Clumsy, sloppy attacks in Quebec run won’t work, Liberals warned
Federal Liberals in Quebec are eager to put up a bigger fight against popular sovereigntist Bloc Quebecois in the next election. The federal Liberals’ strategy to attack the sovereigntists is a good one to gain ground in Quebec, but not if they’re firing “clumsy”random shots in all directions, a former policy adviser to the Bloc […]
The 44 Vulnerable Conservative Seats Across the Country, Based on June 2004 Federal Election Results
Riding MP % of vote received 1. Saskatoon-Humboldt, Sask. Bradley R.Trost 26.75% 2. Newton-North Delta, B.C. Gurmant Grewal 32.82% 3. New Westminster-Coquitlam, B.C. Paul Forseth 32.87% 4. Oshawa, Ont. Colin Carrie 33.21% 5. Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre, Sask. Tom Lukiwski 33.21% 6. Saanich-Gulf Islands Gary Lunn 34.58% 7. West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, B.C. John Reynolds 35.3% 8. Vancouver […]
Parrish still supports Grits, but hopes for change in government
Outspoken and outgoing MP Carolyn Parrish says she’s ‘not a Paul Martin fan.’ She promises to reveal corrupt nomination processes and influence of backroom types in her upcoming book. National Post columnist Don Martin last week called her a “classic example of how a political nobody can talk herself into becoming a CNN-featured somebody.” Ouch. […]
Whistleblower gets hazed by Tory Senators
Tory hazing ritual… It didn’t take long for chief whistleblower turned-Conservative candidate Allan Cutler to stick his foot in his mouth. This from Liberal insiders who carefully scrutinized Mr. Cutler’s entrance onto the political stage. During a recent interview, he called the government’s whistleblower protection legislation, Bill C-11,”a disaster.” Mr. Cutler, the man who risked […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Coverage of public opinion polls misleading: Conacher As the federal election speculation roller coaster continues, many media reports are misleading the public concerning public support of the federal parties, and hurting the media’s credibility at the same time. The reporting of the results of about a dozen polls in the past month has often neglected […]
DION VOX POPULI [Stephane Dion]
“My sense is that he’s an exceptionally bright and capable person who is open to new ideas, and that’s encouraging, but I’m not sure we’ve seen that translate into the department. But as an individual, he has an inquiring mind. Obviously as we come up to Montreal, the whole question of how the government intends […]
Federal Libs ‘well-resigned to their fate as nasty election set to begin
A ‘sense of futility’ pervades federal Liberal caucus as incumbents prepare to hit the campaign trail in historic, nasty, low-down and dirty campaign. Liberal incumbents are “well-resigned to their fate” on hitting the hustings three months early in what’s expected to be an unprecedented dirty, low-down, mudslinging election campaign, say Liberals. Most say it’s a […]
PARLIAMENTARY CALENDAR: Ambassadors McKenna and Wilkins to speak at the Canadian Club of Ottawa Lunch on Dec. 13 in town
MONDAY, NOV. 28 United Nations Climate Change Conference – Canada will host the First Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP1) jointly with the 11th Session of the Conference of Parties from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9. Environment Minister Stephane Dion will chair the meetings, which will take place at the Palais de […]
Government whip fails to restrict use of Ten Percenters
Her first attempt was voted down by the opposition in the House of Commons, but Chief Government Whip Karen Redman is vowing to bring back a motion to restrict the use of printed or photocopied material that MPs can send out through the Parliamentary printing service. “It won’t move forward in this Parliament. I still […]
Lobby firms set up war rooms as 39th general election looms
Lobbyists’ clients are asking: Why is this happening, and what does it mean to me? So lobby firms set up war rooms to keep them in the loop on next election campaign. With the date of the next election call all but certain, political Ottawa is agog with a mix of anticipation and dread as […]
