Julie Payette

Paul Wells: The response to the GG problem is a familiar one for the Trudeau government—nothing is a big, urgent problem until it hits the nightly news

Paul Wells: This is not only an ill of the Trudeau Liberals, it’s a widespread ill of our age—ignoring the boring, hard-to-fix work in favour of the new

Philippe Lagassé, an expert on the Westminster system, talks about Julie Payette’s resignation, the uncomfortable role of the Chief Justice, and what happens next

The past year has proven that you never know what’s coming. But these things, you can probably rule out…

Paul Wells: The speech was further from ’bold solutions’ and closer to ’old ways of thinking’. Then the PM took to the TV to deliver another message.

Nick Taylor-Vaisey: There was elbow bumping, masks and only a handful of MPs. But the drama, commotion and high stakes were all front and centre.

The Governor General of Canada formally opens the new session of Parliament as a global pandemic rages on

Watch Julie Payette, Canada’s Governor General, deliver the Speech from the Throne and formally open the next session of Parliament

Last year, an employee survey painted a gloomy picture of working at Rideau Hall. The latest survey suggests improvement—but a long way to go.

For comment on the Governor General’s contribution to the Speech from the Throne, we turn to a professor of philosophy of physics