plus, Peter Mazereeuw breaks down the provisions in the government’s new spring economic update implementation bill.
The former NDP MP and current World Wildlife Fund Canada president weighs in on the government’s new plan to conserve land and water, and the sluggish progress towards Canada’s target of protecting 30 per cent of both by 2030.
Plus, Tim Hodgson and Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak help to open a First Nations major projects summit in Toronto.
Details have trickled out about plans, including to scrap the French-outside-Quebec criteria as a consideration in the core economic immigration program, but it would remain in place for category selection immigration programs.
Plus, Riddhi Kachhela has the top takeaways from yesterday’s update.
