Atlantic Tory MPs vow to keep up pressure on Doug Young: Reformer says weakness may not be in former federal transport minister’s conduct but in “loosey-goosey” rules
Three Atlantic Tory MPs are still crying foul on government backbench MP Bob Nault, who they accused of intimidation last week, and they say they vow to keep up their attacks when the House resumes sitting in February. Tory Transport critic Bill Casey (Cumberland Colchester, N.S.) claims that Mr. Nault (Kenora-Rainy River, Ont.) is trying […]
Laughing all the way to the bunker
The surprising interest shown by the now just re-elected premier of Quebec for getting an agreement with Ottawa on the social union, came up during the last campaign. At the time, it helped deflate some of Jean Charest’s criticisms against the separatist leader. In fact, it caught the Liberals with their pants down. We already […]
NDP staffers want more asbestos tests [Wellington Building]
An NDP staffer who discovered asbestos-traced dust in his office nearly a month ago says the Department of Public Works has “reneged” on a promise to have an independent inspector assess the safety of working in the Wellington Building. Laurie Gourlay and 22 other NDP staffers from the second floor of the Wellington Building refused […]
Robinson vs. Fry: It’s a two-way race in Vancouver Centre
‘This campaign is not about rings and about crosses,’ says Svend Robinson, referring to Hedy Fry’s 2001 unsubstantiated claims that in Prince George, B.C., ‘crosses are burning on lawns as we speak’ and his own theft of a ring. VANCOUVER, B.C.-The Vancouver Centre election campaign is shaping up to what many predict will be a […]
Conservatives set sights on Pontiac, claim riding is deliverable: But it’s also true that their best effort could hand a staunchly federalist riding to separatists
MANIWAKI, QUE. – Along with annoying a country otherwise busy with tipsy trees and relatives, this cross-country winter campaign is also unnecessary. With modest creativity, three national and one regional party could fight this election in a single riding that begins within sight of the national capital. It’s been called the Pontiac since long before […]
Conservative not intimidated by Liberal Cabinet Ministers in riding: But strong Conservative incumbent O’Connor expected to easily win in Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Ont.
Isabel Metcalfe has been spending most of her mornings at an OC Transpo Park & Ride lately. The Liberal Party candidate in the Ontario riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills likes meeting people, and that’s her preferred method of canvassing in the election campaign. She is trying to meet with as many people in the riding as […]
Olivia Letemplier managing Metcalfe’s election campaign
Asenior ministerial staffer is managing the campaign of an Ottawaarea Liberal candidate. Olivia Letemplier, Atlantic assistant to Transport Minister Jean Lapierre (Outremont, Que.), who is also Prime Minister Paul Martin’s (LaSalle-Emard, Que.) Quebec lieutenant, is managing the campaign of Isabel Metcalfe, Liberal candidate in the riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Ont., who is running against incumbent […]
Harper knocks out Martin for MVP ranking: Politics Poll: Embattled Tory Gurmant Grewal is least valuable politician in The Hill Times’ Ninth Annual All Politics Poll: 2005
Propelled by a block of Tory MPs, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has dethroned Prime Minister Paul Martin for Most Valuable Politician in 2005 in The Hill Times’ ninth annual All Politics Poll, the best and worst of politics. Of the 98 respondents, 20 per cent, all Conservatives, sang Mr. Harper’s praises as the leader who […]
2005: Too odd for fiction, the year in newspaper headlines: Some of the best lines of the year: ‘small-town cheap,’ and ‘I’m entitled to my entitlements’
It was too odd for fiction, 2005. New catchphrases entered the vocabulary – “small-town cheap” and “I’m entitled to my entitlements.” It was the year of Belinda, and gas line-ups, and federal contractors trying to out-leg reporters down the courthouse steps. It was the year Germany banned smiles on passport photos, and a cardboard box […]
