May steps down from Sierra Club, Green leadership on horizon?
Elizabeth May stepped down as the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada last week amid rumours she will run for Green Party leadership. In a press release last week, the board of the Sierra Club said it “reluctantly accepted her decision.” “Elizabeth has led the Club at the national level from its infancy […]
Cooperation on Throne Speech last week no indication of how rest of Parliament will go: MPs
The tone has settled down in Parliament, but don’t expect smooth sailing from now on, says NDP House Leader Libby Davies. “I think relative to what happened in the last Parliament, where it was so explosive and the feeling that the government could fall even in the first week, which was pretty ludicrous, I think […]
Wanted: Thick-skinned bilingual Hill hack with a knack for cracking wise about the affairs of the nation
When veteran Parliament Hill BN reporter and longtime Press Gallery member Dan Dugas signed on as communications director for Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay, he left the press gallery executive in a bit of a pickle. The gallery will have to find a new Master of Ceremonies at this year’s Press Gallery Dinner, which is […]
RCMP swept Speaker’s Office for bugs, listening devices before secret ballots counted last Monday
The RCMP swept for electronic bugs and recording devices in the Speaker’s Office in Centre Block before the secret ballots were counted there and after MPs elected for the House Speaker last week, says the House. On Friday, March 31, the RCMP looked for anything that could be used to record the tally of votes, […]
Today, Berger finds that barely seven years after the new territory was established, Nunavut is headed for social catastrophe
Seven years ago, the map of Canada changed for the first time since Newfoundland joined in 1949. A new territory of Nunavut was created and it is unlike any other part of Canada. Inuit form 85 per cent of the population and the first language of the territory is Inuktitut. Nunavut was formed as part […]
