Chretien’s lawyer expects Federal Court decision in 2006 or 2007
Jean Chretien’s legal team is planning to argue before Federal Court that the Gomery Report should be thrown out, alleging mainly that Judge Gomery is biased. Former prime minister Jean Chretien’s lawyer says he expects the Federal Court’s judicial review of the Gomery Report to be complete by either the end of next year or […]
Whatever happened to former Public Works DM Ranald Quail?
The former deputy minister of Public Works Ranald Quail, who is now retired, received a special appointment from Jean Chretien’s Cabinet in 2001 as a senior adviser in the Privy Council Office. He left the post in 2003. Accused of “abdicating” his responsibilities, the man who could have stopped the sponsorship scandal in its tracks […]
Ten Percenter motion expected to go to committee
Chief Government Whip Karen Redman told The Hill Times that the Commons’ Procedure and House Affairs Committee will likely start debating her motion on Thursday calling on the House to limit the use of printed or photocopied materials MPs can send out in other ridings. Ms. Redman, who tabled her motion in the Commons Committee […]
Former MP returns to Liberals
After turning his back on the federal Grits last spring, Andre Harvey says anger over the sponsorship program is subsiding in the sovereigntist heartland. He thought he had no chance of winning as a federal Liberal last spring, but former MP Andre Harvey is returning to the party to fight for his old seat in […]
The Spin Doctors: What do you think of the Bloc Quebecois’ $400,000 radio and newspaper ad campaign against the Liberals and Gomery?
Leslie Swartman Liberal Strategist “I think it’s a waste of $400,000!! “It was clearly conceived and produced prior to Prime Minister Martin’s exoneration by Justice Gomery. It shows that the BQ doesn’t want to hear the truth and that it is prepared to smear reputations of anyone who poses a threat. “And it reminds me […]
House’s election fever
The House has election fever, but if the three opposition parties really want to defeat the federal Liberals, then they should muster up some courage and do it. The Conservatives, the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP should introduce a non-confidence motion in the House this week to bring the Liberals down and put the Liberals […]
Harper’s proposed lobby reforms ‘like killing a fly with a hammer’
Many lobbyists say the five-year “cooling off” period for ministers and Hill staffers is overkill and that the proposals to curb the “revolving door” between government and the private sector may, in fact, wind up hurting both. Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper’s proposed reforms to lobby laws are like “killing a fly with a hammer,” […]
Gomery’s second report no panacea: whoever wins election will have rubbery flexibility to implement recommendations
Hey, does anyone here remember a judge named Gomery? No, apparently not.Two weeks ago, his first report on the Liberal theft of taxpayers’ money was the talk of this town. Now his second one, the one fixing failures that began with patronage and ended in corruption, is at risk of being blown away by the […]
Gomery Report sells 1,269 copies in one week
Have you read Gomery…It might never become a best-seller, but the Gomery report’s sales have already broken through the four-digit barrier. At the end of last week, the Public Works Department was reporting 1,269 copies of Justice John Gomery’s report on the federal sponsorship program sold.The full version of the report makes up nearly two-thirds […]
No nation in history has benefited more than Canada from its relationship with the U.S.
By persistently working at cross purposes to U.S. objectives, Ottawa appears willing to transform the bilateral relationship into one of guarded hostility. Is this really in Canada’s interest? WASHINGTON, D.C. – During the past several weeks, Ambassador Frank McKenna and Prime Minister Paul Martin amused themselves at U.S. expense. In speeches, respectively, in Toronto and […]
