Politicking is bad for your health?
For the second time in a few weeks, we have a case of a Liberal MP suffering a heart attack. Fortunately, for the second time, the prognosis is good. Robert Bertrand, the member for Pontiac-Gatineau-Labelle, Que., suffered cardiac problems a week ago, but his administrative assistant Pierrette Bellefeuille says it was a mild one and […]
“Will Sheila Copps give Paul Martin a run for his money?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “This isn’t the first time Sheila Copps has run for the leadership of a party. And, no, I’m not talking about 1990. “How about eight years before that — when she was an Ontario MPP? She was a young, new Liberal MPP, running against the establishment candidate — the one all […]
Copps has plenty of sass
For the best part of the next year, the politician who may do the most good to and for Canadians could very well be Sheila Copps. Nothing done by her as Minister of Canadian Heritage is likely to make any great difference to ordinary Canadians. The benefit Copps may do to Canadians may come instead […]
Thibault hires a new staffer
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Robert Thibault hired a new assistant for the western desk in his ministerial political office. Bilal Cheema, 25, started in Mr. Thibault’s regional office as special assistant Pacific (Yukon and British Columbia) in Vancouver, B.C. last September but has moved to the minister’s office in Ottawa last month. A native […]
Layton likes to have fun
OTTAWA–New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton is the latest, freshest, most exciting face on the Ottawa political scene in a long time. Mr. Layton swept the federal NDP leadership on the first ballot last month, and instead of a holiday, charged up to Ottawa to take over his Parliamentary caucus. But he had a rough […]
Goodbye Hot Momma, Hello Italian Stallion…
Goodbye Hot Momma, Hello Italian Stallion… Ottawa will be losing popular CP bureau chief Beth Gorham over the summer. Ms. G, who became one of the press gallery’s growing army of new hot mommas 18 months ago when she adopted baby Maia, will be heading south to take over as The Canadian Press’s new correspondent […]
“How do you think the new political finance bill will change the culture of campaigns and elections in Canada
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “The proposed legislation, as it stands now, will make the electoral system more transparent and fair by radically revamping the rules on financing of political participants. I say ‘as it stands now’ because various prominent Parliamentarians – such as Paul Martin, in comments he made in Davos on Jan. 24, when […]
Stand up for Canada
What this country needs (said he, with tongue only partly in cheek) is a good ol’ House Un-Canadian Activities Committee. First in the dock would be the National Post, followed by the Conservative Reform Alliance Party (CRAP) and the “Canadian” Council of Chief Executives. These quisling entities, by continuously bad-mouthing Canada in favour of the […]
Campaign fundraising bill by the numbers: Sleeper isssue is how it will increase power of parties, and not power of MPs
OTTAWA–Prime Minister Chretien’s proposed new fundraising rules have generated a rare debate on Parliament Hill about how parties should be allowed to finance their campaigns. Much of the attention has focused on what the bill will cost to taxpayers. Estimates of the bill’s price tag have varied widely, and the issue is in desperate need […]
French ambassador says attacking Iraq without UN nod is a ‘blow for all the equilibrium of the international system
OTTAWA–The French Ambassador to Canada M. Philippe Guelluy says although France is aware Iraq tried to obtain chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in the past, the U.S. has failed to produce any evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Iraq poses any serious imminent threat to the U.S. national security. “The perception of threat by a […]
