Former Bevilacqua campaign staffers free to decide who they want to support next: Zalusky
Former full-time paid campaign staffers of former Liberal leadership hopeful Maurizio Bevilacqua are free to decide which of the 10 remaining leadership candidates they want to support, says the former campaign manager of the Bevilacqua campaign. “It’s up to individuals to decide what they’re going to be doing,” said Taras Zalusky, former campaign manager to […]
UNDERGROUND TUNNEL WOULD UP SECURITY, SAYS PROULX
The Long Term Vision and Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct would increase security on the Hill if it went ahead with underground links between buildings and fewer security checkpoints, says Liberal MP Marcel Proulx (Hull-Aylmer, Que.). The Hill Times reported on a document last week showing minutes from a meeting of the advisory committee of […]
Bloc Québécois leader says he doesn’t support Hezbollah
After facing criticism from the public and the media for participating in a Montreal rally on the Middle East conflict earlier this month, Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe clarified his participation in the rally on the Bloc’s website last week. “My participation in this peace rally was widely commented on by the media and various […]
Liberal caucus retreat in Vancouver this week
MONDAY, AUG. 21 Juliet O’Neill and the Ottawa Citizen Group Inc. v the Crown-The final round of arguments begin, expected to take a week. The Ottawa Citizen seeks RCMP search warrants of Jan. 21, 2004 struck down and the return of materials seized from reporter Juliet O’Neill. Superior Court Justice Lynn Ratushny will preside over […]
Bring the names of the provinces to the capital’s streets
Is Ottawa an exciting capital? Does it say enough about the country? On the first point, I think the answer is largely yes. On the second one, I think it is not really. These ought to be two key questions for the mandate review panel for the National Capital Commission, appointed by Transport Minister Lawrence […]
NDP charges smaller delegate fee for policy convention than Liberals
The federal New Democratic Party is charging a substantially smaller delegate fee for their policy convention next month than the federal Liberals who will hold their biennial and leadership convention in early December. The NDP is charging $175 for a regular delegate for their Sept. 8 to 10 policy convention in Montreal, compared to the […]
HEARD ON THE HILL
The stately grounds of the Royal Ottawa Golf Course played host to one of the most hotly anticipated social events of the summer this month, as over a hundred friends, family and former and current colleagues gathered to celebrate the 60th birthday of Conservative strategist, Earnscliffe lobbyist and Hill veteran Geoff Norquay. It was an […]
PM criticized for withholding an announcement on AIDS plans
Opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week for holding off an announcement about increasing HIV/AIDS funding before the 16th International AIDS Conference came to an end and accused the Tory government of lacking a commitment to deal with the pandemic. Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.), who did not attend the weeklong conference […]
Canadian expertise, technology playing important roles on international space missions
The wait is over for Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steve MacLean, who will return to space after 14 years. On Aug. 27, he is set to blast off aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. The mission: to deliver new solar panels to the station and resume construction of the orbiting space laboratory. […]
The Spin Doctors
Mike Storeshaw Conservative Strategist “Mr. Martin has apparently made this suggestion as a way to re-open the debate over whether the Canadian flag on the Peace Tower should be flown at half-staff whenever a Canadian soldier is killed in the line of duty. I don’t suspect that he really wants MPs to be in charge […]
