MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*NDP MP Svend Robinson, 51, March 4, 1952 *Liberal MP Marcel Proulx, 57, March 6, 1946 *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, […]
Lyle Vanclief’s Press Secretary
When Hill Climbers profiled political staffers in Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief’s office a few weeks ago, one staffer, Donald Boulanger, who was supposed to be interviewed by Climbers was unavailable because of a scheduling conflict. So, Hill Climbers contacted him again last week for an interview. Mr. Boulanger is the press secretary to Minister Vanclief. […]
A distinct election for the distinct society: Charest tends to shine on trail and Landry has never campaigned as leader
QUEBEC CITY–It was only a few short months ago that the polls and politicos were predicting the PQ would not only be defeated in the upcoming election, but it would be crushed. The PQ would be like the federal Tories under Kim Campbell, decimated and left with barely enough members to occupy a tiny corner […]
Two Senior Liberal Staffers leave
Raj Chahal, special policy adviser to Prime Minister Jean Chretien, left his job last week and will now join the influential law firm of Bennett Jones. Mr. Chahal will work out of their offices in Toronto and Calgary but continue to reside in Ottawa. The 34-year-old Calgarian who started his last gig at PMO in […]
P.E.I. Grit leadership convention on April 4 and April 5
U.S. Ambassador Cellucci talks to CBC Radio in Ottawa guest this week MONDAY, MARCH 3 House Sitting — The House is not sitting this week, but will resume sitting again on Monday, March 17, after a two-week break in the 301 constituencies and trips abroad. For more information, please call the Government House Leader’s Office […]
Layton hires acting chief of staff Maureen Prebinski/Jean-Francois Thibault will join Industry Minister as new EA
OTTAWA–A former Hill staffer will run as the NDP’s candidate from the riding of Ottawa Centre in the upcoming provincial election in Ontario expected to take place in April or May of this year. Jeff Atkinson, 35, won the NDP nomination unopposed last month. A native of Duart, Ont., Mr. Atkinson worked on the Hill […]
Hablas espanol? [Partners in North America: Advancing Canada’s relations with the United States and Mexico]
The Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee broke new ground last week by putting out the first Spanish version of a Parliamentary report. And just in time, too. Prime Minister Jean Chretien left for Mexico on a two-day state visit on Feb 27 to meet President Vicente Fox, and copies of the massive 340-page document were brought […]
Herb-al remedies…
Now that Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal has officially taken himself out of the running for the Liberal leadership, as anticipated here last week, the question is, who will the government’s B.C. political lieutenant back against Paul Martin? He will get involved somehow – the taking over of his riding executive by Martinites last year […]
“Who are the winners and losers of John Manley’s first (and last?) federal budget?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “Winners? That’s easy. Canadians win. “Manley’s team were smart: they didn’t guess about the priorities of Canadians — they knew. Any decent poll will show the top concerns of Canadians are health, education, jobs/economy. The budget focussed on all three, in that order. “Sure, the right-wing columnists, the special interest groups, […]
P.E.I. and Alliance?
Regarding the letter from Lorne Gardiner of Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. in last week’s issue, “Stand up for Canada,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 10). When was P.E.I. ever an ally of Reform/Alliance country? Certainly not in my life time. Americans, on the other hand, have not been attacking the West anywhere like the Maritimes. John Stark […]
