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Politico
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Who's who in the zoo
Presented by Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Canada Playbook | Follow Politico Canada Welcome to Canada Playbook. Ahead of today's swearing-in … → A guide to Cabinetmaking rumors and math. → The latest on Alberta's separatism discourse. → A little more by-election math for planning purposes. Trade war CABINET DAY — Later this morning, MARK CARNEY will introduce the country to a Cabinet built for crisis times. Today's swearing-in is just the latest stress test for a rookie prime minister and an anxious nation. A new PM's Cabinet reveal always invites geeky office pools, unsolicited advice from all corners, inevitably bruised egos, and the best day ever for the people who swear an oath and meet their personal driver for the first time. Carney and Co. have spent weeks — maybe months — sorting hardened veterans, star recruits, regional standouts and dozens of ambitious lawmakers. Most won't make the cut. — The names we know so far: A coordinated leak from the Prime Minister's Office on Monday advised the fishbowl to expect half of the Cabinet to be new faces. The PMO also hinted there will be 'up to 10" secretaries of state. (That's a title for junior ministers, whose duties and influence have varied by era.) — A glut of newbies: The rumor mill is churning. Tongues are wagging about former Hydro One Chair and Goldman alum TIM HODGSON; former broadcaster EVAN SOLOMON; former Saskatchewan minister BUCKLEY BELANGER; rookie Calgary MP COREY HOGAN and rookie Edmonton MP ELEANOR OLSZEWSKI; former IBM Canada President CLAUDE GUAY; former Delta Chamber of Commerce head JILL MCKNIGHT; former Vancouver Mayor GREGOR ROBERTSON; former Yellowknife Mayor REBECCA ALTY; gun control advocate NATHALIE PROVOST; former Quebec Finance Minister CARLOS LEITíO; and climate-focused public servant SHANNON MIEDEMA. Cabinetmaking is often zero-sum. Adding one name subtracts another. NERD MAGNETS — Carney campaigned on being Not Trudeau before heading to the Oval Office last week with DOMINIC LEBLANC and MÉLANIE JOLY, two ministers who helped to define the Trudeau era. Both have forged key Trump 2.0 relationships in Washington, as has fellow Cabmin DAVID MCGUINTY. Few Ottawa prognosticators would count them out of U.S.-focused roles, though Global News sources are watching for Joly to be shuffled. Let's consider the long list of variables that confronts every Prime Minister's Office as it assembles its executive team. — Because it's 2025: As Playbook first reported during the leadership campaign, Carney has committed to tapping an equal number of men and women — a pledge that adds a layer of complexity to the exercise. — The former deputy: In his pre-election Cabinet, Carney assigned leadership contest runner up CHRYSTIA FREELAND to the transport and internal trade portfolios. Busting barriers is a top priority in this new era. CBC News reports that Freeland will remain in some capacity. (CTV News pulled back a Monday report that Freeland was on the way out.) → History 101: Trudeau's first team included 11 Ontarians and seven Quebecers alongside three British Columbians, two Albertans, two Manitobans and one rep from every other province (plus a minister from Nunavut). → Prairie peeps: But a Cabinet packed with Laurentian elites carries risk in these days of separatist whispers in a pair of prairie provinces. The Liberals have options. For the first time since 2019, Saskatchewan elected a Liberal. BUCKLEY BELANGER served in provincial NDP Cabinets for eight years. COREY HOGAN and ELEANOR OLSZEWSKI are new Albertan faces in each of that province's largest cities. → Nova Scotia-bound: KODY BLOIS picked up his province's only spot in Carney's first Cabinet, but now former Cabmin SEAN FRASER is back on the scene. The Toronto Star has sources saying Blois is out and Fraser is in. A third name is in the mix: Halifax newcomer SHANNON MIEDEMA, first floated as a possible pick weeks back by the Globe's BOB FIFE. → The still-new crew: In March, Carney elevated ARIELLE KAYABAGA to government House leader — a high-pressure portfolio once the chamber is back in session. He also brought in ALI EHSASSI, one of the first MPs to endorse Carney's leadership bid. → The former ministers: A clutch of Trudeau-era power players won reelection. Rising star KARINA GOULD and Trudeau BFF MARC MILLER, who were left out of Carney Cabinet 1.0, are back for another term. Current destiny: Unknown. → Speculation overdrive: The Hill Times' ABBAS RANA floated even more names. B.C. MP RANDEEP SARAI cracked his 'rumored' list, alongside four-term Quebec MP JOËL LIGHTBOUND and former Trudeau deputy chief of staff MARJORIE MICHEL. → Overseas jobs: Canada hasn't had a top envoy in Germany for six months plus a day. RALPH GOODALE is nearing the end of his term in the U.K. after just over four years. STÉPHANE DION has headed up the Canadian Embassy in France for nearly three years. Just in case somebody is in line for a soft landing. → Swearing-in eve post: Toronto MP NATE ERSKINE-SMITH posted a GILDA RADNER quote on social media from a Second City show: 'Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.' → A word on those left out: In his widely read book on government transitions, DAVID ZUSSMAN writes this of hopefuls on the outside looking in: 'While some MPs assume that they will be called, because of their proven loyalty to the prime minister or because of the need for gender or geographical balance, others will nervously sit by the phone, waiting for it to ring.' Zussman's