Canadian Politics
Aline Chrétien has died
Aline Chrétien, the wife of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has died at the age of 86. Chrétien was an audidact, having spoken five languages and teaching…
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36 posts tagged "Jean Chretien".
Alberta Politics
Stephen Harper’s remarks about Ralph Klein
“Thank you very much.“ Lieutenant Governor Ethell, Premier Redford, Mayor Nenshi, the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, so many guests who are with us today,…
Climate and Environment
Canada out of the Kyoto Protocol
Was Canada ever even in? The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 in the city of the same name in Japan. The United States was the only holdout at the time, with…
Elections
The Last week of play. What to watch for.
For spectators of the political Olympics, we’re now in the final sprint, the last leg, indeed the gold medal round of the competition to shape the 41st…
Canadian Media
Journalist shows up at wrong event, writes juicy story for Ottawa reporters
One of the favourite narratives of the Ottawa media is that the Prime Minister doesn’t talk to them on enough occasions. This, of course lazily and unfairly…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
The politics of paternalism
The big news this week was the bombshell interview given by CSIS director Richard Fadden to CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on The National where Canada’s spy chief…
Parliament of Canada
A sample of articles about the history of prorogation in Canada
Page 1 (Drummondville Spokesman – May 27, 1930) has a bit of a parallel to today’s prorogation. The PM wanted to set a new direction with a new budget and new…
Michael Ignatieff
Hidden Agenda redux!
Good times are here again! The Liberals have released an attack YouTube (not an ad, just earned media bait — full irony understood here). The video implies…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Universal or selective human rights?
This week, the Prime Minister is in China to supposedly thaw relations he has been criticized for frosting since the years he was in opposition criticizing the…