… in the strictest Parliamentary sense that is. It would seem that the answer is no. The House justice committee chair Art Hanger (Conservative MP, Calgary North-East) has just denied a motion forwarded by Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal MP, Beauséjour) to…
From today’s Globe and Mail, details of the RCMP investigation and interview of then Finance Minister Ralph Goodale surface: Transcripts of RCMP interviews with Mr. Goodale and his staff show that, among other things, the Mounties scrutinized…
As some of the air has been taken out of the so-called “Cadscam”, I thought it might be interesting to take a quick look at which communications goals were achieved by how this “scandal” was named and then let’s investigate how other scandals get…
While is was inevitable for some time, Arizona senator John McCain only recently became the official nominee for the Republican Party. Most U.S. observers believe that Chicago junior senator Barack Obama will defeat Hillary Clinton in the Democrat…
On the so-called “Cadscam”, some reporters are re-writing history. Consider the following from an article by Lawrence Martin, a senior reporter for the Globe and Mail in the Parliamentary Press Gallery: Mr. Cadman, who had left the Conservatives to…
Do you think it’s easy to get re-elected? Dion’s greatest liability is himself. “I think a responsible secessionist leader should not rush to a referendum, should first build strong support, a clear majority for separation and once it’s done it’s…
The following is a transcript of NDP leader Jack Layton’s appearance on CNN’s Lou Dobbs tonight on March 6th, 2008: DOBBS: Let’s take a different perspective on NAFTA if we may tonight, this one the Canadian perspective. At least one Canadian…
Five confidence motions are on the order paper today: March 5, 2008 — Mr. Layton (Toronto–Danforth) — That, in the opinion of the House, this government’s budgetary policies have been marked by an unbalanced approach of corporate giveaways to the…
It’s official, the Canadian government will be using every available resource to investigate the source of the Obama leak. In the House of Commons today, the Prime Minister stated: Well Mr. Speaker, I don’t think I could be plainer, we will take…
Jane Taber in the Globe and Mail today: The Liberals acknowledged yesterday that they tried when they were in office to eliminate tax credits for offensive movies, but only to prevent a film about schoolgirl killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.…
