Libs pick Innes as candidate for Perth-Middlesex riding: Innes, brother-in-law to Tony Ianno, wins nomination, after six-hour suspenseful vote
OTTAWA–The Liberal dramatic nomination saga in Perth-Middlesex, Ont., finally came to an end on Feb. 1 when Grit Brian Innes was declared the winner and this after the party decided in a rare move to scrap the outcome of the first nomination race and do it over again. Sources in the riding say Mr. Innes […]
HT has depth
Regarding The Hill Times, I just started accessing your website within the last month, it was a pleasure to find it. There isn’t nearly the political depth of information out here in Calgary in the media, so keep up the great coverage! Jim Vavra Calgary, Alta. Regarding The Hill Times, I just started accessing your […]
Check that list and check it twice (or six times)…
Check that list and check it twice (or six times)… If your job involves trying to keep track of who says what in the Commons, you’d better make sure you have the right seating plan to refer to. The return of Parliament from its long Christmas break last week involved a lengthy game of musical […]
NDP hires a new director of campaigns: Layton shuffles NDP critics
OTTAWA–Newly-elected NDP Leader Jack Layton stumbled last week when he was forced to dump his newlyappointed chief of staff Rick Smith even before Mr. Smith got a chance to warm his seat in a key job on Parliament Hill. Mr. Smith, 34, is the past Canadian director of the International Fund for Animal Warfare, a […]
Campaign bill III
Last week, in this space, The Hill Times wrote forcefully about Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s proposed Campaign Finance Reform Bill C-24 and, in particular, focused on whether or not the bill will effectively stop MPs from creating “trust funds” or slush funds. It turns out the bill does not. Last week, PMO spokesperson Steven Hogue […]
At least the venue was a big success…
At least the venue was a big success… With the three territorial premiers walking away from the table after being virtually ignored and the 10 provincial premiers making it clear they were far from happy with the money they had accepted, the FMM was hardly a resounding success. But the meeting place was. The health […]
House takes fight to Supreme Court
The House will fight to prevent Commons’ employees from taking discrimination complaints to the Canadian Human Rights Commission and has decided to bring the battle all the way to the Supreme Court. Canadian Alliance MP John Reynolds (West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, B.C.), a spokesperson for the Commons Board of Internal Economy which represents the House on […]
House still has to deal with redistribution of ridings: This issue has yet to be seriously debated in House of Commons
In the March 18, 2002, issue of The Hill Times you published an article on the proposed redistribution of House of Commons seats that will see the federal Parliament grow from 301 to 308 seats. This article “House of Commons to jump from 301 to 308 seats after 2004,” dealt with some of the major […]
Global protests against war
The reason so many people braved to the cold to voice their objections last weekend to the war on Iraq is quite simple. Peace is right and this war would be wrong, and yet the simple truth of that does not appear to be clear to many world leaders. So the protesters find it necessary […]
Diverse opinions in media?
TORONTO–A funny thing is happening at the God channel. People are taking notice of it. It’s not really the God channel, of course. It’s Crossroads Television Systems, or CTS. And, as the name implies, it is licensed under CRTC’s religious programming, broadly defined by them as “anything directly relating to, inspired by, arising by, or […]
