Vanclief hires adviser
Minister of Agriculture, Lyle Vanclief has hired a new assistant for his ministerial political office. Isabelle Mignault, started her new job as policy adviser to Minister Vanclief last week. The 27-year-old policy adviser who is a native of St. Pascal Kamouraska, Que., has a BA in political science and her MA in analytical policy from […]
Gordon Wilson was never B.C. Premier
Regarding the Hill Climbers column “Volpe’s staffer proposes to fiancee on Hill in the snow,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24.) Gordon Wilson was never premier of B.C. He has been, variously, leader of a party he founded, then the B.C. Liberal Party, and finally, a minister in the NDP. Garth Millar Regarding the Hill Climbers […]
And for $550 we’ll send you the fridge…
The National Citizens Coalition must have one heck of a fundraising system going. It must be costing the organization a fortune to run all those billboards and newspapers ads. In the last few months we’ve had attacks against Health Minister Anne McLellan over health care and Kyoto, demands for Jean Chretien to step down, and […]
Patry won’t run for party’s presidency
OTTAWA–Francoise Patry, a potential candidate for the presidency of the Liberal Party of Canada, has decided not to enter the race due to an illness in the family. Ms. Patry, who is married to Liberal MP Bernard Patry (Pierrefonds-Dollard, Que.), told The Hill Times last week that she won’t run because her mother is ill. […]
Do newspapers have ghosts?
Maybe. Either that, or we have a hoax on our hands or, even stranger, someone has found a way to keep a real secret in this burg. I’m referring to the http://www.ottawajournal.com web page. Under the banner of the paper that died more than two decades ago, the following message appears: “On September 1st, 2003, […]
Easter hires a new staffer
Solicitor General Wayne Easter recently hired a new legislative assistant. Meredith Naylor joined Mr. Easter’s office as legislative assistant last month. Before Ms. Naylor joined the office, Ken Moreau, senior policy adviser to Mr. Easter, was performing the duties of legislative assistant. A native of Pictou, N.S., Ms. Naylor received her BA in English from […]
Cyrus Reporter is leaving the building as of March 24.
It’s time we formed a club… As you may have noticed in F. Abbas Rana’s Hill Climbers last week (March 3), Industry Minister Allan Rock’s long-time right-hand man Cyrus Reporter is leaving for new pastures. What you may not have heard is a key consideration in making the move is that he and wife Joanne […]
Collenette and Dhaliwal on the blower
Time will tell… Staffers for Transport Minister David Collenette and Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal were quickly on the phone last Monday in response to an item in this column on the possibility of a Cabinet shuffle before the House returns from its March break. I’d suggested that their bosses, along with Intergovernmental Affairs Minister […]
Yanks, Americans
Regarding Gene M. Simon’s letter to the editor last week in The Hill Times (March 3) from Williamsville, N.Y. Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s comment was far too broad. I have great American friends although, from his tone, I doubt that Mr. Simon could ever qualify. From whom or what would he defend Canada? Millions around […]
Post’s loss will be someone else’s gain…
I was saddened to hear that the National Post decided Wednesday to let go veteran business journalist and former bureau chief Alan Toulin, along with an as-yet undefined number of other reporters across the country, as owners CanWest News Service and the Asper family looked to cut costs and losses. The axe caught Al by […]
