NDP MP Stoffer to host splashy party on April 2
Alliance special caucus meeting in Stratford, Ont., on April 4 MONDAY, MARCH 31 House Sitting — The House will remain in session until Friday, April 11 when it will take a two-week break. For more information, please call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. PC National Capital Region Fundraising Dinner — PC Canada […]
Strongly rejects Jones’ column
Regarding “Don’t blame the French,” (View From Washington, D.C. column, The Hill Times, March 24). My eyes just could not believe what I read in the article by David Jones. After a long list of poor “arguments” (which are more feeble opinions than facts or rational), the author finishes his paper by a sentence that […]
Kilgour hires a new assistant
David Kilgour, Secretary of State Asia-Pacific, has hired a new assistant for his ministerial office. Cheryl Fougere, 26, started her new job on March 10 as Western Canadian assistant for Mr. Kilgour. Ms. Fougere, a native of Sherwood Park, Alta., received her BA in political science from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alta., in […]
Disappointed by Canadian behaviour
It saddens me that the country of my origin would demean itself so much, by booing the American national anthem at a hockey game. I have always thought that Canadians would hold themselves to a higher standard in behaviour. What has changed since I left Canada over 30 years ago? We used to be a […]
Former Bloc staffer dies in car crash
Former Hill staffer Jean-Francois Bisaillon who worked in the past for Bloc MP Stephane Bergeron died tragically in a car accident on Boulevard Lionel-Boulet in Varennes, Que., on March 11. “A committed, convinced sovereignist, always smiling and friendly, Jean-Francois was a real workhorse, a valuable collaborator, a talented computer graphics designer and devoted to serving […]
Iraq needs help from us all: British
OTTAWA–Iraq was once a cultural powerhouse, one of the most sophisticated countries in the Middle East. It has a highly-educated population and enormous natural resources. But today, around half its population is unemployed. A total of 60 per cent of its people are dependent on food aid. More than half of the people in rural […]
Copps hires a new director of communications
OTTAWA–Heritage Minister Sheila Copps has hired a new director of communications in her ministerial office. Naline Rampersad, 32, started her new job as director of communications on March 17 succeeding Kerry Edmonds. Ms. Edmonds will start her new job as director of operations in communications at the public affairs branch of the department of Canadian […]
Do what’s right, not what’s popular
The decision taken by the Chretien-Martin Liberals not to support our closest allies in the war with Saddam Hussein is another example of how hooked this government is on doing only what is popular not what is right. When a decision was required to stand with our friends, the PM refused and took the easy […]
Whelan hires a new press secretary
International Cooperation Minister Susan Whelan has hired a new press secretary for her ministerial political office. Renee M. Filiatrault will join Ms. Whelan’s office this week, on Tuesday, April 1, as the new press secretary replacing Valerie Poulin. Ms. Poulin, daughter of Ontario Liberal Senator Marie-P. Poulin, has moved to the Canada Foundation for Innovation […]
Good for Collenette
Penny Collenette, who was in town to speak about “Governance: A Global Challenge, A Canadian Opportunity,” to Carleton University’s public administration graduate students, had some interesting things to say in an interview with CanWest News Service last week. Ms. Collenette, who used to be a top political player in the Prime Minister’s Office and who […]
