Canadian Media
Michael Ignatieff is a control freak!
…and other opinions we won’t hear from the Ottawa Parliamentary Press Gallery anytime soon. Jane Taber: Ian Davey is Michael Ignatieff’s principal secretary…
Parliamentary Press Gallery
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Parliament of Canada
Prorogue?
I’m at the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner right now and a quiet rumour among a small number of the gathered people here is that Prime Minister Stephen…
Parliament of Canada
Speaker election – interviews
In general, I’m asking the same four questions 1) 30 second to 1 minute pitch on why you should be Speaker 2) Why replace the incumbent? 3) It’s a minority…
Canadian Media
Who needs the MSM to debate? New media brings populism to political coverage
Yesterday, Green Party leader Elizabeth May learned the news that she will not be featured in the leader’s debate broadcast on the Canadian television…
CBC
No, Carole… I really have no idea at all.
This was the CBC’s chief political correspondent Keith Boag’s response to CBC Sunday host Carole McNeil as to why the seasoned journalist and a select few were…
Canadian Media
Budget notes
From conversation with some friends in the PPG, – while detained in budget lockup, someone yelled out regarding CBC Newsworld being shown on the tv: “what’s…
Conservative Party of Canada
The Harper Government
In political communications, an objective of prominent important is framing your political opponent(s). For example, the Conservatives have seized upon…
Stéphane Dion
Stephane Dion should be thankful he’s not a conservative party leader
During the 2000 election, one of the greatest “blunders” that Stockwell Day made during the campaign was to compare the Canadian “brain drain” to the flow of…
CBC
CPC keeps pressure up on CBC, shifts focus to Liberals
Conservative Party is keeping up the pressure on the state-funded broadcaster and asks some tough questions for the Liberals: LIBERALS MUST COME CLEAN ON CBC…