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 […]
Canada could learn from Iraq elections: author O’Leary [The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq]
Canada stands to learn from the elections in Iraq to apply to its own democracy, explained author and political science professor Brandan O’Leary last week. Speaking at a reception launching his new book, The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq, he explained that Iraq’s mixed proportional representation system might even be more efficient than Canada’s since […]
The ying and the yang of association lobbyists: ‘When you’re everything, you’re nothing’
Every job has its upside and downside, including being an association lobbyist. “When you’re everything, you’re nothing.” These words, from a disillusioned association lobbyist, speak to one aspect of this job: lobbying on behalf of many diverse members. Often, this means the GR message is so broad it’s often ineffective. When they lobby, associations find […]
Leaders’ debates need transparent and accountable rules
Given their importance, setting the televised debates’ rules should not be left to the ratings-obsessed networks and the political parties who have the most at stake. In 1992, U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot came out as the surprise winner of the televised presidential debate. Previously dismissed as an eccentric by most observers, Perot’s performance in […]
