Senior bureaucrat urges changes to voting system: ‘There is a sense of fatigue about our democratic institutions’: Des Rosiers
OTTAWA–If the government is really serious about restoring faith in the political system, it should seriously consider fixing the distorted way politicians are elected to the House of Commons, says a senior federal official who’s spearheaded a major review of the country’s winner-take-all electoral system. The government is currently in the midst of reforming political […]
Right back at you Canada
Regarding Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s comments about Americans being bastards. Shame on a lady using that language. We, in America, have an old saying. It takes one to know one. It is comments like these people in the government of Canada, that the people of the U.S.A. do not take seriously. Orville K. Hatfield Regarding […]
What does Martin think?
While there has been widespread coverage of Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s ignorant anti-American outburst – part of a shameful crescendo of similar insults being hurled at our neighbours by Liberals – there has been one glaring oversight. To wit: what does Prime-Minister-in-waiting Paul Martin think of all this? Not to mention Sheila Copps and John […]
Minister Dhaliwal has been busy shaking up office
OTTAWA–Federal Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal recently hired three new staffers in his ministerial political office on the Hill. Mr. Dhaliwal hired Franco Iacono as his Quebec assistant last month. Mr. Iacono has replaced Pierre Lacoursiere who has joined the office of Liberal MP Claude Drouin. Mr. Drouin is also Secretary of State for Canada […]
What does Martin think?
Francie Ducros uses the ‘M’ word. Carolyn Parrish uses the ‘B’ word. Give the Liberals enough time and soon they will use every letter in the alphabet. Carolyn Parrish supports Paul Martin. Are we to assume that Mr. Martin and Ms. Parrish’s ilk are of the same mind when it comes to hating the Americans? […]
It’s a phoney baloney world, I tell ya
TORONTO–What an interesting political year 2003 is shaping up to be, what with upcoming municipal and provincial elections and the changes of leadership at the federal level. But to get an idea of how freakishly phony and hypocritical this business can be, just take a look at the crowd at last week’s Heritage Dinner, the […]
Libs may turn leadership into policy convention
OTTAWA–The lack of candidates interested in running for the federal leadership of the Liberal Party threatens not only to take the sizzle out of the race, but could force the party to “refashion” next November’s highly-anticipated convention into a policy convention, says Grit Party President Stephen LeDrew. “If there are insufficient candidates, we’ll have to […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Alliance MP John Cummins, 61, March 12, 1942 *Liberal MP Paul DeVillers, 57, March 11, 1946 *Liberal MP Bob Wood, 63, March 11, 1940 *Tory Sen. Therese Lavoie-Roux, 75, March 12, 1928 *Liberal MP Maria Minna, 55, March 14, 1948 *Liberal MP Raymonde Folco, 63, March 16, 1940 *Liberal MP Andy Scott, 48, March 16, […]
Young Turk finds new Tory home…
A decade ago, a young university student by the name of Genevieve Breton was working away in junior jobs in the office of then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Today, the recently married Genevieve Breton-O’Brien is press secretary for Peter MacKay’s Tory leadership campaign. In the intervening years she has led an interesting life in political […]
Martin’s company is really a foreign company: Stark
OTTAWA–Paul Martin, the former federal finance minister and the front-runner in the leadership race of the Liberal Party, should sell Canada Steamship Lines to show Canadians that he wants the job of Prime Minister and is willing to perform it without facing future problems of any real or apparent conflicts of interest, says an academic, […]
