Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
@Kady’s Watchlist for July 19 – Justin Trudeau takes to Twitter for Q&A on Prime Minister’s Youth Council
Heads up, Twitterverse: @JustinTrudeau will be holding a virtual Q&A session later this afternoon following an “online announcement” on his election pledge to set up a Prime Minister’s Youth Council. According to the platform, the PMYC will “[consist] of young Canadians aged 16-24,” and will “provide non-partisan advice to the Prime...
Chamberfest shows to see
The world’s largest chamber music festival features about 100 concerts performed by between 300 and 400 musicians starting Thursday, July 21, and running until Aug. 3. Peter Robb and Natasha Gauthier suggest some concerts well worth checking out. Peter Robb 1. Mark the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement in Canada with a concert...
Your letters for Saturday July 16: The Tenors, Pride and Trudeau abroad
No need to even sing the anthem at sporting events Setting aside the fact that The Tenors are not the only ones who have changed the lyrics of O Canada for political reasons recently, one wonders why national anthems must be sung at events such as the MLB All-Star Game at all. The two teams involved were playing for their respective baseball...
Concerts: What to see in the last days of Bluesfest (plus some other treats)
There’s only three days left for Bluesfest and the Music and Beyond Festival – as both end July 17 — so let’s start with my picks for each: Bluesfest July 14: The Monkees, yes, those Monkees, because some have called their new, 50th anniversary album one of the best of 2016. (It was made with the help of some epically talented fans —...
What to do Thursday: Paint party and some Green comedy
Thursday, July 14 So glad I don’t have to clean up after Ottawa’s Paint Party, where “colour cannons” will be spraying the rainbow onto the dance floor at Tequila Jacks, and glow sticks, UV dancers and more will make the fun as colourful as possible, 10 p.m., 104 Clarence St. Tickets: $10. www.OttawaPaintParty2016.eventbrite.ca Tom...
Editorial: The balance of foreign policies
Every government has a decision to make when it comes to soft power and hard security. It isn’t an either/or decision. Rather, it’s about which tools to deploy on each side, to create useful tension. Does a situation call for trade or trainers? For jets or snubs? Should development be treated as a tool of foreign policy at all?...
@Kady’s Watchlist for July 11 – Packed agenda for PM in Ukraine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to wrap up his European trip with a stop in Kyiv, where he’s scheduled to visit the Babyn Yar Monument, lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Park of Eternal Glory and observe a moment of silence at the Holodor Monument before making his way to the Presidential Administration Building...
@Kady’s Watchlist for July 7 – MPs set to spend another day debating electoral reform
After kicking off the first phase of public hearings with a 90 minute ministerial Q&A on Wednesday, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform is set to hear from outgoing Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand this morning. Mayrand, who will leave his post later this year, can likely expect to be quizzed over the technical challenges involved...
Cohen: Ukraine’s uneasy past is belied by its determination to have a future
KYIV, Ukraine – This is not a country weary of the past and frightened of the future. It does not seem poor, forlorn or even at war. To follow the news and read the statistics, you’d think Ukraine was the sick man of Europe – a moniker that once belonged to Turkey and that Turkey now reclaims. Ukraine defies easy characterization. But one...
Canada to contribute to NATO force on Russia’s border
As expected, Canada will contribute to NATO’s new force on Russia’s border. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion announced Thursday that Canada “will take on a leadership role within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to support the Alliance’s strengthened deterrence and defence...
