Mar 20 2023 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — A filibuster at a House Affairs Committee meeting may not be something most Canadians notice, but pollsters say it is still a risky strategy for the government, as Liberal MPs deploy their rhetorical skills in an effort to prevent the prime minister’s chief of staff Katie Telford from being called before the committee. On Tuesday, […]
Mar 10 2023 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — At the Broadbent Institute’s annual Progress Summit, Bernie Sanders’ former campaign manager pitched embracing populism. “When you talk about populism, it’s become a word that’s been degraded and demonized, because we see it on the right. It’s xenophobic, it’s hateful. And what we need to counter it is a populism on the left. That’s what […]
Mar 9 2023 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — As they prepared to question Canada’s top grocery CEOs on the Hill, Members of Parliament on the House Agriculture Committee say they are personally feeling the pinch of rising food prices. Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull (Whitby, Ont.) told The Hill Times that he and his wife have started flyer shopping, while Turnbull and his committee […]
Jan 23 2023 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — Amidst what experts are describing as a significant downturn in federal-provincial relations, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has made it clear that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—not her opponents at the ballot box—is her target for the upcoming Alberta election. Pollster Nik Nanos of Nanos Research said to understand at least some of the tension between Ottawa […]
Jan 12 2023 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — As the North American Leaders’ Summit wrapped up in Mexico City on Jan. 11, the eyes of stakeholders, MPs, and expert observers are turning quickly to U.S. President Joe Biden’s anticipated visit to Canada in March—the first official visit of his presidency. The Three Amigos Summit ended with many promises made between the three countries, […]
Dec 11 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — The NDP and the Conservative parties spent much of the last week focused on rising food prices, and while they have ideologically opposed approaches, they are finding common ground. While the NDP would like to see grocery stores held responsible for what they’ve deemed “greed-flation,” the Conservatives are focusing on keeping taxes low for farmers […]
Jul 10 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — Increasing political polarization in the United States has prompted some Canada-U.S. expert observers to call for the Canadian government to prepare itself for worst-case scenarios south of the border. In the wake of the reversal of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, as well as the revelations of the congressional hearings […]
Jul 3 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — When Sean Fraser is talking about back home, his East Coast accent thickens. The MP for Central Nova sees the immigration file—his first ministerial role—as directly benefiting his home province of Nova Scotia and the East Coast in general. “I’ve had the most extraordinary experience in my community with immigration,” he told The Hill Times […]
Jun 27 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — In the wake of the Assembly of First Nations’ controversial decision to recently suspend its first woman national chief, Indigenous advocates say the controversy could tank the AFN for good. RoseAnne Archibald was suspended on June 17 after she spoke out publicly about what she considers “fictitious attacks” against her by AFN staff. In a […]
Jun 19 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — The government won’t say if it plans to take up the Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault’s recent recommendation to make the spread of disinformation about the electoral process illegal. In response to a list of detailed questions asking whether the government had plans to follow through on this recommendation or any of the other […]
Jun 12 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — Brad Vis, the Conservative MP representing Lytton, B.C. says he loses sleep worrying about what kind of weather event might hit his home region this summer. Last summer, the residents of Lytton endured the highest temperature ever recorded in Canadian history, before the village all but burnt to the ground in a devastating wildfire. Vis […]
Jun 5 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — Indigenous leaders want justice for the abuses that took place in residential schools, and say they won’t get it from yet another visit from the UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous people to Canada. Nonetheless, at the urging of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations RoseAnne Archibald, UN special rapporteur […]
May 29 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — Conservative MP Jasraj Singh Hallan came to Canada as the young son of two economically disadvantaged parents from Dubai, before getting tangled up in activities he would not specify but says made him an “at-risk youth.” Now, he’s his party’s immigration critic, has sponsored an Afghan refugee family to come to Canada, and has started […]
May 23 2022 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — In the wake of the mass shooting on May 14 in Buffalo, N.Y., which targeted Black people, the current and former chair of the Liberal Black Caucus (LBC) say they want to see concrete action from their own government to address racism and hate in Canada. “I can’t speak for the government. But I could […]
May 31 2017 — Chelsea Nash — Hill Times — A former intern in a Liberal MP’s riding office says the lack of clarity between what constitutes a volunteer and an intern contributed to her doing unpaid part-time work for roughly a year. “There probably should be some kind of regulation” for MPs taking on interns, she said, given the definition of her own internship […]