iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Mar 15, 2021 6:01am WE Charity founders Craig and Marc Kielburger appear remotely before the House of Commons finance on July 28, 2020, to testify about the WE scandal. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
The House of Commons may have powered down for a week-long hiatus, but members of the House
ETHICS committee may get the chance to test the limits of their collective power to compel witnesses to testify when
WE Charity co-founders Marc and Craig Kielburger return for a second round of parliamentary cross-examination this afternoon. (2:30 PM)
As previewed by iPolitics, the brothers are booked in for an extended three-hour appearance, during which they’ll face a flurry of pointed follow-up questions on the circumstances surrounding that now-nixed contract to divvy up over $500 million in COVID-19 emergency funding earmarked for student volunteers.
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At committee: COVID second wave, Canada-China relations By Kady O Malley. Published on Mar 11, 2021 6:31am A sign on Parliament Hill points visitors to the House of Commons on Jan. 15. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Justice Minister David Lametti at
JUSTICE (11 AM – 12 PM),
Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough at
HUMAN RESOURCES (3:30 – 4:30 PM),
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau at
AGRICULTURE (3:30 – 4:30 PM) and
Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef at
STATUS OF WOMEN (11 AM – 12 PM) Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is also booked in for an appearance at FINANCE, where she’ll go through the fine print of her proposal to implement various measures unveiled in her inaugural economic statement last fall. (3:30 PM)
iPolitics By Linsey Raschkowan. Published on Mar 11, 2021 11:27am Parliament Hill from the west on Jan. 15, 2020. Jolson Lim/iPolitics
Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan has a new communications lead in the house.
Dani Keenan began her new position as O’Regan’s director of communications on Monday, replacing Carlene Variyan, who signed off last month to join returning minister Jim Carr’s new team. Keenan spent the past year as director of communications and issues management for Diversity, Inclusion and Youth Minister Bardish Chagger. Chagger’s office has not yet filled this role.
Dani Keenan (LinkedIn photo)
Keenan announced her new job with LinkedIn and Twitter posts on International Women’s Day, giving thanks to “[three] incredible women” she’s worked for in the past, including Chagger and her cabinet colleague Karina Gould, as well as Christina Topp, former senior director of fundraising for the Liberal Party.