Life
| March 15, 2010 Before he won the prestigious Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing last week, author and former Liberal MP John English said he felt like movie star Meryl Streep. He had been nominated by the Writers' Trust in 2006 for his book Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Volume 1: 1919-1968, but lost that year to Max and Monique Memni who also wrote about Trudeau in their book Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944. But last Wednesday was his night. He won the $25,000 award at the annual Politics and the Pen gala event on March 10 held at the Chateau Laurier for his book, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Volume 2: 1968-2000. | |
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| March 8, 2010 Last week Parliament was finally back after the two-month prorogation period, which was starting to become in the minds of the Liberals what the sponsorship scandal is for the Conservatives: the ultimate act of evil from which there can be no redemption. But unlike with the sponsorship scandal, the Liberals aren't poised to win any elections over the temporary shuttering of Parliament that ended on March 3. | |
| March 8, 2010 It is International Women's Day on March 8, and there are a few events happening around Parliament Hill to commemorate it. | |
| March 1, 2010 Liberal MP Glen Pearson calls Conservative MP Jim Abbott, who's six feet and five inches tall, 'The Quiet Giant.' In a blog posting last week, Mr. Pearson said he never spoke to Mr. Abbott for the first two years he was in Parliament until he was appointed the critic for international cooperation and Mr. Abbott was the Parliamentary secretary to the international cooperation minister. | |
| February 22, 2010 Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh says he held his own going against American political satirist Stephen Colbert, who had been constantly mocking Canadians as "iceholes" and "syrup suckers" until he arrived last Wednesday at Creekside Park in Vancouver to cover the Olympics and to do a live taping of his massively popular comedy show, The Colbert Report. | |
| February 15, 2010 There are loads of federal politicians on Twitter, twittering and tweeting away and federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice recently announced he's on it too. His office said last Monday, Feb. 8, that he's at http://twitter.com/JimPrentice and said it's the place to go to stay up date with Mr. Prentice's "latest initiatives and announcements." It looks like Mr. Prentice has been on Twitter since Jan. 16. Mostly he talks about speeches he delivered and government announcements he made. His latest entry? | |
| February 8, 2010 Politics and the Pen, one of the hottest tickets of the winter season to be held on March 10 in Ottawa at the Chateau Laurier, will also be the night to announce the $25,000 winner of the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The night, which attracts about 500 guests, is already sold out. | |
| February 8, 2010 Rex Murphy, who just left The Globe and Mail for the National Post, is critical of the 'politically correct' media pressure to fight climate change.
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| June 29, 2009 Indian and Northern Affairs and National Defence departments 'truly get it' when it comes to 21st Century human resources management, says report.
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| June 29, 2009 Party Central searches for line dividing media and politicians.
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