Citizen Canned?
There’s talk bubbling of a strike at the Ottawa Citizen this summer when the current newspaper guild collective agreement expires. It is being fuelled by lay-offs and consolidations at other CanWest-Global papers and, closure to home, the departure two weeks ago of Citizen opinion page editor Christina “Tina” Spencer, a 20-year-plus veteran at the paper. […]
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 […]
One more sacred cow
Regarding the column “Lack of leadership defines government’s online: strategy,” by Paco Francoli, (The Hill Times, March 17). As someone who is participating in the creation of the Canadian e-learning enterprise alliance, combined with the dealings I have had so far with those in the various government departments and agencies with regards to e-learning, I […]
U.S. risks losing peace
Just before the war began, one expert observer, James Steinberg, director of studies at Washington’s Brookings Institution and a former senior aide with the Clinton administration, made an observation that now seems uncannily perceptive. Steinberg remarked in a tone of skepticism on the “presumption” prevailing among U.S. military planners that very few Iraqis would fight. […]
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 […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Liberal MP Gilbert Normand, 60, March 31, 1943 *Liberal MP Lawrence O’Brien, 52, March 31, 1951 *Alliance MP Rob Anders, 31, April 1, 1972 *Liberal MP Denis Paradis, 54, April 1, 1949 *Liberal MP Alan Tonks, 60, April 2, 1943 *Liberal MP Karen Kraft Sloan, 51, April 3, 1952 *Liberal MP Robert Bertrand, 50, April […]
Long on audacity but short on common sense: Paradigm-shifting media strategies can be a powerful tool
Spring of 2003 may well be long-remembered by some for reasons other than only the beginning of Gulf War II, though its significance and ramifications will undoubtedly overshadow most everything else But this month also marks the debut of two quite astounding developments in the annals of advocacy and public affairs strategy and practice. One […]
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 […]
No Canadian grit there
Regarding “America is becoming unhinged,” (The Hill Times, March 17). It is you liberals who are becoming “unhinged.” Your view of how the Cold War was won is intellectually dishonest at best. The final line of your article made me burst out laughing…” Canadian grit?” Not sending in Canadian troops to help liberate Iraq, you […]
Cherry’s allowed to talk
TORONTO–When multi-millionaire movie stars take a moment out from congratulating their own brilliance to tell us that they’re against the war in Iraq, most people in journalism and politics think that’s fine. But when Don Cherry and Ron MacLean spend their popular five-minute Coach’s Corner talking about what everybody in the country is talking about, […]
