Trudeau’s decisive galvanic effect on Nationalism
With his shrug to English Canadians, Trudeau gave us a paradoxical brand of nationalism that flourishes today The puzzle about Pierre Elliot Trudeau – one of his many, if not innumerable, puzzles and paradoxes – is how someone so utterly indifferent to English-Canadian nationalism could have had such a decisive and galvanic effect upon it. […]
Teachers want to know: ‘Are lobbyists necessary?’: Some handy tips of survival with and without a lobbyist in Ottawa
The naming of the session was brilliant: “Lunch with the Lobbyists.” “Lunch” and “lobbyists” — two words, two thoughts, that go together like, like, gin and tonic, or Wayne and Shuster — a perfect pair of nouns that conjure up the perfect stereotype: What do lobbyists do? Of course, they lunch. Well, we’ll have to […]
The U.S. has no choice
No wonder the U.S. government continues to consider Canada as a source of potential security threats. Canada’s External Affairs Minister Bill Graham has refused to sanction the activities of the humanitarian wing of Hezbollah. His rational that the humanitarian arm has no relation to the militant arm is ludicrous. Any organization that sponsors terrorism is […]
Tories big on Parliamentary reforms
No one should be suckered by Paul Martin’s attempt to make Canadians believe that he is genuinely interested in Parliamentary reform. What a miraculous conversion considering that Martin was part of the Liberal Cabinet and still is a member of a party that has only paid lip service to the idea of making Parliament more […]
List in Hill Times creates buzz: I can’t believe the impact that your list has made’
Senior staffers in the Prime Minister’s Office pressured MPs and Cabinet ministers to contact The Hill Times in order to pledge their support to the Prime Minister after the weekly independent newspaper published a list of who supports who in the Jean Chretien-Paul Martin nasty political battle. A senior Liberal source told The Hill Times […]
Federal government plans to keep more public records secret, including documents on advertising sponsorship
The Chretien Government has just received its internal Treasury Board’s Access Task Force Report and plans to use it as the basis for ramming through regressive amendments this fall to Canada’s 1982 Access to Information Act. This means more public records will be cut off, including ones exposing government waste in the sponsorship program. The […]
Mills fired, sainted, roasted and all in one week
Think yourself lucky, Russ… The city’s power people gathered at the Museum of Civilization Thursday night to roast Citizen Canned, and the opening act was none other than Mr. Mills’ old rival, Ottawa Sun Publisher Judy Bullis, who appeared onstage sporting a bandaged eye. “And you think you had problems explaining editorial policy to the […]
PMO vetted pro-Martin staffers: But Prime Minister’s Office denies playing heavy hand
Paul Martin’s dismissal from Cabinet proved to be a public relations nightmare for the Prime Minister’s Office, but the move has allowed the Liberal leader to regain complete control over the appointment of senior political aides to his Cabinet. Sources close to The Hill Times report that from the first day the Liberals won power […]
PMO advance man Bernie Seguin to call it quits
No more travellin’ man… After six years of setting up Mr. Chretien’s many foreign and domestic trips, the extremely popular Bernie Sequin is determined to call it quits as PMO advance man and media chaperone and start having a normal family life again. The former TV cameraman has missed more family events than he cares […]
Wiser Mylyk returns to new Defence Minister McCallum’s office: Parliament Hill staffer Chris Froggatt departs Canadian Alliance for Premier Ernie Eves’ Ontario Tories
Three weeks after their boss was booted from Cabinet, some of Art Eggleton’s former political aides have started landing on their feet, notably Randy Mylyk who got his old job back handling spin and communications for the Defence Minister. Mr. Mylyk was hired as new Defence Minister John McCallum’s director of communications two weeks ago. […]
