Day maintains caucus hold, but losing grip [on political agenda]
Most Canadian Alliance MPs are standing by their troubled party leader, for now. Despite the controversy surrounding Stockwell Day’s handling of his legal problems and his poor performance in Ottawa, the Canadian Alliance leader continues to enjoy the support of his caucus. But at the same time, Alliance and Tory MPs are also willing to […]
Press freedom comes to the National Press Club [Political cartoon contest]
[Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] You can’t draw that…Freedom of the press may not be a big issue in Canada, but the National Press Club is hoping its new editorial cartoon contest will help bring attention to the many journalists around the world who work under press restrictions. Spencer Moore, chair of the NPC […]
Parliamentarians want to smooth Brazilian relations
Canadian Parliamentarians could get the chance to smooth relations with Brazil when legislators from 27 North, South and Central American countries and Caribbean Nations gather this week on the Hill. The Parliamentarians will be meeting for the first-ever Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA) session, they say, in order to raise the voices of “civil […]
Gagliano controversy raises questions on immigration process: are the letters members of parliament write to ministries a form of endorsement of their constituents or not?
The media and political uproar ignited by the Amodeo case has, once again, directed the media limelight back onto Public Works Minister Alfonso Gagliano and the activities of his Montreal constituency office. Let me state at the outset that organized crime is one of the biggest problems facing the globe and Canadian society. It is […]
PMO denies it’s source of leaks
The Prime Minister’s Office is denying it was a source of recent and sensational leaks from cabinet. Francoise Ducros, director of communications in the PMO, denied last week’s story in The Hill Times which quoted an unnamed government source fingering the powerful PMO as the source of leaks. On Feb. 19, Southam News reported that […]
Day should listen to advisers
In an interview with The Globe and Mail shortly before he defeated Preston Manning and Tom Long to become leader of the newly-minted Canadian Alliance, Stockwell Day argued that there were not many policy differences among the leadership candidates. “The differences that people are looking for are track record — what have you done — […]
Listen up: female politicians should be pushing envelope more: three trailblazing politicians tell WTN that women on Parliament Hill are fooling themselves, go for the top [Current Affairs]
Three trailblazing politicians say women on Parliament Hill aren’t pushing women’s issues enough and have forgotten that Parliament Hill is a “male institution with a male culture, male values and male ways of doing things.” The three women told the WTN’s Holly Doan on her show Current Affairs that women in politics still have a […]
Eggleton wants MPs to get a military life [Canadian Forces Parliamentary program]
MPs will soon be jumping out of planes, joining rescue missions aboard Canada’s Labrador helicopters and tagging along with Canada’s peacekeepers in Bosnia. Defence Minister Art Eggleton (York Centre, Ont.) recently sent out a pamphlet to all MPs, asking them to take part in the “Canadian Forces Parliamentary Program.” The idea is based on a […]
Finance is a “male bastion” [WTN Current Affairs panel]
A televised panel of veteran female lawmakers says “old-fashioned prejudice” in Parliament has barred women from appointment to the federal cabinet’s most senior post, the Department of Finance. “It’s where the power really lies,” said Flora MacDonald, a former External Affairs Minister first elected to Parliament in 1972. “How many business people, if they saw […]
Hill facilities are meant for parliamentary business, not parties: should foreign diplomats be allowed to use parliament buildings for hosting personal farewells? Nope
[Graph Not Transcribed] Should foreign diplomats be allowed to use the Parliament Buildings for hosting personal farewells and national day receptions? The Ottawa-based foreign diplomats are eyeing Canada’s most recognized and respected symbol, Parliament Hill, to host personal receptions. Such was the case recently when Italian Ambassador Roberto Nigido hosted a reception to bid farewell. […]
