Emeritus Senator
Editorial He called himself “Emeritus Senator.” We gave him the title “Campaign Doctor” and for the entire 2000 election campaign Heath Macquarrie, then 81 years old, filed a steady stream of election campaign columns for The Hill Times. Often a political book reviewer for our newspaper and a columnist, we gave the Parliamentary veteran, retired […]
Federal cabinet shuffle expected, really really: Alfonso Gagliano’s unlikely public accusations put him on shakier cabinet ground
The question is no longer when, but how big. According to Radio-Shuffle FM, Prime Minister Jean Chretien is going to shuffle his cabinet either this week or next so ministers will be in their new roles by the time the House reconvenes on Jan. 28, Liberal sources say. The Prime Minister seems to be favouring […]
Senate Finance Committee to investigate cabinet power: ‘Whole process of seeking approval from Parliament’ should be tightened up: Senator Murray
Members of the influential Senate Finance Committee have been trying to follow the money, but are noticing Parliament is increasingly getting left out. As a result, Senators on the committee are launching a special study into the new ways Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s cabinet is spending money without Parliamentary input. The committee, which is closely […]
MCDONALD LEAVES THE HILL TIMES, FRANCOLI MOVES IN
Goodbye, hello…Terry McDonald, the only female still photographer in the 350-member Parliamentary Press Gallery and “Hill Climbers” columnist for the past two years, has left The Hill Times for a government job. Ms. McDonald, 31, started a new job in communications in the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs last week. Ms. McDonald, who […]
‘It’s not dead’: Libs to revive pay project: Robillard’s committee balked at huge price tag, suspects Steve Hindle
The government’s massive undertaking to reclassify every job in the estimated 150,000- member federal public service is expected to be revived within weeks, this after suddenly vanishing from the government’s agenda early last year. The Universal Classification Standard (UCS) has been called one of the “largest, most labour intensive internal exercises ever undertaken” by the […]
Standing up for Minister Maria Minna
I believe the essence of democracy is that politicians should be judged on the entirety of their actions, not on a selected subset. There have been many calls for the resignation of Maria Minna, Minister for International Cooperation, because she was found in breach of municipal election regulations. What everyone seems to have failed to […]
Liberals to return Jan. 21 for national caucus meeting on Hill. Parliamentary Calendar
MONDAY, JAN. 7 House Sitting — The House is currently taking its six-week Christmas break and is scheduled to return on Monday, January 28. SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 2002 Media Club Freelance Seminar — Five experts will advise seminar participants on how to market their work. Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Place: Dining room, National […]
No quaint dogma here: Bricker
Regarding The Hill Times’ review of Searching For Certainty: Inside the New Canadian Mindset (Dec. 17). It’s sad when a journalist doesn’t take the time to think through the book they’re reviewing. Rather than being “wildly outside of the temper of the times” (as the reviewer suggests), Searching for Certainty predicts exactly how Canadian public […]
Most MPs pick John Manley as ‘Most Valuable Politician’ in land, knocking off star Paul Martin
Paul Martin watch out. Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley, Time Canada’s man of the year, was voted “the most valuable politician” in 2001 by MPs, knocking Finance Minister Paul Martin off the prestigious ranking for the first time in three years. Mr. Manley has momentum. As well, for the first time ever, federal MPs cast […]
Want a job in Calder’s office? Answer 30-question political pop quiz: Liberal MP Murrary Calder’s EA Richard McGuire uses political questions in bid to fing successful Hill staffers
Richard McGuire, executive assistant to Ontario Liberal MP Murray Calder, has come up with an interesting human resources idea to help him hire Hill staffers and it sounds a little like a quiz from Reach for the Top. When Mr. Calder’s “very special assistant” Sandra Jackett decided she would move back to her hometown of […]
