Igantieff putting colleagues up for sale in online auction
People remember former prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau for many things-pirouettes behind the Queen’s back, driving a convertible Mercedes, single red roses. MPs who knew him in Question Period might remember one day in February, 1971 best, when he was accused of telling opposition Members to “fuck off.” Or, as transcribed in Hansard, the official […]
Better late than never
An end-of-summer barbeque for Tory staffers and directors of communications hosted by PMO communications supremo Sandra Buckler came perilously close to turning out the social non-event of the season. Many of the original evites, which were sent out several weeks prior to the event, fell afoul of the government-wide anti-spam filter, and consequently never made […]
Gagliano to release telling autobiography this month
“The future of this country is more important than the future of the Liberal Party,” Jean Chrétien once said. That was when he was told that supporting Jean Charest, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, in his bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party in Québec, was bad for the Grits. This anecdote and […]
John Baird and comedian Todd Butler host fundraiser
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6 An Evening with John Baird and Political Humourist Todd Butler-Join Treasury Board President Baird for dinner and some humour. 5 p.m. VIP reception, 6 p.m. cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner. The Westin Edmonton, 10135 100 St., Edmonton, Alta. $250.00 for dinner and VIP reception, including $125 tax receipt. $150.00 dinner only, including $75 […]
A minister, a bureaucrat and a lobbyist walk into a bar…
Who says Conservatives don’t have a sense of humour? This Wednesday, the Edmonton Centre riding association hosts an evening of “dinner and humour”with Treasury Board President John Baird (Ottawa West-Nepean, Ont.) and political humourist Todd Butler. Tickets cost $150 per person for dinner, plus an additional $100 to attend a special VIP cocktail reception with […]
Liberals are united and ready to fight Conservatives: Goodale
After a productive caucus meeting in Vancouver, the Liberal Party is getting its groove back, says Liberal MP Ralph Goodale (Wascana, Sask.). “The one thing that I’ve noticed from this caucus and I felt it growing since June, through July, through August, is a very real sense among liberals that we’re getting our morale, our […]
Catherine Clark to host CPAC show
CPAC announced last week that Catherine Clark, daughter of former prime minister Joe Clark, will host a new, weekly phone-in public affairs program called Sunday Sound Off. The live, weekly, bilingual program is scheduled to start on Sept. 17 on CPAC. “I’m looking forward to speaking with Canadians from one end of the country to […]
Tories more ready than any other party for an election: MP Turner
Conservative MP Garth Turner (Halton, Ont.) says the Conservatives are “more ready” for a fall election, from strategy to organization, than any other political party. “My knowledge is that we are more ready than anyone else for an election this fall. We have had an election readiness team in place since about March. We have […]
Visible minorities continue to be underrepresented in the federal public service: Employment equity report to Parliament
The federal public service has met its targets to hire women, aboriginals and persons with disabilities to reflect the Canadian population, but the statistics are nothing to be proud of, especially since visible minorities continue to be underrepresented, says one of the largest federal public service unions. The 2004-2005 annual report, Employment Equity in the […]
CONSERVATIVE NOMINATION CONTESTS UNDER FIRE
A Conservative Party member says he is “very disappointed” in his own party after his nomination papers for potential candidacy in a B.C. riding were rejected “without any specific reason” last week. “I’m very disappointed, I’m hurt, I’m a longtime member of the party. This is not a way to treat someone who’s volunteered thousands […]
