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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New federal riding boundaries set for 2004
Incumbents could be running in radically new ridings if the next election is called after June 29, 2004 and there will likely be more seats across the country. On Parliament Hill last week, MPs were already buzzing about upcoming changes to their electoral boundaries, which will be released and debated beginning in March 2002. It’s […]
Lib MP Parrish resigns in huff over horse bill [Senate private members’ bills]
Government backbencher Carolyn Parrish angrily resigned her seat as chair of the influential Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business last week after her colleagues refused to take her advice on a controversial Private Member’s Bill. Ms. Parrish (Mississauga Centre, Ont.), whose subcommittee has the power to decide which private members’ bills will be made votable in […]
Minister Anderson’s staff changes figure into Lib leadership race
It’s a game of organizational keep-up as Health Minister and Liberal leadership hopeful Allan Rock named his national campaign director a few months after Industry Minister Brian Tobin did the same. It was back in October that former PMO communications staffer David MacInnis left his Calgary-based job with the Canadian Petroleum Producers to work on […]
Peace on Earth and pass me some political books, will you: The Hill Times serves up some tasty and biting book reviews
There were no political books on this fall’s list that were exceptional. Most will have very brief shelf life and staying power, headed for the remainder bin by Easter. The great events of 2001 happened outside of Canadian politics: the collapse of the value of the tech sector, the Sept. 11 attacks, the war in […]
Justice’s anti-terror bill drafters receive awards for their work: RCMP, National Defence, Fisheries and Oceans and Communication Canada receive special commendations [Head of the Public Service Awards]
Many busy civil servants have been run off their feet since Sept. 11, but last week their colleagues took some time to recognize their hard work. It’s not quite the Oscars or the Junos, but for the past three years, Privy Council Clerk Mel Cappe has been handing out Head of the Public Service Awards. […]
