PARLIAMENTARY CALENDAR: Ottawa West Nepean candidates will be at National Press Club on Jan. 11 to debate and to discuss policies
MONDAY, DEC. 26 Deck the Halls- From Dec. 26-30 between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m., in addition to the House of Commons’ daily guided tours, visitors are invited to see Parliament Buildings in the evening and stroll at their own pace through the halls of the Centre Block, decorated in their festive splendor.Visitors can also take […]
Political reporters schlepping it across the country on campaign
Long days, early days, lots of cold sandwiches. That’s part of the life of a reporter whose news organizations pay $9,000 per week per person to follow the leaders of the federal political parties during this election campaign. In one day, the entourage of reporters, camera crew, political staffers and candidates can go from one […]
Liberals can lead in the ethnic vote if they choose
So how do the Liberals hold on to this core? The answer most likely lies in three things: vision, people and policies. Diverse countries are not easy to run. The only poll on the ethnic vote so far in this election revealed that the Liberals were losing their allure among minorities, although they still remained […]
Tory turns red over leadership
Tory leadership race? The campaign has hardly begun, and once again there are Tories in Quebec who are looking to replace their leader. Meeting with the Conservative candidate in Mansfield Lawrence Cannon, some locals joked that they wanted him to win in Pontiac riding so that he could take a run at the party leadership. […]
Candidates campaign for more civil servants in Quebec: Proulx warns sovereigntists would move Outaouais jobs to Montreal and Quebec City
But the Bloc is not able to say what would happen to existing or new public sector jobs in the Outaouais region, if Quebecers voted for sovereignty. Taking election promises at face value, some federal civil servants who work on the Ontario side of the National Capital Region might soon wind up seeing their workplace […]
Liberals hoping ethics chill thaws out in Pontiac riding
Liberals warn that fluently bilingual Conservative candidate Lawrence Cannon might leave the staunchly federalist Pontiac riding with an unpleasant surprise on Jan. 23: A Bloc Quebecois MP. FORT-COULONGE,QUE.-With the wind chill, it was somewhere near -20 C on the streets of this Outaouais town last week in the western part of the Pontiac riding. It’s […]
Recently Released Books [Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry] [Canada Among Nations 2005: Split Images] [Magnificence at Work: Living Faith in Business]
Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971 , by Dimitry Anastakis. University of Toronto Press, 285 pages, $29.95. Blurb from the back cover: “At a time when Canada’s most important industry faces unprecedented challenges stemming from unregulated global trade, the arrival of Dimitry Anastakis’s Auto Pact could not be more timely. A […]
Conservatives, Liberals target key Ontario swing ridings
The Liberals hope to hold onto 74 seats or more while Tories aggressively target ‘swing’ ridings. Public opinion polls are showing the Tories are narrowing the gap nationally, but the margin is still widest in Ontario, where the Liberals where the Liberals hope to make any significant gains, however, the Conservatives have their eyes on […]
Politicians should think magnificence, do something noble: John Dalla Costa [Magnificence at Work: Living Faith in Business]
Internationally-renowned ethicist John Dalla Costa says politicians have to change the channel, take risks, and do the right thing. An internationally-renowned Canadian ethicist says the four white male political leaders are not resonating because they represent “an old Canada”and don’t represent what Canada’s future is becoming. Moreover, the decline in public trust in political institutions […]
Home for the election holidays
Think about this over the holidays. Hope. Magnificence. Vision. Leadership.You don’t often hear the word ‘magnificence’ associated with modern day Canadian politics, but John Dalla Costa, author of the recently-released Magnificence at Work: Living Faith in Business, and who was out doing national media interviews last week, says Canada is capable of magnificence if only […]
