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IRCC’s reliance on McKinsey explains a ‘disconnect’ between money spent and value added, immigration lawyers say

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH
  • With the House returning this week, the House Government Ops Committee will begin its probe of the $100-million in government contracts awarded to the private firm McKinsey & Company since 2015.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is one of seven ministers expected to be called for testimony by the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee as it examines the McKinsey contracts. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

IRCC’s reliance on McKinsey explains a ‘disconnect’ between money spent and value added, immigration lawyers say

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH
  • With the House returning this week, the House Government Ops Committee will begin its probe of the $100-million in government contracts awarded to the private firm McKinsey & Company since 2015.

IRCC’s reliance on McKinsey explains a ‘disconnect’ between money spent and value added, immigration lawyers say

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH
  • With the House returning this week, the House Government Ops Committee will begin its probe of the $100-million in government contracts awarded to the private firm McKinsey & Company since 2015.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is one of seven ministers expected to be called for testimony by the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee as it examines the McKinsey contracts. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

THE LATEST

The real Rouleau inquiry question: who was responsible for allowing the illegal trucker blockades to drag on?

OpinionBY ADAM HOUSTON, JOEL ROSENBLOOM, AND CLAIRE JEANTET

The real Rouleau inquiry question: who was responsible for allowing the illegal trucker blockades to drag on?

OpinionBY ADAM HOUSTON, JOEL ROSENBLOOM, AND CLAIRE JEANTET
  • OTTAWA—Justice Paul Rouleau’s report on the use of the Emergencies Act, due next February, will make for fascinating reading. But on the key prescribed

Interim House clerk named, but no word on process to appoint permanent successor

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
  • Government House Leader Mark Holland announced deputy clerk Eric Janse’s appointment as interim clerk of the House of Commons on Jan. 30.
  • Government House Leader Mark Holland announced deputy clerk Eric Janse’s appointment as interim clerk of the House of Commons on Jan. 30.
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Politics This Morning: Canada prepares to host UN conference as doubts linger about visas

  • Plus, a bill to address forced labour in supply chains is back in the House for a final vote.

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

House clerk selection process needs a non-partisan refresh

  • The clerk is, by law, the secretary to the BOIE. What kind of management board would accept that their most-trusted officer be appointed without their participation or consent?
Opinion

On health, premiers cherish their jurisdiction, not their responsibilities

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NEWS

Auditor General Karen Hogan holds a press conference in Ottawa on Nov. 15 to discuss her office's fall 2022 reports. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘The status quo is not working’: AG calls for different approach to climate emergencies in First Nations

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
  • Auditor General Karen Hogan has appeared before three different committees to discuss her office’s Nov. 15 audit of Indigenous Services Canada’s support for First Nations facing flood and fire.

‘The status quo is not working’: AG calls for different approach to climate emergencies in First Nations

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
  • Auditor General Karen Hogan has appeared before three different committees to discuss her office’s Nov. 15 audit of Indigenous Services Canada’s support for First Nations facing flood and fire.

Trudeau gives Hussen a pass

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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Parliamentary Calendar

MPs clear the House for the holidays on Dec. 16

Podcast

Estimates? Appropriation? PBO Yves Giroux explains how government spends

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BOOKS & BIG IDEAS

Michael Wernick served as the clerk of the Privy Council, the top executive in Canada's public service, before his retirement in 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Michael Wernick on the ‘wicked problems’ and hard conversations en route to public service reform

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW
  • You can't fix a problem if you aren't willing to talk about it. That's why the former clerk of the Privy Council is speaking and writing about some of the taboo conversations that should be had about improving the federal public service.

Michael Wernick on the ‘wicked problems’ and hard conversations en route to public service reform

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW
  • You can't fix a problem if you aren't willing to talk about it. That's why the former clerk of the Privy Council is speaking and writing about some of the taboo conversations that should be had about improving the federal public service.

POLITICS

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Outgoing Alberta premier Jason Kenney, left, took an indirect hit at Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s first piece of legislation by way of his retirement statement: 'I am concerned that our democratic life is veering away from ordinary prudential debate towards a polarization that undermines our bedrock institutions and principles.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Flickr

Smith wants Alberta’s sovereignty

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS
  • If Danielle Smith doesn’t like a federal law, she and her cabinet will simply toss it out. Sovereignty in a united Canada—sounds just like the separatists. 

