PM names Saada to Canada-US security post
First-term Quebec Liberal MP Jacques Saada is taking over from former Ontario Liberal MP Jesse Flis as chair of the Canadian section of the Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board on Defence, run on the Canadian side, by the Foreign Affairs Department. Mr. Saada’s appointment to replace Mr. Flis was made on Aug. 28. He is […]
Ethics guru says voters weight morality [A Question of Ethics: Canadians Speak Out by Maureen Mancuso]
As the world digests the graphic sexual details of U.S. President Bill Clinton’s sexual encounters with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, a Canadian expert on ethics in politics says Canadians, like most recently-polled Americans, would not likely want to throw the U.S. president out of office over his lying about an affair with Ms. […]
House bigwigs want to cut committees: Reform says government trying to keep MPs busy
House leaders will meet this week to decide how to cut the number of Commons committees in a bid to free up more House time for its 301 MPs, after the government lost last spring’s vote temporarily stripping them of their right to use closure. It was one of the bargaining chips on the table […]
Reform MPs tell why they opted in and out of pension plan
As the MP pension issue threatens to do some political damage to the Reform Party caucus, two Reformers told The Hill Times why they opted in and out of the so-called “gold-plated” plan. For second-term Reform MP John Duncan (Vancouver Island North, B.C), 49, who decided to opt into the controversial pension plan recently after […]
Why Clark and Segal cancelled televised debates
CBC Newsworld offered the five candidates for the Tory party’s national leadership a half-hour of free time for a debate to be carried both by Newsworld and CBC National. The debate was to be held before a live audience in Toronto, with Nancy Wilson as moderator; the subject was to be economics. The date, Sept. […]
Rookie MP shakes up senate [Chairship of Greater Toronto Area caucus]
Senate block vote…Meanwhile, rookie Ontario Liberal MP Bryon Wilfert is vying for the chairship of the Greater Toronto Area caucus but he’s going to have to face off with Ontario Senator Lorne Milne before it’s over. Sen. Milne, who co-chaired the Liberals’ Ontario election campaign in the last federal election, said she’s not too pleased […]
Rookies take shot at Ontario caucus chair
Make me your leader…The class of 1993 is turning its back on the largest provincial caucus. As the 156-member Liberal caucus gets ready to hold their annual caucus elections, the race to lead the monster 101-member Ontario Caucus is so far only being fought by rookie and outspoken Mississauga West Liberal MP Steve Mahoney and […]
Public Works replaces Duncan [Director-general]
Public Works swiftly named Bruce Lorimer as the acting director-general for the Parliamentary Precinct Directorate last week, after the former DG Glenn Duncan abruptly left his job after he told a reporter that the Parliament Hill renovations have run wildly over budget and could cost nearly $1-billion. Mr. Duncan’s departure for a two-year stint with […]
Gun owners, hep-C victims battle for protest space on Hill [when House resumes]
Gun advocates and hepatitis-C victims have been battling for Parliamentary turf to stage their protests when the House returns in two weeks. Both groups had tentatively booked rallies to be held on Sept. 21, the same day MPs return to the House after a three-month summer recess, and the fall session begins, but it turns […]
Tory leadership candidates target moribund ridings: PC strategists try to win over voters on Tory-hostile turf
It was supposed to bring direct democracy to leadership selection process. But Tory strategists may be discovering that the new system means the secret to winning this race is to target moribund ridings where the number of active party members is lower, not higher. Under the PC constitution, for leadership election purposes, all ridings are […]
