[Vice-chair position deadline August 31: Canada Industrial Relations Board]
The deadline is also quickly approaching for would-be vice-chairpersons of the Canada Industrial Relations Board — Aug. 31. The board replaces the Canada Labor Relations Board and is expected to be running full-tilt some time this fall, probably between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. While the current members of the existing board are welcome to apply […]
[Vice-chair position applications process beginning: Canadian Human Rights Tribunal]
As the prime minister mulls an appeal of the pay equity ruling made by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, his director of appointments, Percy Downe, is taking in applications for the tribunal’s vice-chair’s position. The tribunal made the much-talked about and much-debated pay equity ruling that would have the federal government forking over up to […]
Career Foreign Affairs bureaucrat replaces Bartleman [as foreign policy advisor to the PM]
A replacement for Jim Bartleman, former foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Jean Chr tien and assistant secretary to the cabinet for foreign and defence policy, Privy Council Office, has been announced. Mr. Bartleman, who was appointed high commissioner of South Africa on Aug. 4, has been replaced by veteran foreign affairs bureaucrat Michael Kergin. […]
Anti-Senate MPs take abolition message west: MPs urge Klein to put abolition on ballot
Two MPs who are leading a crusade to abolish the Senate are on the march into Alberta – the heartland of Senate reform – this week. Liberal MP Roger Gallaway (Sarnia-Lambton, Ont.) and NDP MP Lorne Nystrom (Qu’Appelle, Sask.) kick off a three-day western visit today in Regina, heading into Edmonton and Calgary, the home […]
Grit women MPs twist over multi-billion dollar pay equity decision
The landmark Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling on pay equity was a hot topic at the women’s caucus meeting last week. The most recent pay equity ruling decision, which could put the government on the hook for billions of dollars, would offer public service workers a far more generous settlement than Treasury Board President Marcel […]
Clinton’s sexcapades fair game for media
“Even presidents have private lives.” U.S. President Bill Clinton, Aug. 17, 1998 Within limits, yes. But Clinton’s private life became public business when he was using his public position — not to mention the sacred Oval office itself — to mess around with a young intern and then, when confronted with the allegations, to flatly […]
Caucus meeting avoids trouble spots: PM’s remarks on third term only excitment, say MPs
As government MPs headed home from the Liberal caucus meeting in Shawnigan, Quebec last week, reactions ranged from quiet confidence to a shrug that the whole caucus meeting was a waste of time. One Ontario MP described it as a normal meeting of MPs belonging to a party in government “that knows it’s going to […]
Tories unsure how to get media attention: Senator Ghitter says current race lacks excitement
Tory leadership race organizers may be able to get out the party members to vote but attracting the media to the campaign will be a more difficult challenge. Even advocates of the one person-one-vote rule for the leadership race admit that the new system has, so far, offered little in the way of ‘media-ready’ events. […]
Tory vets divided over new process [One person-one vote]
It was touted as a step towards democracy but for prominent Tory, B.C. Senator Gerry St. Germain the move to one person – one vote for next fall’s leadership race is a case of unnecessary tinkering. “I’m a true conservative, I only believe in change if it’s necessary. In my own view, there was nothing […]
Unions top up NDP warchest [Down from 1993 level: 1997 data]
The Liberals and the Tories may turn to the banks to fill their warchests, but the NDP continues to rely heavily on generous union donations to cover their election expenses. According to the party’s 1997 fiscal returns, the party took in a total $16-million last year and trade unions kicked in $2.2-million to the NDP […]
