Liberal Senators say there’s no way Prime Minister and Cabinet will have hand in Senate’s proposed ethics counsellor
Some of 21 Liberal Senators who essentially killed the Prime Minister’s Ethics Bill on Nov. 7 before Parliament was progrogued, say there is no way in hell the proposed ethics counsellor will be appointed by the Prime Minister, in consultation with Cabinet, and the parties, and are vowing to dig in their heels. While the […]
Chretien Cabinet ministers strategized for PM’s resignation if referendum lost: CBC TV
As Churchill might have put it… This past weekend’s Liberal leadership convention was far from being the end of the Jean Chretien farewell tributes and media specials, not even the beginning of the end — merely the end of the beginning. There will be a bombardment of features between now and his actual departure on […]
Now that Martin has power, how does he maintain it?
TORONTO–I was on the floor of the Air Canada Centre Saturday night, and I was watching alternatively Paul Martin on the podium about to deliver his acceptance speech and his wife, Sheila, in her seat, looking at her husband. Sheila is the one person who, more than anyone, knows the struggle her husband has had […]
Globe’s odd coverage of Stevie
[Graph Not Transcribed] TORONTO–The Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente likely said it best. In her column last Tuesday, headlined, “Airbus monster never dies,” Wente commented on journalist Stevie Cameron, a noted Brian Mulroney nemesis, who found her picture plastered all over the front page of the Saturday Globe, accused of being a police informant […]
Environment Minister Anderson hires two new assistants: Sandra Schwartz joined Mr. Anderson’s office last March
Federal Environment Minister David Anderson who represents the British Columbia riding of Victoria recently hired two new ministerial assistants. Janice Nicholson and Roy Bornmann started their new jobs as special advisers in Minister Anderson’s political ministerial office on Nov. 3. Ms. Nicholson is now working in the Ottawa office. She replaced Candice Ford who has […]
Kakfwi rumoured to be Martin’s Indian Affairs Minister: N.W.T. premier Stephen Kakfwi also rumoured to be next minister of Natural Resources
With legions of loyalists expecting to be repaid with Cabinet positions, Paul Martin’s upcoming Cabinet-making exercise won’t be easy. He would be wise to make his decisions soon, to stem the self-destructive back-biting taking place in the party as his suitors vie for position, often at the expense of their caucus colleagues. [Graph Not Transcribed] […]
Government lost control of Senate
Both the leader of the Government in the Senate Sharon Carstairs and her deputy Fernand Robichaud offered to resign their top posts in the Upper Chamber on Nov. 7 after the governing Liberals lost a key vote in the Senate on outgoing Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s ethics package. Although the Prime Minister’s top advisers refused […]
Good for David Miller
[Graph Not Transcribed] Torontonians, and also quite a few other Canadians, owe the city’s mayor-elect David Miller and his principal rivals, John Tory and Barbara Hall, a debt of gratitude for a gift that these days is rare. This gift is that of an election that can be described unreservedly as a good election. The […]
Parliamentary secretaries to get more powers under Martin: ‘I certainly think that the roles of Parliamentary secretaries are going to be substantially enhanced’
TORONTO–Government MPs who don’t make the cut in the next Liberal Cabinet will be able to take solace in the fact even backbenchers such as Parliamentary secretaries will be able to wield power, Paul Martin said at the weekend’s Liberal leadership convention in Toronto. When asked how he plans to let some of his supporters […]
Crowded field of contenders in Carleton-Lanark: union leader Steve Hindleup against Martinites and a former CFL football star
Steve Hindle, the well-known president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service in Canada, will face stiff competition from several candidates, three of whom boast close ties to the incoming Prime Minister Paul Martin, in his bid to win the Liberal nomination in the new Ontario riding of Carleton-Lanark. Mr. Hindle confirmed on Nov. […]
