The Spin Doctors: “How will last week’s Gomery report on the federal sponsorship scandal affect the Liberal Party brand in the next election?”
Leslie Swartman Liberal Strategist “Frankly, I’m not sure it will affect the Liberal brand. I think we took our hit from the Sponsorship Scandal during the last election when our majority was reduced to a minority. Our numbers took a further hit last spring during Justice Gomery’s daily televised hearings. So I would argue that […]
Conservatives out-fundraise governing Liberals, again
The Tories have so far raised $10-million. The governing Liberals have raised only $4.9-million. The Conservatives raised $3.2-million in the third quarter of this year, the most of any other federal political party, bringing their total so far to more than $10-million. Elections Canada released the quarterly financial returns for the parties last week showing […]
PARLIAMENTARY CALENDAR: Crisis in Sudan: women as victims and leaders in a land of civil conflict
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 The House-The House of Commons is adjourned until Nov. 14 for the Remembrance Day break week. For more information, please call the Speaker’s Office at 613-992-5042. Crisis in Sudan: Women as Victims and Leaders in a Land of Civil Conflict- Learn from eyewitnesses how women are helping to build a fragile peace […]
Canadians deserve a meaningful response to Gomery’s report
Treasury Board President Reg Alcock claims the sponsorship scandal could not happen again because of new financial oversight rules the Liberals recently introduced. Don’t believe him. In 1993, the Conservative government gave $21- million in advertising contracts to firms with Tory ties. The contracts were handled without competitive bidding by a public servant who was […]
Liddar gets Kenya appointment after two years of limbo and his own personal hell
Bhupinder Liddar, who was appointed early last week as Canada’s deputy representative to the two United Nations’programs in Nairobi, Kenya, after living through his own personal hell for the last two years because CSIS mistakenly denied him his original security clearance, should be named Canada’s consul general to Chandigarh, India, once his Kenya posting is […]
Culture part of Canadian identity goes beyond NAFTA, says Minister Frulla: After winning a recent UNESCO victory over Americans, federal Heritage Minister Liza Frulla says local industry can survive
When the Montreal Symphony Orchestra held its first concert following a lengthy labour dispute that ended last month, Liza Frulla was one of the first spectators in line. “They played beautifully,” Ms. Frulla (Jeanne-Le Ber, Que.) said.”It was so emotional.” For the minister of Canadian Heritage, culture is a part of her life. “I am […]
Adscam whistleblower still waiting for apology: Allan Cutler warns there are many missing pieces to prevent future such scandals
Another sponsorship scandal in government would be unlikely today, but there’s nothing to protect future whistleblowers who might denounce other scandals in the future, original whistleblower Allan Cutler is warning. Nearly a decade after he tried to denounce abuse in the now defunct Public Works Sponsorship Program, retired civil servant Allan Cutler says no one […]
Conservative MP Forseth hires Casey as executive assistant: Davy Coyle joins Quebec Liberal Senator Lucie Pepin’s office as executive assistant
Conservative MP Paul Forseth,who has represented New Westminster-Coquitlam, B.C., for four terms, recently hired veteran Hill staffer Sean Casey in his MP’s office in Ottawa on Parliament Hill. Mr. Casey, who most recently served as an operations manager in the Leader of the Opposition Stephen Harper’s (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) office until last summer and also […]
LETTERS
Poor, arrogant David Dingwall Poor little David Dingwall. Are we, the taxpayers, ready to pay for the legal fees, disbursements and settlements of another arrogant, self-serving politician? When will we, the taxpayers step up and fight back? I would like to know if Canadians are interested in forming a coalition, wherein, if reasonable and probable […]
La Presse Canadienne’s Rodrigue enjoys world of political reporting
Isabelle Rodrigue, a Parliament Hill reporter for La Presse Canadienne, says the best part about covering federal politics is when a story can actually improve peoples’ lives and, eventually, effect change. Ms. Rodrigue points to the Kashechewan, Ont., story as an example, saying the aboriginal people living in the northern Ontario reserve had been drinking […]