advice for PMs: 'It is good manners and probably good politics' to call the MPs who didn't make the cut. And, of course, remind them of all the posts yet to be filled. — In related reading: Advice from PAUL WELLS on putting it together. LISTEN UP, OTTAWA LONG-FORM POLITICS — Add COREY HOGAN, at least for now, to the list of substacking federal lawmakers. The rookie MP and longtime podcaster posted a thorough rebuttal to the mostly online arguments in favor of Alberta leaving Canada. Hogan is only now getting his feet wet as an elected person in Ottawa. But amid all the onboarding, he countered claims that a sovereign Alberta could force Canada to build more pipelines, accrue more national wealth and perpetually elect conservative governments. — Writers' club: Hogan joins a cadre of substackers that includes MICHELLE REMPEL GARNER, TOM KMIEC, GARNETT GENUIS, RANDY HOBACK and NATE ERSKINE-SMITH. — Headline takeaway: 'The next several months could be a dangerous time for Alberta,' Hogan wrote. 'It does not take a majority of Albertans voting to separate to severely damage our home — serious talk alone will be sufficient.' — Referendum watch: CBC News' JASON MARKUSOFF reports on a potential question circulated by the Alberta Prosperity Project, which wants a provincewide vote pronto. — Flashpoint watch: Alberta's government announced a freeze on the province's industrial carbon price at C$95 per ton, citing tariff-and-trade uncertainty. In an interview with the Calgary Herald, Environment Minister REBECCA SCHULZ said the move 'does send a message to the federal government that we are not interested in making our industries uncompetitive at a time like this.' → Hot issue: Expect carbon tax politics to rank somewhere near the top of a briefing binder or two for new federal ministers sworn-in today. Where the leaders are — Prime Minister MARK CARNEY will attend a Cabinet swearing-in ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Want more POLITICO? Download our mobile app to save stories, get notifications on U.S.-Canada relations, and more. In iOS or Android . For your radar MORE NAPKIN MATH — Official election results are already popping up in the Canada Gazette — a key step in PIERRE POILIEVRE's eventual return to the House of Commons. When the Gazette formalizes DAMIEN KUREK's win in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot riding, the date of publication will give a clearer sense of when he can resign — which paves the way for Poilievre to run for the vacant seat. Monday's Playbook consulted the calendar. Here's how the math breaks down if the relevant Gazette edition is posted today. → Step 1: Kurek would be eligible to step down on June 12. → Step 2: The formal vacancy notice could come as early as the same day. → Step 3: A writ period could get underway as early as June 23. → Step 4: The by-election voting date window could open on July 29. — A small wrinkle: The next available Monday, when by-elections are almost always scheduled, would be Aug. 4 — which happens to be a stat holiday. Back in 2005, a by-election in Labrador was held on the Tuesday following the Victoria Day long weekend. — E-Day: The earliest possible voting day for Poilievre would be Tuesday, Aug. 5. MORNING MUST-CLICKS — POLITICO's RACHAEL BADE looks at the way DONALD TRUMP's midterm obsession is hovering over Capitol Hill. — And from POLITICO's VICTORIA GUIDA, DANIEL DESROCHERS, MEGAN MESSERLY and PHELIM KINE: Why the US and China pulled back from the edge. — KAREN WEISE of the NYT reports on negotiations over the Columbia River basin. — From DAVE WADDELL in the Windsor Star: Could the 1965 Auto Pact point to a 2025 trade war solution for Canada? — PHIL TANK writes in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix on the state of play for the upcoming meeting between PM Carney and the premiers: 'Regardless of Liberal fortunes in Saskatoon, the city provides a microcosm for issues afflicting cities across Canada, like homelessness and addiction. Let's hope none of the first ministers get attacked with bear spray, which has become an epidemic here.' — In the National Post, KELLY MCPARLAND urges the PM to 'make a sensible decision' about 24 Sussex. PLAYBOOKERS Birthdays: HBD to GURRATAN SINGH of Crestview Strategy, MEGAN BUTTLE of Earnscliffe Strategies, Ontario Education Minister PAUL CALANDRA, and GUY CARON, mayor of Rimouski, Quebec (and former NDP MP). HBD + 1 to Rogers Communications GR guy HARDAVE BIRK. Noted: PIERRE POILIEVRE is staying put in the residence of the leader of the Official Opposition, IAN BAILEY reports. Spotted: Outgoing Conservative comms guy SEBASTIAN SKAMSKI, fêted Monday by staffer colleagues and Hill journalists alike. Got a document to share? A birthday coming up? Send it all our way. PROZONE The latest headlines for our paid subscribers: — How long will Trump's tariff revenue surge last? — US and China slash tariffs as trade war cools. — Revoking EPA climate rule could trigger carbon boom. — Pipeline enforcement plunges in Trump's first months. — Low-carbon steel project scales back on hydrogen. TRIVIA Monday's answer: ROY SLEMON was the first deputy commander of NORAD. Props to ROBERT MCDOUGALL, JOHN ALHO, MAIA EASTMAN, JOHN PEPPER, GARY ALLEN, DENNIS NAUGHTON, BOB GORDON, SCOTT LOHNES, DARRYL DAMUDE, LAURA JARVIS, PETER STUDER and MARCEL MARCOTTE. Today's question: How many ministers were there in Canada's very first Cabinet? Answers to ottawaplaybook@ . Wednesday's Playbook will be written by MICKEY DJURIC and NICK TAYLOR-VAISEY. Canada Playbook would not happen without: Canada Editor Sue Allan, editor Willa Plank and POLITICO's Grace Maalouf.
