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About Bea Vongdouangchanh

Bea Vongdouangchanh is a communications manager at Compass Rose Group, a public affairs collective in Ottawa, and is a freelance writer. She spent more than 11 years as a parliamentary reporter, most recently as the online editor of The Hill Times and editor of Power & Influence magazine.

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Kellie Leitch, Lisa Raitt, Conservative Party of Canada, debate

Scheer makes a smart move to exclude Kellie Leitch

Foolishly, Kellie Leitch thought that Donald Trump's messages of hate would work here in Canada, writes Bea Vongdouangchanh. Now, Trump is the laughingstock of the world
Opinion, Politics | August 31st 2017
Rideau Hall, shuffle, Justin Trudeau, Ottawa

Trudeau's shuffle was no small matter

It took the departure of one minister to trigger a cascade of events that included the breakup of the Indigenous affairs department, the promotion of two rookies, and other moves to plug some holes.
Opinion, Politics | August 29th 2017
Lisa Raitt, Conservative Party of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Lisa Raitt’s plan to stop Leitch and O’Leary a breath of fresh air to start 2017

Raitt's strategy to differentiate herself from the negative and divisive politics so prevalent today may just pay off.
Opinion, Politics | January 5th 2017
Kellie Leitch, Conservative Party of Canada, elites, Donald Trump

Opinion: We need to stop Canadian Conservatives from channeling Trump

When my parents first left Laos for a refugee camp in Thailand, their first choice of adopted country was the United States of America.
Opinion, Politics | November 10th 2016
Justin Trudeau, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner, Ottawa

After Brexit and Donald Trump, Canada is the "only remotely sane place" left on Earth

Sure, oil prices are down, and our dollar has sunk even lower post-Brexit, but we have a feminist prime minister who proudly claims that a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.
Opinion, Politics | June 24th 2016
Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party of Canada, Winnipeg, 2016, convention

How I nearly got elbowed out of a Justin Trudeau selfie in Winnipeg

Trudeau made a short appearance late at the party which set off a flurry of selfie action. Guests clamoured to get in reach of him to take a photo.
Opinion, Politics | May 30th 2016

Federal Liberals party it up in Winnipeg

“Your dad put us in the constitution, gave us a box, but there was nothing in it. You have a chance to fill this void,” said Manitoba Métis Leader David Chartrand.
News, Politics | May 27th 2016

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