Parliamentarians go to South Africa
A delegation of MPs is headed to South Africa this week to meet with their Parliamentary counterparts from Aug. 27 to Sept. 3. House Speaker Peter Milliken (Kingston and the Islands, Ont.) is leading the delegation to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Conservative MP Jay Hill (Prince George-Peace River, B.C.), Liberal MP Karen Redman (Kitchener […]
Bernier joins Summa Strategies
Last week, Summa Strategies announced that it hired Tory Daniel Bernier, formerly chief of staff to Environment Minister Rona Ambrose, to head up the firm’s new research division. The Hill Times caught up with Tim Powers, vice president at Summa. HT: What was the impetus for creating the new research division? Will it be servicing […]
Liberals are united and ready to fight Conservatives: Goodale
After a productive caucus meeting in Vancouver, the Liberal Party is getting its groove back, says Liberal MP Ralph Goodale (Wascana, Sask.). “The one thing that I’ve noticed from this caucus and I felt it growing since June, through July, through August, is a very real sense among liberals that we’re getting our morale, our […]
Catherine Clark to host CPAC show
CPAC announced last week that Catherine Clark, daughter of former prime minister Joe Clark, will host a new, weekly phone-in public affairs program called Sunday Sound Off. The live, weekly, bilingual program is scheduled to start on Sept. 17 on CPAC. “I’m looking forward to speaking with Canadians from one end of the country to […]
Bring the names of the provinces to the capital’s streets
Is Ottawa an exciting capital? Does it say enough about the country? On the first point, I think the answer is largely yes. On the second one, I think it is not really. These ought to be two key questions for the mandate review panel for the National Capital Commission, appointed by Transport Minister Lawrence […]
NDP charges smaller delegate fee for policy convention than Liberals
The federal New Democratic Party is charging a substantially smaller delegate fee for their policy convention next month than the federal Liberals who will hold their biennial and leadership convention in early December. The NDP is charging $175 for a regular delegate for their Sept. 8 to 10 policy convention in Montreal, compared to the […]
Canadian expertise, technology playing important roles on international space missions
The wait is over for Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steve MacLean, who will return to space after 14 years. On Aug. 27, he is set to blast off aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. The mission: to deliver new solar panels to the station and resume construction of the orbiting space laboratory. […]
HEARD ON THE HILL
The stately grounds of the Royal Ottawa Golf Course played host to one of the most hotly anticipated social events of the summer this month, as over a hundred friends, family and former and current colleagues gathered to celebrate the 60th birthday of Conservative strategist, Earnscliffe lobbyist and Hill veteran Geoff Norquay. It was an […]
PM criticized for withholding an announcement on AIDS plans
Opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week for holding off an announcement about increasing HIV/AIDS funding before the 16th International AIDS Conference came to an end and accused the Tory government of lacking a commitment to deal with the pandemic. Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.), who did not attend the weeklong conference […]
Why are journalists so fascinated by Cuba? Korski wants to know
I’ve never been to Cuba, but journalists who have seem awed by the place. Halifax Daily News writer Arnie Patterson marveled, “No one goes to bed hungry in Cuba.” Fidel Castro is “remarkable” and “heroic,” he wrote. Castro is “amazing,” agreed the Sault Star. The Jewish Tribune reported, “There’s no anti-Semitism there.” Cuba jailed 32 […]
