Economic and trade relations between Canada and the European Union
Major Trading Partners, Especially In Investment A) Trade: The European Union is Canada’s second largest trading partner, after the United Sates. Within the EU, Canada’s main partners are Great Britain, Germany and France. In 1999: – Canadian exports to the EU (5. 1% of total exports) rose, totalling $18.2-billion: forestry (28%); metals, minerals and fuel […]
Foreget the “merger talk”: Conservatives set sights on soft support
Joe Clark must abandon idea of striking formal arrangements with Alliance, focus on building its coalition Former Progressive Conservative MP Gilles Bernier, who went down to defeat in a tight race in Tobique-Mactaquac in the Nov. 27 federal election, had a reputation as one of Parliament’s most colourful members and as one of its best […]
The class of 2000 has 45 first-termers from across the country
NEWFOUNDLAND 1. Liberal Brian Tobin Bonavista-Trinity-Conception, Nfld. Brian Tobin 22,096 Jim Morgan 11,009 Fraser March NDP 6,473 He’s back. After spending the past four years as premier of Newfoundland, former Rat Packer Brian Tobin, one of the country’s best communicators, has returned to Ottawa as Canada’s minister of Industry. Mr. Tobin, who replaced Fred Mifflin […]
Ekos pollster says it was a “vision war” and the media missed it
Liberal pollster Michael Marzolini polled 1,200 people a day during 36-day federal election campaign While most politicos have likely hid all remaining copies of last week’s Hill Times election prediction issue, pollster Frank Graves was feeling pretty good about his forecast, which had the Liberals winning 170 seats, CA 65, BQ 45, PC 10, NDP […]
The 37th parliament: meet 47 newly-elected MPs
But 45 of the newly-elected are rookies from across Canada in low turnover bid [Graph Not Transcribed] The 37th Parliament brought in 47 newly-elected MPs in last Monday’s federal election. Two of the new MPs have been here before, however. Touted as one of the best communicators in the country, Brian Tobin is obviously no […]
Wally McLean wins The Hill Times’ Political Pundit Contest
[Graph Not Transcribed] Liberal Hill staffer Wally McLean is crediting detective work and dumb luck for his sweep of The Hill Times’ “So-You Think-You’re-A-Political Pundit-Contest.” Mr. McLean, 29, a Parliamentary Hill assistant to Labrador Liberal MP Lawrence O’Brien, was batting 1,000 last week when he selected the winning candidates in all 17 of the contest’s […]
The 25 casualties of campaign 2000, from Ray Chan to Jean Dube
Ousted Independent MP John Nunziata says he’s going to Disney World, declares there is life after politics British Columbia 1. Liberal Raymond Chan [Graph Not Transcribed] Richmond, B.C. Peschisolido, Joe 21,064 44.42% (Canadian Alliance) Chan, Raymond 19,928 42.02% The only cabinet minister to lose his seat in the last election, the former Secretary of State […]
Paul Martin should be worried about media’s deification of him
The positive media coverage golden boy Martin has received poses a serious threat to his political future [Graph Not Transcribed] It is more than likely that Paul Martin’s future rivals for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, including Allan Rock, Brian Tobin and John Manley, viewed the overwhelmingly positive coverage that the Finance […]
Web owner goes after wired politicos
Websurfers who happened to find themselves browsing the Web site at www.stephanedion.com during the federal election may have gotten a virtual shock. Instead of typical campaign rhetoric with a Liberal slant, during the election, this site featured acerbic anti-government commentary, as well as criticism of the Prime Minister’s personal integrity. But wait — the same […]
Victory is its own mandate and leadership determines it: all those who proclaim that there will be no mandate for the winner in US presidential election are wrong
The U.S. presidential election is in the process of being stolen. That conclusion is true whether the ultimate winner is Al Gore or George Bush. The winner will be the individual who has deployed the most adroit and practised thieves (others would say lawyers and media specialists) rather than whether some abstraction such as “truth” […]
