Calgary Herald, National Post columnist Don Martin set to write Stronach book
The book on Belinda… Calgary Herald and National Post Ottawa columnist Don Martin has a verbal agreement with Key Porter books to write a biography of rookie Liberal Cabinet minister and recently departed Conservative Belinda Stronach. Tentatively earmarked for publication next September, Mr. Martin says his book will cover Belinda from birth to the next […]
Libs worried Gomery’s ‘exoneration’ of PM didn’t help: polls
Liberals are relieved Gomery has finally been lifted off their heads like some Damoclean sword, but they’re worried the PM’s exoneration isn’t helping. Federal Liberals, rocked by last week’s Gomery Report, will publicly stand behind Paul Martin, but are worried about the aftershocks of Gomery and don’t like how the Prime Minister is pretending to […]
Zukerman’s excellent and musical 13-day adventure through Prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan
We at the NAC know that music in schools is important. Last month, at our NAC Roundtable on Music and Medicine, many respected scientists and researchers from some of Canada’s leading research hospitals and universities offered scientific evidence on how music can help our health, wellbeing and the way we learn. Most people don’t know […]
Libs out of commission in Quebec for 10 years
TORONTO – Last week was one of the most chaotic weeks in federal politics. It was a skunk fight, a free-for-all. Liberals were divided and dispirited in their effort to keep this brain-dead government alive. But oddly, in this Parliament, there’s a minority government, a minority opposition, and no one is winning in this chaotic […]
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 […]
