Ex-employee says she left Rideau Hall after reprimand over George Floyd email
A former Rideau Hall employee who resigned last year is warning that problems at the institution go well beyond workplace harassment and include an instance of racism that drove her to leave the public service altogether.
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Khadija El Hilali, who says she resigned over racism claims, has advice for the next Governor General
Posted: Feb 24, 2021 5:00 PM ET | Last Updated: February 25
Khadija El Hilali, 23, submitted a blistering resignation letter on June 12, 2020 detailing her racism claim. She asked that Rideau Hall keep the letter on record and disclose it when the next Black employee complains about racism at this organization. (Andrew Lee/CBC News)
February 20, 2021
Watch this week’s highlights from CPAC’s flagship show, PrimeTime Politics, the source for political roundup and analysis of policy issues. Get an insider’s perspective from Ottawa featuring interviews and guest panels from the Hill.
Tuesday, February 16:
Justice Minister David Lametti joins Peter Van Dusen to discuss the government’s new firearms legislation and planned buyback program for banned weapons.
Thursday, February 18:
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen joins Peter Van Dusen to discuss the government’s justice reform bill, which includes an end to mandatory mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offences that disproportionately affect Indigenous and Black offenders. We also have reaction from MPs Arif Virani (Liberal), Michael Cooper (Conservative), and Randall Garrison (NDP).
Vaccines and Variants – February 19, 2021
Martin Stringer welcomes Katrina Plamondon (UBC and Canadian Centre for Global Health Research) to discuss Canada’s funding commitment for the international vaccine effort at the same time Canada is the only G7 country taking doses from the COVAX program.
Dr. Lisa Barrett, an infectious disease expert at Dalhousie University, analyzes the latest federal modelling on COVID-19 and the threat of new variants.
Journalists Erica Ifill (Hill Times and the Bad + Bitchy podcast) and Mia Rabson (The Canadian Press) review the latest political developments.
In Her New Memoir, Celina Caesar-Chavannes Gets Candid About Parliament Hill
The first Black MP elected in Whitby, Ont., recounts being spurned and ridiculed for attempting to change a culture in which she wasn’t meant to succeed. Erica Ifill Updated
In her new memoir, Can You Hear Me Now? out February 2 Celina Caesar-Chavannes tells her story of breaking through the glass ceiling only to be edged off the glass cliff. The first Black woman to be elected MP for Whitby, Ont., she arrived at the House of Commons in 2015 with purpose and enthusiasm. But while Justin Trudeau had pledged to “do politics differently,” her party offered little support when their new member called out racism, sexism and inequity especially when her criticisms focused on Liberals themselves.