My Account

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

PM HarperÂ´s problem? Stephen Harper is seen as mean, intemperate, intimidating, and imperious

PM HarperÂ´s wild, unwarranted, and egregious accusations and intimations degrade Parliament and diminish his leadership. Is it any wonder that women voters are especially suspicious of him?

News
BY NELSON WISEMAN
February 4, 2008

News | BY NELSON WISEMAN | February 4, 2008

FOLLOW THE HILL TIMES:

Want to make sure your whole office has the full Hill Times experience?

We have team plans available for companies, organizations, classes, Parliament Hill offices and more. Fill out this form and find out if your team is eligible for a discount.

More News

House, Senate get green light for 2025-26 spending asks

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Prime Minister’s Office confirms it cancelled year-end media interviews following fallout from Freeland’s bombshell mic drop

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle fails to quiet doubts about his future

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Trudeau promotes eight Liberal MPs, moves ministers in long-awaited cabinet shuffle

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN, IAN CAMPBELL, SOPHALL DUCH, STUART BENSON | UPDATED December 20, 2024

Senate standoff sees Conservatives wield ‘exceptional and rarely used’ motion, putting two private members’ bills on ice

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

A junk food bill, a first responder bill, and a 'hoist motion' are all in play when the Red Chamber returns next year as the Conservatives and Independent Senators Group fling accusations of political games at each other in the meantime.

Senate standoff sees Conservatives wield ‘exceptional and rarely used’ motion, putting two private members’ bills on ice

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

A junk food bill, a first responder bill, and a 'hoist motion' are all in play when the Red Chamber returns next year as the Conservatives and Independent Senators Group fling accusations of political games at each other in the meantime.

House approves new funds, office handover rules ahead of next election

Miller, Anand, MacKinnon expected to get new portfolios in Friday cabinet shuffle: Liberal source

Federal departments fix 61 errors related to Indigenous business contracts on public database

Parliamentary facts from 1950s Canada

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

‘Someone needed to call out’ Toronto Mayor John Tory for his affair with staffer, says women’s advocate

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Parliamentary facts from 1950s Canada

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

In 1953, in Moncton, then-external affairs minister Lester Pearson and Conservative MP John Diefenbaker each spoke at election rallies on the same night that a circus was performing. The Moncton Transcript rated their performances: 'Circus first, Diefenbaker second, Pearson third.' Nelson Wiseman digs into some highlights and lowlights in 1950s' federal politics.

Parliamentary facts from 1950s Canada

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

In 1953, in Moncton, then-external affairs minister Lester Pearson and Conservative MP John Diefenbaker each spoke at election rallies on the same night that a circus was performing. The Moncton Transcript rated their performances: 'Circus first, Diefenbaker second, Pearson third.' Nelson Wiseman digs into some highlights and lowlights in 1950s' federal politics.

‘Someone needed to call out’ Toronto Mayor John Tory for his affair with staffer, says women’s advocate

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Despite the fact that Tory had a consensual relationship with a woman who worked for him as mayor, ‘you cannot separate the power dynamic from the relationship,’ says Kristin Raworth.

‘Someone needed to call out’ Toronto Mayor John Tory for his affair with staffer, says women’s advocate

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Despite the fact that Tory had a consensual relationship with a woman who worked for him as mayor, ‘you cannot separate the power dynamic from the relationship,’ says Kristin Raworth.