“Who is doing the best and most trustworthy job of covering the war in Iraq on TV, radio, newspaper and magazine, and the internet?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “It all depends on your politics, doesn’t it? If you are an unregistered Republican Party lobby group, like the Canadian Alliance, the National Post is your beacon of truth. The Post pretty much loathes everything that is modern Canadaparticularly our pride in maintaining in an independent foreign policy — and that’s […]
Do what’s right, not what’s popular
The decision taken by the Chretien-Martin Liberals not to support our closest allies in the war with Saddam Hussein is another example of how hooked this government is on doing only what is popular not what is right. When a decision was required to stand with our friends, the PM refused and took the easy […]
Long on audacity but short on common sense: Paradigm-shifting media strategies can be a powerful tool
Spring of 2003 may well be long-remembered by some for reasons other than only the beginning of Gulf War II, though its significance and ramifications will undoubtedly overshadow most everything else But this month also marks the debut of two quite astounding developments in the annals of advocacy and public affairs strategy and practice. One […]
NDP MP Stoffer to host splashy party on April 2
Alliance special caucus meeting in Stratford, Ont., on April 4 MONDAY, MARCH 31 House Sitting — The House will remain in session until Friday, April 11 when it will take a two-week break. For more information, please call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. PC National Capital Region Fundraising Dinner — PC Canada […]
Good for Collenette
Penny Collenette, who was in town to speak about “Governance: A Global Challenge, A Canadian Opportunity,” to Carleton University’s public administration graduate students, had some interesting things to say in an interview with CanWest News Service last week. Ms. Collenette, who used to be a top political player in the Prime Minister’s Office and who […]
Cherry’s allowed to talk
TORONTO–When multi-millionaire movie stars take a moment out from congratulating their own brilliance to tell us that they’re against the war in Iraq, most people in journalism and politics think that’s fine. But when Don Cherry and Ron MacLean spend their popular five-minute Coach’s Corner talking about what everybody in the country is talking about, […]
Kilgour hires a new assistant
David Kilgour, Secretary of State Asia-Pacific, has hired a new assistant for his ministerial office. Cheryl Fougere, 26, started her new job on March 10 as Western Canadian assistant for Mr. Kilgour. Ms. Fougere, a native of Sherwood Park, Alta., received her BA in political science from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alta., in […]
Canuck budget-making not so warm and fuzzy: No one is under any illusions as to who holds the big stick in Ottawa
PARLIAMENT HILL–Regarding “Canuck budget process impresses Aussie official,” (The Hill Times, March 24). It seems that a senior Public Finance bureaucrat from ‘Down Under’ was somewhat taken (or should that read, “somewhat taken in”) by the Canadian budgetary process. Apparently Stephen Bartos especially liked the “consensual approach to budgeting,” and “that most of the tensions […]
Former Bloc staffer dies in car crash
Former Hill staffer Jean-Francois Bisaillon who worked in the past for Bloc MP Stephane Bergeron died tragically in a car accident on Boulevard Lionel-Boulet in Varennes, Que., on March 11. “A committed, convinced sovereignist, always smiling and friendly, Jean-Francois was a real workhorse, a valuable collaborator, a talented computer graphics designer and devoted to serving […]
Rebuilding UN during Iraq war: It’s in Canada’s direct interest to stop erosion of support for UN’s paramount function
PARLIAMENT HILL–Just as the United Nations was constructed during the darkest days of World War II, so too must the rebuilding of the UN be started now during the Iraq war. There is no time to lose in restoring the UN as humanity’s best hope for maintaining peace and security throughout the world. The Government […]
