How the word ‘mistake’ gets overused by newsmakers
‘Mistake’ once described some harmlessly annoying act of inattentiveness, like sitting on your sunglasses. Now it covers offences once categorized as sins or felonies. It’s a media-friendly noun made of rubber,”mistake.” No word in the English language has such flexibility. “Mistake”once described some harmlessly annoying act of inattentiveness, like sitting on your sunglasses. Now it […]
The Spin Doctors: “After the first week back in the House, how well is Parliament working?”
Leslie Swartman Liberal Strategist “I guess I’d have to say so far, so good… A little on the dull side, like my answer today.You would think that after a summer on the hustings, flipping every burger he could find across this great land of ours, that Stephen Harper could muster some semblance of excitement during […]
For last three elections, ‘glass ceiling’ of the party nomination process has held firm
Yes, we elect more women, but marginally. We don’t have any woman politician in Canada today with the profile of Hillary Clinton. One of the season’s new television series Commander in Chief stars American actor Geena Davis as the first female president of the United States. Apparently the series is a gamble, because as one […]
‘We’re at a breaking point’ right now, says governing Liberal Senator Colin Kenny of National Defence funding
And a Queen’s University report says DND administration should be overhauled to create a more efficient Armed Forces by removing non-essential public servants and reallocating their salaries and positions to the Armed Forces. National defence spending should be at least $30-billion annually, Ontario Liberal Senator Colin Kenny said, but a Senate Defence Committee report released […]
Liddar likely to receive a diplomatic appointment to Kenya or a small European country, say Liberal sources
The government is considering posting Bhupinder Liddar to Nairobi, Kenya, or to a ‘small European country’ and not to Chandigarh, India. But no one’s talking in the Prime Minister’s Office or at Foreign Affairs. The government is considering posting Bhupinder Liddar to Nairobi, Kenya, or to a “small European country,” and not to Chandigarh, India, […]
Federal politicians raise $125,000 for Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita victims
Photos: by Jake Wright, The Hill Times That’s a lot of meat: 1. Tory Leader Stephen Harper, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe, NDP MP Jack Layton, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins, Prime Minister Paul Martin and Liberal MP Guy Lauzon 2. Martin 3. Duceppe 4. the setting 5. Tory MP Rona Ambrose 6. Tory MP Bev […]
PARLIAMENTARY CALENDAR: Ralston Saul to speak at National Press Club Monday
MONDAY, OCT. 3 Press Attache Luncheon-John Ralston Saul, author of The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World will speak at this luncheon at 12 noon in the National Press Club dining room. NPC members $20, nonmembers $30. For more information, please call 233-5641. TUESDAY, OCT. 4 National Press Club Annual Golf Tournament- […]
Two more staffers leave Minister Stronach’s office: And Janice Nicholson joins the Prime Minister’s Office, succeeds Ruth Thorkelson
Two more ministerial political staffers have left Human Resources Minister Belinda Stronach’s office. Cory MacDonald,former policy adviser to Ms. Stronach and Stephanie Leblanc, former press secretary to the minister, left their jobs recently. Prior to their recent departures, Malcolm Bernard,a former veteran broadcaster and Parliament Hill staffer who was hired in June as director of […]
Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal caucus wants meeting with PM over Efford’s position as regional and political minister
There’s deep concern in the Newfoundland and Labrador Grit caucus about the lack of a regular presence at the Cabinet table or on Parliament Hill. But it’s unlikely John Efford will lose his regional and political post in Cabinet. John Efford may be out as minister of Natural Resources, but he is keeping his job […]
Bolan pulls no punches in book on 1985 Air India bombing [Loss of Faith: How the Air India Bombers Got Away With Murder]
Vancouver Sun reporter Kim Bolan, who has received death threats and now has RCMP protection because of her stories on the Air India bombing, says there’s no way she would ever stop writing about it. So she wrote a book about it. High above the North Atlantic, just off the coast of Ireland on the […]