The Mainichi
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Mainichi
Japan Photo Journal: Cosplay boom in Hiroshima?
Women dressed as characters from the anime series "Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun" ("Mairimashita! Iruma-kun") showcase their cosplay in a shopping district in Hiroshima's Nishi Ward on April 27, 2025. After stumbling upon one cosplay event after another, this Mainichi Shimbun photographer suspects Hiroshima might be experiencing a cosplay boom. The first encounter with this group of cosplayers was at a park in the city center on April 20. A week later, I came across them again along a local shopping street. After identifying myself and obtaining permission, I was able to take some photos. (Japanese original by Kenjiro Sato, Osaka Photo and Video Department)
Sky News AU
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Performative' Welcome to Country ceremonies have ‘lost their meaning'
Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says Welcome to Country ceremonies are 'important' but can become 'performative'. This comes as from Donald Trump to Welcome to Countries – Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton traded barbs at the fourth and final debate. 'It does become a little bit ridiculous, and that's when they lose their meaning,' Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. 'We want to see Welcome to Country ceremonies performed at those ceremonial events when it is important, but at the same time, we want to make sure that they are meaningful.'
Sky News AU
27-04-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
Dutton's Coalition to target cost of living ‘first and foremost'
Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says the cost of living is the 'number one issue' for ordinary Australians. This comes as from Donald Trump to Welcome to Countries – Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton traded barbs at the fourth and final debate. 'Australians have felt the pinch; that's the issue that a Peter Dutton-led Coalition government will first and foremost deliver on,' Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. 'By delivering a 25 per cent cut in the cost of petrol immediately and then a $1,200 tax-back package at the end of the next financial year so that we can help Australians pay their bills.'
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nautilus Adventure Drama Inspired by Jules Verne Novel Gets AMC Premiere Date, Photos and Trailer
Nautilus is ready to take the plunge this summer. TVLine has learned that the British adventure drama will (at long last) debut Sunday, June 29 at 9/8c on AMC and AMC+, with its first two episodes. Additional episodes will premiere weekly on Sundays, leading to a double-episode season finale on Aug. 17. More from TVLine Save the Dates: Welcome to Wrexham Season 4, Brett Goldstein's HBO Special and More Gordon Ramsay's First New Series in 2 Whole Years (!) Gets Fox Premiere Date Harry Wild Releases Season 4 Trailer Ahead of May Premiere Watch a teaser trailer above, and check out new photos below. Inspired by the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Nautilus tells the origin story of the iconic Captain Nemo, an Indian prince robbed of his birthright and family. Imprisoned by the East India Mercantile Company, he becomes a man bent on revenge against the forces that have take everything from him. In said revenge mission, Nemo audaciously steals a prototype submarine from the penal colony in which he is imprisoned, escaping into the ocean with a motley crew of fellow prisoners. 'He plans to reach the fabled Viking treasure buried at the Pillars of Halvar,' the official synopsis tells us. 'But first, he must win the trust of his crew, and keep out of the clutches of the ruthless East India Mercantile Company, who will do whatever it takes to stop him.' Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) stars as the iconic Captain Nemo, leading a cast that also includes Georgia Flood (Apples Never Fall) as Humility Lucas, Céline Menville (Emily in Paris) as Loti and Thierry Fremont (Liaison) as Benoit. Additionally, Richard E. Grant (Loki), Anna Torv (Fringe) and Noah Taylor (Preacher) make guest appearances. After being commissioned and scrapped by Disney+ (in an effort to cut costs), Nautilus was picked up by AMC in October 2023. 'Nautilus is a big, sweeping drama that is sure to appeal to fans of our Anne Rice Immortal Universe and other buzzy and fan-forward series like Orphan Black: Echoes,' AMC Networks originals EVP Ben Davis said at the time of the acquisition. Added series creator James Dormer: 'I am hugely excited that the efforts of everyone involved in the making of the show will be seen on such a prestigious network.' Dormer, Johanna Devereaux, Chris Loveall, Colleen Woodcock and Daisy Gilbert executive-produced Nautilus, with Cameron Welsh serving as a producer and Michael Matthews on board as lead of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
