Political Racquets…
Political Racquets… Tennis must be the in thing these days. After hearing all about Ms. Ducros’ love of the game, a little birdie happened to mention that Heritage Minister Sheila Copps and Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal paired up at the Rideau indoor courts last weekend. The two ministers have been known to play tennis […]
Volpe’s staffer proposes to fiance on Hill in the snow
OTTAWA–Who said love doesn’t spring eternal on Parliament Hill where politics is a bloodsport? On Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, Peter Wigen, 27, a Hill assistant to Toronto Liberal MP Joe Volpe, had love in his heart when he proposed to his girlfriend, Yuko Kimura, 26, on the Hill in the Peace Tower. The kicker is […]
CSIS and Coast Guard appear before Senate National Security Committee (Part 2)
Mr. Lachance: Yes, they have been worked out. Senator Smith: Are there still any of any consequence? Mr. Meisner: I am not sure. There are obviously wrinkles, but they are day-to-day management things that I am not sure can be attributed to the move or the fact that we have gone through changes in the […]
Pious Toronto Star
TORONTO–It may seem early to name a front-runner for the coveted “Suck-up Columnist of the Century Spittoon,” but somebody is going to have to work awfully hard in the next 97 years to beat out Toronto Star media columnist Antonia Zerbisias. Zerbisias clearly becomes the one to beat after arguing in her column last week […]
Manley hires a new policy adviser
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister John Manley hired a new policy adviser for his ministerial political office recently. Brian Klunder, 34, is a native of Brantford, Ont. and received a BA from the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ont., in 1991. He started working on the Hill in 1994 for Liberal MP John Finlay […]
CSIS and Coast Guard appear before Senate National Security Committee (Part 5)
Mr. Elcock: I am not sure I would characterize it that way. There is no question that, as the Cold War ended, there was a perception in the intelligence community, and perhaps even stronger beyond the intelligence community, that somehow the world had fundamentally changed. It seemed we would no longer need spy agencies or […]
Billy’s Angels?…
Billy’s Angels?… Okay, I know I am going to get stick for calling them that (and after giving John Manley heck I should perhaps know better). But I just couldn’t resist using it as an opener to congratulating Kathleen Harris, veteran star reporter for the Ottawa Sun, on her new job as a member of […]
Buzzword: accountability
One of the first things Finance Minister John Manley mentioned when he released his federal budget last Tuesday in the House of Commons were the words “accrual accounting.” He got some good laughs when he turned to MPs and teased them about possibly not grasping the term, well-known in the accounting world. But Mr. Manley […]
Budget Holiday…
Budget Holiday… Past February budgets have tended to be in the last week of sitting before a one-week March break. The idea behind this was to provide three days for debate in the House and then have government members fan across the country to sell the package to constituents. But this played hell on the […]
Manley team to open up campaign offices
OTTAWA–Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister John Manley’s undeclared leadership campaign team is currently in the process of setting up offices in Ottawa, Toronto and Calgary, senior Manley sources told The Hill Times last week. Operating under the umbrella organization of “Friends of John Manley,” the Manley (Ottawa South, Ont.) team is currently setting up […]
