Martin must make a choice
Paul Martin wants to keep his company and run Canada. I think that anyone who had respect for Canada would be willing to consider running Canada to be his or her full-time job. Whether or not Mr. Martin can be trusted to prioritize Canada over his business is irrelevant. Perception is extremely important for those […]
What does Martin think?
While there has been widespread coverage of Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s ignorant anti-American outburst – part of a shameful crescendo of similar insults being hurled at our neighbours by Liberals – there has been one glaring oversight. To wit: what does Prime-Minister-in-waiting Paul Martin think of all this? Not to mention Sheila Copps and John […]
Senior bureaucrat urges changes to voting system: ‘There is a sense of fatigue about our democratic institutions’: Des Rosiers
OTTAWA–If the government is really serious about restoring faith in the political system, it should seriously consider fixing the distorted way politicians are elected to the House of Commons, says a senior federal official who’s spearheaded a major review of the country’s winner-take-all electoral system. The government is currently in the midst of reforming political […]
What the pundits are saying about Martin’s holdings
The following is an edited transcript of CBC-TV’s The National’s ‘At Issue’ program from Thursday, Feb. 27. The guests were Allan Gregg of the Strategic Counsel, Andrew Coyne, a columnist with the National Post and Toronto Star columnist Chantal Hebert. PETER MANSBRIDGE: Okay. That’s where I want to move this conversation now to, and that’s […]
It’s a phoney baloney world, I tell ya
TORONTO–What an interesting political year 2003 is shaping up to be, what with upcoming municipal and provincial elections and the changes of leadership at the federal level. But to get an idea of how freakishly phony and hypocritical this business can be, just take a look at the crowd at last week’s Heritage Dinner, the […]
Minister Dhaliwal has been busy shaking up office
OTTAWA–Federal Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal recently hired three new staffers in his ministerial political office on the Hill. Mr. Dhaliwal hired Franco Iacono as his Quebec assistant last month. Mr. Iacono has replaced Pierre Lacoursiere who has joined the office of Liberal MP Claude Drouin. Mr. Drouin is also Secretary of State for Canada […]
West Block liquor store open
I was enjoying your article on MPs’ health in the most recent issue of The Hill Times “House looks into healthier living for MPs on the Hill,” (March 3). You mention that the West Block Liquor store had been shut down. Unless this has happened very recently, I am certain you can still buy beer […]
Young Turk finds new Tory home…
A decade ago, a young university student by the name of Genevieve Breton was working away in junior jobs in the office of then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Today, the recently married Genevieve Breton-O’Brien is press secretary for Peter MacKay’s Tory leadership campaign. In the intervening years she has led an interesting life in political […]
Libs may turn leadership into policy convention
OTTAWA–The lack of candidates interested in running for the federal leadership of the Liberal Party threatens not only to take the sizzle out of the race, but could force the party to “refashion” next November’s highly-anticipated convention into a policy convention, says Grit Party President Stephen LeDrew. “If there are insufficient candidates, we’ll have to […]
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 […]
