Liberals strike back, accusing sovereigntists of dirty campaign to unseat Cabinet ministers [Les Secrets d’Option Canada]
Heritage Minister Liza Frulla fires off lawyer’s letter to authors of explosive book on secretive federalist lobby group. MONTREAL, QUE. – The stakes are so high in the riding of Jeanne Le Ber that some constituents are getting campaign-related phone calls at 11:30 p.m. “Someone was calling, on behalf of the committee of Liza Frulla… […]
Lapierre’s ministerial staffer Morin campaigning in Eastern Ontario ridings for Liberal federal candidates
Meanwhile, current and former Liberal Hill staffers organize reunion next month at Suite 34 in Ottawa’s Byward Market. There are hundreds of Hill staffers in all parties who are out working on the election campaign. Add one more to the list. Emmanuel Morin, special assistant for Ontario to Transport Minister Jean Lapierre, Prime Minister Paul […]
Debate format disappointing
Some journalists and candidates are still fuming about the format of the two December debates, but there won’t be very much changes in the two rounds of sparring scheduled for this week. “I’m well aware that it wasn’t as exciting as some journalists wanted it to be but that’s not what it’s intent was,” said […]
Party leaders’ campaign travel
Prime Minister Paul Martin’s Tour To Date: Nov. 29: Ottawa and Montreal Nov. 30: Montreal (Coteau-Du-Lac, Dorval, Longueil) Dec. 1: Montreal, Cornwall Dec. 2: Toronto Dec. 3: Day off, spent day in Ottawa Dec. 4: Ottawa, St. John’s, Nfld. Dec. 5: St. John’s, Nfld. Dec. 6: Saint John, N.B., Pooles Corner, P.E.I., Montreal, Que. Dec. […]
Civil servants warming up to Tories
But PSAC Union President Nycole Turmel says she definitely does not want to see a Harper Conservative government, especially a majority one. Conservative candidates in Canada’s National Capital Region are starting to look more “attractive”to civil servants, a senior official from the Public Service Alliance of Canada said last week. As it concludes meetings with […]
Conservatives signs all over the map [Canadian edition of the Book of Lists]
Losing zingers on Martin’s Liberals Endless lists… Scott Reid, the Prime Minister’s director of communications, might want to take a look at this one.The Canadian Edition of the Book of Lists has just about everything, including the top 10 list of election-losing zingers. Liberal strategist John Duffy compiled this list of lines guaranteed to bring […]
Corrections
In the Dec. 19 issue, The Hill Times incorrectly reported that the Carisse Cafe Studio is owned by Jean-Marc Carisse, the former official photographer to former prime minister Jean Chretien.The cafe is owned by Mr. Carisse’s wife, Patricia Penzin Carisse. * In the Dec. 19 issue of The Hill Times in the Ninth Annual All […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Incorrect use of word ‘racist’ When Lynn Truss became so fed up with sloppy and inaccurate punctuation, she transcribed her lamentations into a book (Eats, Shoots and Leaves). When letter-writers such as Walter Daschko and Richard Pearson (The Hill Times, Dec. 12) bandy about the word “racist”to describe comments made by Jean Augustine, I feel […]
For incumbent Prime Minister Paul Martin, the best-case minority scenario could also be the most dangerous
A minority Liberal government that had a bit of time ahead of it might be more tempted to change the guard quicker than one whose survival would hang by a thread. Will Paul Martin or Stephen Harper be Prime Minister of Canada at this time next year? Or will the PM be someone other than […]
Harper praises Trudeau
Paul Martin is no Pierre Trudeau, Conservative leader Stephen Harper told representatives from Toronto’s various ethnic community media outlets during a meeting last week. Mr. Harper said he cannot figure out why those communities continue to support the Liberals in large numbers. “I can’t answer to that question other than to say that the Liberal […]
