Stephen Harper
“Tough talk” from Dion, until the headline question comes up
Today, Stephane Dion held a press conference in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa to address recent comments by the Prime Minister regarding the dysfunction…
Tag: Chuck Cadman
18 posts tagged "Chuck Cadman".
Conservative Party of Canada
The Death of Oily – the tragic premature demise of an almost Canadian icon
It was the first brillantly sunny pre-summer weekend of June. Joggers in Ottawa hit the river parkway and canal while sun-bathers converged on Parliament Hill.…
Conservative Party of Canada
Tale of two tapes
In recent Canadian political history we’ve had two stories of alleged bribes offered on tapes followed by partisan claims of doctoring of the evidence. In one…
Conservative Party of Canada
Tories say Cadman tape was doctored: Supporting documents
Today, at a press conference at the Conservative Party war-room on the east side of Ottawa, reporters were given supporting documents for the latest…
Conservative Party of Canada
Maxime Bernier resigns
At 7pm this evening, the Prime Minister announced that he received an offer of resignation of Foreign Affairs minister Maxime Bernier this afternoon and…
Liberal Party of Canada
Chuck Cadman, RCMP closure and the last Liberal stretch
RCMP: [the] “investigation disclosed no evidence to support a charge under the Criminal Code or under the Parliament of Canada Act” (emphasis added) The…
Parliament of Canada
Is the Cadman affair the business of government?
… 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…
Canadian Media
On naming and dealing with scandal
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…
Canadian Media
History as viewed through a different sort of lens
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…