Smith wants Alberta’s sovereignty

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS
  • If Danielle Smith doesn’t like a federal law, she and her cabinet will simply toss it out. Sovereignty in a united Canada—sounds just like the separatists. 

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OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Why protecting grasslands is a win-win-win for climate, biodiversity and the ranching community

OpinionBY PATRICK NADEAU, IAN COOK, AND RYAN BEIERBACH
  • To halt and reverse biodiversity loss, we need strong commitment from our policy-makers today that will save our iconic grasslands and the birds and other biodiversity that need them for their survival.

EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

  • De Adder’s Take: 12-05-2022
  • de Adder’s Take: 11-30-2022
  • de Adder’s Take: 11-28-2022

Environment & Climate Change

COP 27 and a glass half full

  • After the inevitable all-night negotiations at the United Nations climate conference, countries managed to agree on a new fund that will recompense poor countries that suffer 'loss and damage' from extreme climate events.

FOREIGN POLICY

U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured Feb. 23, 2021, delivering a joint press statement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House. Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy is about the Trudeau’s Liberals propping up the U.S. Democrats on the one hand, and fighting off the Conservatives on the other, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times file photograph

Trudeau’s Indo-Pacific plan offers Canadian stamp on an American strategy

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU
  • The running theme in both the U.S. National Defence Strategy and Canada's recently-released strategy for the region is an 'us versus them' dichotomy. Them being China.

Trudeau’s Indo-Pacific plan offers Canadian stamp on an American strategy

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU
  • The running theme in both the U.S. National Defence Strategy and Canada's recently-released strategy for the region is an 'us versus them' dichotomy. Them being China.

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters on his way into the House of Commons Chamber in the West Block on Dec. 13, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Deputy policy director Dylan Marando exits PMO

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
  • Meanwhile, Sandenga Yeba has been promoted to deputy director of policy to Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, who has a couple of new faces in his office.

Deputy policy director Dylan Marando exits PMO

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
  • Meanwhile, Sandenga Yeba has been promoted to deputy director of policy to Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, who has a couple of new faces in his office.

Policy

Policy

Advocates at biodiversity conference push back against plan to expedite approvals for critical minerals mines

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
  • The federal government’s new critical minerals strategy reflects the urgency borne of geopolitical concerns and the demands of electric vehicle production.
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, seen here on Oct. 18, made an announcement about critical minerals at the COP15 biodiversity conference on Dec. 12. The Hill Time photograph by Andrew Meade

Advocates at biodiversity conference push back against plan to expedite approvals for critical minerals mines

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
  • The federal government’s new critical minerals strategy reflects the urgency borne of geopolitical concerns and the demands of electric vehicle production.

Advocates at biodiversity conference push back against plan to expedite approvals for critical minerals mines

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
  • The federal government’s new critical minerals strategy reflects the urgency borne of geopolitical concerns and the demands of electric vehicle production.
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, seen here on Oct. 18, made an announcement about critical minerals at the COP15 biodiversity conference on Dec. 12. The Hill Time photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time for Canada to be the global research leader of tomorrow

OpinionBY STEPHEN J. TOOPE, ALAN BERNSTEIN
  • Canada has proven that when it comes to research excellence and mobilization, we punch above our weight.
Canadian scientists were at the centre of the global effort to develop vaccines against COVID-19. What other areas can Canada lead in research and innovation? Photograph courtesy of PMO/Adam Scotti

It’s time for Canada to be the global research leader of tomorrow

OpinionBY STEPHEN J. TOOPE, ALAN BERNSTEIN
  • Canada has proven that when it comes to research excellence and mobilization, we punch above our weight.

It’s time for Canada to be the global research leader of tomorrow

OpinionBY STEPHEN J. TOOPE, ALAN BERNSTEIN
  • Canada has proven that when it comes to research excellence and mobilization, we punch above our weight.
Canadian scientists were at the centre of the global effort to develop vaccines against COVID-19. What other areas can Canada lead in research and innovation? Photograph courtesy of PMO/Adam Scotti