Elinor Caplan hires a new policy adviser
Minister of National Revenue Elinor Caplan has hired a new senior policy adviser. Mark Boudreau, joined Ms. Caplan’s office last week as the new senior policy adviser replacing Katherine Cornfield who is currently on maternity leave. A native of Moncton, N.B., Mr. Boudreau, 47, received his BA in economics and political science from York University […]
Prime Minister Chretien, here’s a legacy you can’t pass up: Canada needs a bold plan to rebuild its aid over the next five years like Norway, Netherlands and Sweden
Most Canadians would not consider being cheap to be a legacy. Especially stinginess toward the poorest people in the world. Yet stingy is probably too mild a word to describe the stunning decline in Canada’s international aid since Prime Minister Jean Chretien first came to power in 1993. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation […]
Code being ignored in Manley-CIBC affair: Parliament should appoint its own investigation body to probe rules
It is remarkable that in media coverage of ethics issues, only rarely do reporters and editors refer to the standards that politicians are supposed to adhere to. These rules are worth a look when considering the call to CIBC CEO John Hunkin by Finance Minister John Manley to help bail out the Ottawa Senators. The […]
Meet Mike Dagg: access to information defender: Fights for release of names of temporary federal employees
Few Canadians know how to use the Access to Information Act and even less know when they’ve been hood-winked by it. But Mike Dagg is one of those rare people, let alone in Ottawa but in the country, who knows the incredibly complicated act inside out, makes a living by plying the act and, as […]
Jim Hart’s new year’s prediction
My political contacts tell me that discontent is growing among the Liberal backbenchers in the B.C. Legislature, and why wouldn’t they be unhappy, they have little or no say in the course of this government. In my view, their role as MLA should be to represent the people who elected them and oppose the government, […]
Delacourt off writing her Martin book
The Life of Paul, Part I… Don’t worry if you don’t see Susan Delacourt’s byline in the National Post for awhile, she hasn’t crossed over to the Other Side too. Instead, she’s on leave for a couple of months to write up the first half of the book she’s doing on Paul Martin’s push for […]
Liberal insiders shocked by shooting death of Pakistani leader
Top federal Liberal Party insiders say they are still shocked by the shooting death of Riasat Ali Khan, a prominent Pakistani-Canadian who was active in Grit Party politics as well as in the Muslim community for decades, and who was gunned down in his driveway last week in his quiet Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood. “I was […]
OP-ED: Waiting for some Grit inspiration
Libs sit on top of their electoral throne, overlooking a vacuous and barren political wasteland of fractured opposition, and, accordingly, the possibility of losing control over governance within this country remains slim to none. Without putting much weight in the formalities of official declarations, the field for the top job in the land is cluttered, […]
Give me a break media
I’ve been thinking, national reporters are very dangerous animals who need to be fed daily and if they don’t find food, they’ll eat you alive. The “food” is obviously news and if there’s no news, they’ll invent it. Did you ever see a newspaper with a blank front page with the headline, “THERE IS NO […]
“If you were John Manley’s top spinmeister, how would you advise the Finance Minister out of the mess he’s in for calling the chief executive of the CIBC over the refinancing of the Ottawa Senators hockey team? And how did this story get out there anyway?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “None of us know, for sure, what is going to happen to the Senators. But the future does not look bright, to say the least. “The manufactured outrage over John Manley’s decision to do his job — to represent his constituents in a sensible wayis typical chickenshit Ottawa politics. John Manley […]
