Motorcycle Mamma eager to ride off into sunset: Outgoing Alberta Alliance MP Deb Grey loves motorcyling, I mean loves it
If there is one thing that Alliance MP Deborah Grey is looking forward to this summer, it’s that feeling only motor-bikers get when cruising under an open-sky canopy during a serene ride in the Rocky Mountains. Admittedly, this coveted sensation has been difficult for Ms. Grey (Edmonton North, Alta.) to experience over the course of […]
CanWest decimates bureau
A hell of a mistake… Even in these days of regular layoffs of reporters, the Bloody Wednesday axing of six veteran reporters from the CanWest (formerly know as Southam) News Service Hill bureau shocked the Parliamentary Press Gallery and the body politic alike. The condemned were called up to what is fast becoming known as […]
Last of Liberal Party leadership debates on Saturday
Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner in Ottawa this Saturday night too MONDAY, June 9 House Sitting–The House is sitting this week and is scheduled to remain in session until Friday, June 20. The schedule could change. For more information on the House calendar, please call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. Senate Sitting–The Senate […]
Bravo to U.S. President Bush: Bush also tackles issue in first term as opposed to waiting until safety of his second term
Bravo to President Bush! Because of his efforts, there is new hope and momentum in the Middle East to resolve the lingering Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has claimed thousands of innocent lives on both sides. The United States President whom some least expected to tackle international issues is doing just that. However, Mr. Bush is familiar […]
Grits headed for another divisive vote
The federal government is headed for another clash with several members of its own backbenchers this week as it moves to restore $9-million from Transport Canada’s budget, funding which had been removed by Grit MPs on the House Transport Committee during their annual review of the federal department’s spending priorities. Although this latest showdown is […]
Here’s the bottom line on PM’s Campaign and Elections Finance Bill: Highly controversial Bill C-24 back in the House this week
The government’s proposed political fundraising law, Bill C-24, has emerged from the House Affairs Committee and will be back in the House this week, with several key improvements. Perhaps the most significant change made by the committee was a reduction in the individual donation limit from $10,000 to $5,000. While this amount is still far […]
Radwanski hauled before Government Ops
Members of a House of Commons committee have hauled Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski before them to figure out if he tampered with evidence he provided to their committee, something which could put him in contempt of Parliament and possibly cost him his job. The Privacy Commissioner is set to appear before the Government Operations Committee […]
MacKay finishes the job
Peter MacKay has completed the job that Kim Campbell began of turning Canada into a one-party state. A decade ago, Campbell reduced the Conservatives from the alternate governing party to, with just two seats remaining, a bit of political nostalgia, still the possessor of an invaluable brandname but one that more and more Canadians, like […]
MacKay has all it takes to be a phenomenal leader: But he doesn’t need party’s dead wood on his back to build party
TORONTO–Will Peter MacKay be the Conservative leader who will turf the Liberals from government? It’s a good question. Too many federal pundits have already quickly dismissed MacKay. Most answered this question by giving the thumbs down to the newly-elected leader. But I think the jury’s still out. Most of the smarty-pants pundits were caught off […]
Once again the Prime Minister misses the point: ‘They were attacked. We are part of their coalition against terrorism’: Jean Chretien
WASHINGTON, D.C.–In the midst of the current hissing match between Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the U.S. Administration there is no comment that more epitomizes our differences than Chretien’s off-hand rebuttal of criticism, “We are part of their (emphasis added) coalition against terrorism.” Not “our war against terrorism” or even “the war against terrorism” but […]
