Foreign Affairs and Defence
Held without charge? Some context.
The House of Commons is set to vote today on the extension of two provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act. The ATA was brought in under the Liberals after 9/11…
February 2007
18 posts from February 2007.
Parliament of Canada
BREAKING – Grits to walk out
I’m hearing a rumour that the Liberals are going to walk out of Question Period today in protest of Stephen Harper’s reading of that Vancouver Sun article…
Digital Politics
Hello Steve Janke!
There’s a lesson here: never throw out the B-roll! As some of you may know, I, along with Tasha Kheiriddin and Greg Staples armed ourselves with video cameras…
Canadian Media
CTV’s Canada AM makes a poor edit
Last week, I was watching Canada AM and would have spit out my coffee if I had been drinking some at the time. I had just seen the program’s Seamus O’Regan…
Canadian Media
Who knew that Grit could be so transparent?
Lorne Gunter: In the wake of the Adscam scandal, it was revealed that of all judges appointed by the Liberals — not advisory panel members, but judges…
Stephen Harper
Quick thought
Stephen Harper’s famous five priorities during the previous election were packaged as such because Paul Martin seemed to name every issue as “his #1 one…
Canadian Media
Globe and Mail causing trouble?
The Globe and Mail recently published an article on Monday about appointments to the Judicial Advisory Committee, a group of volunteer individuals that help…
Canadian Politics
Macleans 50
Macleans newsmagazine has put together a new initiative called the Macleans 50 which is described as “A diverse field of Canada’s most well known and respected…
Conservative Party of Canada
Diane Finley interview
I had the opportunity last month to record an interview with the new Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley. We discussed multicultural outreach,…