Chelsea Nash

Oct 14, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Chelsea Nash

While 81 per cent of New Democrats want to see Jagmeet Singh continue to lead their party, 19 per cent—the largest proportion of the membership since he won the leadership in 2017—were in disagreement. The Hill Times spoke to three NDP members who voted in favour of triggering a leadership election who said they felt Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) had run his course as leader, that the NDP had become too closely associated with the Liberal Party.

Sep 22, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Chelsea Nash

Immigration Minister Marc Miller doesn’t normally sit down for lunch. In fact, the original plan was to accompany him for his usual lunch routine: getting takeout sushi or something from the West Block cafeteria and eating it in his office, but he made the last-minute decision to meet me at Sansotei Ramen on Bank Street.

Sep 19, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Chelsea Nash

As foreign partners continue to eye Canada’s natural resources as a way to lessen their economic dependence on countries like Russia and China, the United Kingdom’s Minister for the Americas and Caribbean David Rutley says he is learning that can’t be done without also building relationships with Indigenous people in Canada. “We recognize how important, now, Indigenous Peoples are here in Canada,” Rutley said.

Aug 18, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Chelsea Nash

Joyce Napier’s not one to sit still for very long. Some might think that having been laid off from her role as CTV News’ parliamentary bureau chief on June 14—one day before her 66th birthday—Napier would take the opportunity to retire. On a broader level, Napier’s layoff, along with 1,300 other Bell employees, sounded to some like yet another death knell for journalism itself.

Mar 19, 2023 | nationalnewswatch.com | Chelsea Nash