Canada-U.S. name-calling
Regarding last week’s letter to the editor “Parrish’s lack of upbringing” (The Hill Times, March 3). Would someone please remind letter-writer Gene M. Simon of Williamsville, N.Y. that Canadians were fighting Hitler (and dying) for two years before the United States decided to get in the game, and then, only because of Pearl Harbour, and […]
Do newspapers have ghosts?
Maybe. Either that, or we have a hoax on our hands or, even stranger, someone has found a way to keep a real secret in this burg. I’m referring to the http://www.ottawajournal.com web page. Under the banner of the paper that died more than two decades ago, the following message appears: “On September 1st, 2003, […]
Vanclief hires adviser
Minister of Agriculture, Lyle Vanclief has hired a new assistant for his ministerial political office. Isabelle Mignault, started her new job as policy adviser to Minister Vanclief last week. The 27-year-old policy adviser who is a native of St. Pascal Kamouraska, Que., has a BA in political science and her MA in analytical policy from […]
It’s personal now: Parrish’s appalling comments
WASHINGTON, D.C.– “Damn Americans. I hate those bastards.” Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish This really should be a “more in sorrow than in anger” column. Somewhere there should be a residual memory that a diplomat, even an ancien diplomat , speaks and writes in modulated tones expressing regret for misunderstanding. We should respond in calm dulcet […]
Cyrus Reporter is leaving the building as of March 24.
It’s time we formed a club… As you may have noticed in F. Abbas Rana’s Hill Climbers last week (March 3), Industry Minister Allan Rock’s long-time right-hand man Cyrus Reporter is leaving for new pastures. What you may not have heard is a key consideration in making the move is that he and wife Joanne […]
Patry won’t run for party’s presidency
OTTAWA–Francoise Patry, a potential candidate for the presidency of the Liberal Party of Canada, has decided not to enter the race due to an illness in the family. Ms. Patry, who is married to Liberal MP Bernard Patry (Pierrefonds-Dollard, Que.), told The Hill Times last week that she won’t run because her mother is ill. […]
Right back at you Canada
Regarding Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s comments about Americans being bastards. Shame on a lady using that language. We, in America, have an old saying. It takes one to know one. It is comments like these people in the government of Canada, that the people of the U.S.A. do not take seriously. Orville K. Hatfield Regarding […]
Collenette and Dhaliwal on the blower
Time will tell… Staffers for Transport Minister David Collenette and Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal were quickly on the phone last Monday in response to an item in this column on the possibility of a Cabinet shuffle before the House returns from its March break. I’d suggested that their bosses, along with Intergovernmental Affairs Minister […]
Easter hires a new staffer
Solicitor General Wayne Easter recently hired a new legislative assistant. Meredith Naylor joined Mr. Easter’s office as legislative assistant last month. Before Ms. Naylor joined the office, Ken Moreau, senior policy adviser to Mr. Easter, was performing the duties of legislative assistant. A native of Pictou, N.S., Ms. Naylor received her BA in English from […]
What does Martin think?
Francie Ducros uses the ‘M’ word. Carolyn Parrish uses the ‘B’ word. Give the Liberals enough time and soon they will use every letter in the alphabet. Carolyn Parrish supports Paul Martin. Are we to assume that Mr. Martin and Ms. Parrish’s ilk are of the same mind when it comes to hating the Americans? […]
