Canadian Arab Federation went over line: Liberal MP Alghabra
The Canadian Arab Federation went too far last week when it accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of being responsible for the deaths of seven Lebanese Canadians from Montreal killed in Lebanon on July 16, says a Liberal MP who is a former president of the Canadian Arab Federation. “I don’t think it should take away […]
Accountability Act spin stretched TB’s communications
The Treasury Board Secretariat contracted out its communications work for the Federal Accountability Act because the small department, which has just one speechwriter, found itself without the necessary resources to sell its Federal Accountability Act, Mike Van Soelen, a spokesman for Treasury Board Minister John Baird (Ottawa-West Nepean, Ont.) told The Hill Times last week. […]
What the cabbies think: ‘I’d be a lot happier if the PM was a little bit more looking at both sides’
Everyone is buzzing over Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s stance on the crisis in the Middle East, including the dozens of cab drivers in the nation’s capital who regularly ferry hundreds of politicos around town and to and from the airport. The Hill Times caught up with some cab drivers parked on Metcalfe Street, just a […]
Correction from the July 17 issue of The Hill Times
On p. 4 in last week’s issue of The Hill Times, one photo caption incorrectly identified MP Lui Temelkovski (standing), pictured with Conservative MPs Jeff Watson, Rahim Jaffer and Helena Guergis, as a Conservative MP. Mr. Temelkovski is, of course, a Liberal MP. The Hill Times apologizes for this error. O
PM Harper on Middle East crisis
Stephen Harper in London, United Kingdom, July 13: “Israel has a right to defend itself. I think Israel’s response under the circumstances has been measured. I think it’s tremendously disappointing that these attacks are coming from areas that Israel voluntarily evacuated. So I think the onus to end this escalation is on the other side, […]
The Spin Doctors
Mike Storeshaw Conservative strategist “The Prime Minister has stated the obvious in plain terms: the current hostilities in the Middle East were provoked by actions of extremists, namely Hezbollah, and they must be held responsible. The goal of these extremist forces is not peace; they oppose peace in principle. Their goal is to destabilize the […]
Summit magazine to develop a ‘procurement blueprint’
One of the biggest challenges when it comes to the federal government’s $13-billion a year in procurement is its overall purpose, say members at a roundtable discussion organized by Summit magazine last week in Ottawa. “The federal government is not a big corporation, it has a different mandate,” said one roundtable participant. “It extends beyond […]
POLITICAL STREETER ON MIDEAST CRISIS
Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay Central Nova, N.S. “We’re not concerned about the politics of this right now, really, domestically. What we’re concerned about is the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, those who are in harm’s way. We’re not doing this exercise to deal with the broader issues, we’re concentrating and focusing our efforts […]
A look at some of the staffers on Liberal leadership campaigns
Liberal leadership candidate Stéphane Dion A number of the key people behind Liberal MP Stéphane Dion’s (Saint-Laurent-Cartierville, Que.) leadership campaign are ex-ministerial staffers, although Mr. Dion’s national campaign manager Mark Marissen, who works in the private sector in public relations for Burrard Communications in Vancouver, B.C., never did work for a Cabinet minister, he used […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Putting jobs and the economy ahead of our environment Re: Alternative energy policy briefing (The Hill Times, July 10). There is a lot more to worry about here than new energy sources. That problem is really basic. It turns out that we really can’t make any significant improvement to our energy situation and environment without […]
