Conservatives ban cellphones, BlackBerries in weekly caucus meetings
The Conservatives have banned MPs, Cabinet ministers, and Senators from carrying cellphones and BlackBerries into the new government’s weekly caucus meetings on Parliament Hill for “security and confidentiality reasons” and they’ve barred political staffers from attending the meetings as well. Some say the move indicates a lack of confidence of the loyalty of the national […]
More accountability needed PM
Prime Minister Stephen Harper got elected on a campaign of bringing more accountability into government and to the people. To date, he hasn’t delivered too much. Broadening the Access to Information Act is a question mark. National caucus meetings are in lock-down mode. Although all political parties’ caucus meetings are private and closed-door affairs, but […]
Liberal Party of Canada has no central organization anymore, it has organizations
TORONTO-It’s the organization, stupid, as James Carville might say, and it’s always been about organization when you talk about leadership campaigns, especially federal Liberal campaigns. And the person who has realized this political reality is Liberal MP Belinda Stronach who, last week, gave the Liberal congregation and most of the media on the Hill that […]
This just in… federal Liberals advised to use internet to engage supporters and to raise money
Under the new, tighter spending limit of $3.4-million, some federal Liberal leadership candidates face an uphill battle to raise the money, but some Liberals say candidates should make heavy use of the internet to engage potential supporters and to run a more cost effective campaign. In this post Bill C-24 federal political world, Toronto Liberal […]
Corrections
A caption on page 9 in last week’s issue of The Hill Times incorrectly stated Prime Minister Paul Martin and his wife Sheila bought their Christmas wreath in the ByWard Market. The Prime Minister bought the $240 wreath at Tivoli Florist in Westboro, where Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney was campaigning. * In last week’s Heard […]
Correction
In last week’s issue of The Hill Times, Jan. 9, in the list of swing ridings across the country, on page 15, the cutlines for two NDP targeted swing ridings were in the wrong order. Here are the correct cutlines. Conservative MPs Dave Batters won Palliser, Sask., with 0.4% of the vote and Conservative MP […]
Grits must soothe angry supporters: Prof. Cohen
‘The Liberals had the upper hand, but then it became a twoway race. Then we polled through the debate and the Liberals got hammered on Monday and Tuesday’: SES Research’s Nik Nanos The key to winning the election for the embattled federal Liberals is to reach out to the party’s angry supporters. “With disenchanted Liberals […]
Liberals ‘fighting for their lives’ in Ontario
Liberals say many disenchanted fellow Liberals are sitting on the sidelines in Campaign 2006. Liberals are “fighting for their lives,” are trying to stop the Conservatives’ surge in popularity, but can’t afford to give up and are trying desperately to hold onto their strongholds in Ontario in this last dramatic week of the 54-day election […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
So much for globalism, eh? Re: “Politicians should think magnificence, do something noble: John Dalla Costa,”(The Hill Times, Dec. 19). I have just finished Saul’s The Collapse of Globalism, and it seems as though John Dalla Costa has read it as well. Perhaps the attitudes of our current politicians is just a reflection of the […]
Electoral battle in Trinity-Spadina one of fiercest in Toronto: Longtime rivals square off as NDP candidate Olivia Chow hopes third time is the charm
TORONTO, ONT. – There’s another rematch in the works in Trinity-Spadina that could turn out to be one of the fiercest battles in Canada’s largest city. Four-term Liberal incumbent Tony Ianno will be squaring off once again against longtime Toronto city councillor Olivia Chow, who stepped down to campaign. The two rivals have gone head […]
