And you thought the voter turn out was bad in the last federal election…
For the first time in years, the Parliamentary Press Gallery had a fight on its hands for a senior executive position. The string of elections by acclamation came to an end with a battle between Toronto Star reporter Allan Thompson and CTV cameraman George Papadionysiou for the vice-president’s job. George won by 64 votes to […]
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 […]
Kerry Edmonds leaving Minister Copps’ office
OTTAWA — Kerry Edmonds, director of communications for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, is leaving her current job at the end of this month for a job within the federal Department of Canadian Heritage. Ms. Edmonds will start her new job as director of operations in the communications and public affairs branch of the department on […]
Pray for quick success
Caesar has spoken and as the legions march, a great many people around the world will respond by cursing the United States and most particularly U.S. President George W. Bush by shaking an actual, or a metaphorical, fist at him, and it. They will also react in one way or another in horror at the […]
Allan Rock hires a new executive assistant
Federal Industry Minister Allan Rock recently hired a new executive assistant in his ministerial political office. Jean-Francois Thibault, 48, started his new job as executive assistant on March 3, succeeding former long-time executive assistant Cyrus Reporter . Mr. Reporter left for a private sector job at the law firm of Fraser, Milner Casgrain in Ottawa. […]
The other Quebec power struggle…
The Quebec provincial election is not the only political contest underway, it seems. Little birdies tell me things are getting hot and heavy in the Quebec federal Liberal caucus. Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, the Prime Minister’s Quebec political lieutenant, was on the spot at last week’s regional caucus meeting after it was reported he was […]
Neville delivers bottom line on gun costs
OTTAWA–The furor over the gun registry boondoggle continued unabated last week, with the oppositions clamouring louder than ever for a better picture of what the government has spent on the ill-fated program to date. On two successive days, Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton-Melville, Sask.), his party’s firearms and property rights critic, nearly turned blue in […]
No more studies: It’s time for action Prime Minister
PARLIAMENT HILL–According to Health Canada, the First Ministers Health Accord marks a turning point in efforts to renew health care for the 21st Century. The official statements call attention to the Health Reform Fund, directed towards primary care, home care and catastrophic drug coverage and the new Canada Health Transfer. In addition, there are additional […]
Alliance targets riding: Entire caucus to go to Perth-Middlesex
OTTAWA–The entire Canadian Alliance caucus will hold a special meeting in Stratford, Ont., on Friday, April 4, in an effort to give a boost to their party candidate’s campaign in the as-yet uncalled byelection in the riding of Perth- Middlesex, Ont., illustrating the party is working hard to win the riding which has been held […]
Breathless U.S. back-patting
In the Canadian Alliance’s breathless leap to attack Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s move not to support the U.S.-led war in Iraq, it has proceeded to accomplish exactly what it daily accuses the Liberals of doing: insulting and belittling our friend and neighbour the United States of America and its president. Certainly, this is all about […]
