Allan Rock hires a new executive assistant
Federal Industry Minister Allan Rock recently hired a new executive assistant in his ministerial political office. Jean-Francois Thibault, 48, started his new job as executive assistant on March 3, succeeding former long-time executive assistant Cyrus Reporter . Mr. Reporter left for a private sector job at the law firm of Fraser, Milner Casgrain in Ottawa. […]
The other Quebec power struggle…
The Quebec provincial election is not the only political contest underway, it seems. Little birdies tell me things are getting hot and heavy in the Quebec federal Liberal caucus. Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, the Prime Minister’s Quebec political lieutenant, was on the spot at last week’s regional caucus meeting after it was reported he was […]
Neville delivers bottom line on gun costs
OTTAWA–The furor over the gun registry boondoggle continued unabated last week, with the oppositions clamouring louder than ever for a better picture of what the government has spent on the ill-fated program to date. On two successive days, Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton-Melville, Sask.), his party’s firearms and property rights critic, nearly turned blue in […]
No more studies: It’s time for action Prime Minister
PARLIAMENT HILL–According to Health Canada, the First Ministers Health Accord marks a turning point in efforts to renew health care for the 21st Century. The official statements call attention to the Health Reform Fund, directed towards primary care, home care and catastrophic drug coverage and the new Canada Health Transfer. In addition, there are additional […]
Alliance targets riding: Entire caucus to go to Perth-Middlesex
OTTAWA–The entire Canadian Alliance caucus will hold a special meeting in Stratford, Ont., on Friday, April 4, in an effort to give a boost to their party candidate’s campaign in the as-yet uncalled byelection in the riding of Perth- Middlesex, Ont., illustrating the party is working hard to win the riding which has been held […]
Breathless U.S. back-patting
In the Canadian Alliance’s breathless leap to attack Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s move not to support the U.S.-led war in Iraq, it has proceeded to accomplish exactly what it daily accuses the Liberals of doing: insulting and belittling our friend and neighbour the United States of America and its president. Certainly, this is all about […]
Get well Fred…
One of the Hill’s hardest working and most popular journalists, veteran CP photographer Fred Chartrand, is awaiting bypass surgery in April or May after suffering a heart attack two weeks ago after the Commons rose for its March break. Fred, who has photographed every politician on the Hill at one time or another and covered […]
Backroom maneuvers
The Alliance went to great lengths last week to make sure this week’s vote [March 25] to give the troubled gun registry another $59-million will be as dramatic as possible. One of its staffers, Darcy Walsh, camped out at 5 a.m. on Friday morning outside the Commons’ Journals Branch to ensure his party was the […]
Listen to the people, do the right thing PM
PARLIAMENT HILL–As we count down the days and months before Jean Chretien leaves office as Prime Minister and Paul Martin takes over, a major challenge faces both men. Will Chretien’s legacy be the weakening and dismantling of medicare, our universal public healthcare system, aided and abetted by the massive funding cuts by Paul Martin? Or […]
Manley’s team slow on memberships pickup
Go West, young Manley… Or don’t. After all the kerfuffle over access to forms to sign up supporters as party members in the Liberal leadership race, it would appear there is no rush after all for John Manley out West. A check of sources last week to see who has picked up their share of […]
