It’s Paul Martin’s first month in office, eh?
[Graph Not Transcribed] Afraid to ask… The transition of power on Dec. 12 left so many people with uncertain futures it made for some uncomfortable parties over the holiday season. With two-thirds of the old Cabinet gone, a lot of staffers were left facing unemployment. Add to this the spending freeze, program reviews aimed at […]
“What are your predictions for the coming year in politics?”
Leslie Swartman Liberal strategist “Here are my predictions for 2004 in no particular order: “Jack Layton will finally buy a new tie to replace the orange one. “Tim’s and Goldy’s parties will officially unite in wedded bliss. Tim and Goldy will not, despite the obvious affection they hold for one another. [Graph Not Transcribed] “Bernard […]
Open letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin: Say ‘no’ to Canada joining ballistic missile defence
Dear Prime Minister Martin, First, congratulations on becoming Prime Minister. I wish you well, and urge you to uphold Canadian values on peace and security, which are centered in the United Nations system. One of your first challenges will be your decision on Canada’s possible participation in the U.S. ballistic missile defence system (BMD). I […]
Tory, Alliance MPs to sit as ‘one’ when House returns: ‘we are one party now and we will be sitting as one in the House’: John Reynolds
The Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative MPs will be sitting under one banner, the new Conservative Party of Canada, in the House of Commons for the first time in over a decade when Parliament is called back from its mid winter break, most likely in early February. Alliance House Leader John Reynolds (West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, […]
Martin, public servants to face off: ‘they are risking pissing off the people who will actually have to put this together’: PIPSC Leader Steve Hindle
As Prime Minister Paul Martin gears up for a spring election, some of the most important allies he’ll have in convincing Canadians he’s serious about cleaning up the federal government’s tainted image will be the thousands of public servants he recently entrusted with conducting a sweeping review of every taxpayer dollar spent. Too bad they […]
Marc Roy joins Heritage Minister’s office: former Boudria staffer slips into new Heritage Minister Helene Scherrer’s office
Newly-minted Minister of Canadian Heritage Helene Scherrer who represents the Quebec riding of Louis-Hebert, Que., has hired a director of communications. No stranger to the Hill, Marc Roy, started his new job as director of communications on Wednesday, Dec. 17. [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] […]
Liberal Party still has ‘in excess of $3-million’ debt just four months before expected general election: Eizenga
Newly-elected Liberal Party President Mike Eizenga says the federal party’s debt is “in excess of $3-million” which includes a “six-figure loss” with last month’s Liberal leadership convention in Toronto, but also adds that the party is well on its way to paying off its debt before the next election, expected to be called in the […]
Now the hard part begins for Prime Minister Paul Martin, eh?: most important decision on Parliamentary reform is whether to proceed on multi-party basis
Let the drum roll begin. A brave new era is about to dawn in Ottawa. Parliament is going to become a player in the policy process. Parliamentarians are about to become somebodies. So says the new Prime Minister Paul Martin. [Graph Not Transcribed] Yeah right! Goes the chorus, led mainly by journalists. Ottawa is about […]
Camp, the father of modern day political campaigns: author Geoffrey Stevens digs into fascinatingly delicious life of the late Dalton Camp
Dalton Camp may well have been the most influential unelected politician Canada has ever known. The closest thing to him may have been Keith Davey in Liberal ranks. But among the Tories, Camp had no equal. The Big Blue Mechanic they called him, the backroom genius, the man who invented the Quick Response Team, before […]
Canadians should retain some perspective on Arar: meanwhile, Mr. Martin has climbed on his high horse on building contracts in Iraq
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Three unlikely circumstances: Osama Bin Laden declares that he, not the United States, is the Great Satan; Saddam Hussein surrenders to Coalition forces and reveals the locations of his Weapons of Mass Destruction; and Maher Arar wins a juridical case against USG officials. Mr. Arar’s announcement that he would sue the United States (as […]
