Liberals could unseat Tories in competitive South Surrey-White Rock byelection
The federal Liberals have the inside track to flip a marginal Greater Vancouver seat up for grabs next week, thanks partly to a well-known and popular local candidate, though the three other byelections slated for Dec. 11 likely won’t change hands, say pollsters. Quito Maggi, president and CEO of Mainstreet Research, said his firm’s polling […]
Blue-blood finance minister merely adds to class struggle theme consuming Parliament
OTTAWA—The Conservative Party may have gone too far in fanning finance disclosure flames last week. But the Tories certainly threw the government off-message on the messy issue of Morneau money. By calling for the resignation of Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer was vaulted to the front of the news cycle during […]
Just when you thought they were turning a page, Senators award themselves medals
OTTAWA—If you were a recipient or are about to be a recipient of the Senate of Canada Sesquicentennial Medal, hand it back or refuse to accept it. The medal, which was supposed to be given to unsung heroes by the Senate, has been awarded to 47 members of that august body by themselves. Yes, you […]
Policy director Berinstain exits transport minister’s office for job with moon-mining firm
Transport Minister Marc Garneau has promoted a new director of policy in his office following the recent departure of Alain Berinstain for a job in the private sector. Mr. Berinstain officially switched to post-employment status on Nov. 17, and has left the minister’s office to serve as vice-president of global development for Moon Express, a […]
Internal Economy Committee agrees on new Senators-only committee to audit Senate expenses
The Senators who end up sitting on a proposed new committee to oversee the Red Chamber’s expenses shouldn’t be actually examining spending themselves, but ensuring auditors are fulfilling their mandate properly, say members of the committee in charge of overseeing the Senate’s financial and administrative affairs. On Nov. 23, the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets, and […]
Grits name ex-Liberal B.C. president, $30,000-donor to port authority board
A former president of the Liberal Party’s B.C. chapter who has donated $30,000 to the party since 2004 was appointed to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority this month. Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre Dame de Grâce-Westmount, Que.) named North Vancouver lawyer Craig Munroe to the 11-member board on Nov. 15 for a three-year term. His […]
Kudos to Green Party strategist
Re: “‘What do you think of CBC News’ new and totally revamped The National?’” (The Hill Times, Nov. 27, p. 34). Congratulations to Green strategist Debra Eindiguer for a succinct and forthright answer relevant to the new format of the program, while the other respondents muddled the issue with partisan gobbledygook. Kope Inokai Toronto, Ont.
Morneau could have been avoiding the media, ends up bumping into entire journalism class
Finance Minister Bill Morneau may be trying to avoid any unnecessary limelight after all the bad press surrounding his ethical issues. But Allan Thompson, journalism professor at Carleton University who ran for the Liberals in the riding of Huron-Bruce, Ont. during the 2015 election and lost, caught Mr. Morneau making his way into the House of […]
Thin ice: the frosty furor over our Soviet-style birthday rink
My knowledge of sports is so abysmal that when I wrote the Associated Press editing test in Washington years ago, I got to the sports section at the end and substituted an apology for the edited copy, volunteering that my second language was French—not basketball—and that if sports were a prerequisite, they needed to cease […]
Rookie Liberal MPs ‘super nervous’ about Morneau’s ethical issues, worried Grits look like a ‘bunch of entitled elitists’
Rookies and numerous Liberal MPs representing ridings won by close margins in 2015 are becoming “super nervous” about the ongoing explosive ethics controversies that have dogged Finance Minister Bill Morneau in recent weeks, and caused embarrassment to other senior Liberals over the last two years, and say these “unforced errors” give credence to the “false” […]
