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I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service.
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View Article  Engineering their own defeat

A few days ago I signed up at Facebook and wondered here how I might find it useful. Well, here’s one useful reason to be there: Many of the people I cover are there. Here’s Liberal MP Mark Holland, for example, writing on Facebook live from the C-30 (Clean Air Act) committee ...   more »

View Article  Top Tories named in OPP investigation

The mayor’s race here in Ottawa last fall was an exciting one with a surprise finish. Larry O’Brien, a millionaire high-tech enterpreneur with no political experience literally came out of nowhere to upend an incumbent, Bob Chiarelli, and another strong challenger, Alex Munter. There was another candidate — Terry Kilrea. ...   more »

View Article  The CTV Poll: Conservatives on the edge of a majority

The federal budget tabled Monday has struck a positive chord with many voters, giving the Conservatives a bump in the polls and heightening the possibility of late spring or early summer election.

The latest poll, provided to CTV News and The Globe and Mail by The Strategic Counsel, finds Conservative ...   more »

View Article  Liberals aim for O'Connor; Harper aims at Dion

The Liberals have now joined the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois in demanding that Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor resign after admitting to misleading the House of Commons on the issue of Canada’s treatment of Afghanistan prisoners. In this exchange, from the just-concluded Question Period , Harper eventually rises to  defend ...   more »

View Article  Harper to the polls on justice issues?

Stephen Harper is giving a speech to the Conservative Party’s candidate school in Mississauga, Ont. this weekend. If you’re looking for a hint about what he’ll use as the ‘trigger’ to call an election, try this passage:

“We took action to introduce mandatory prison sentences for gun crimes, a crackdown ...   more »

View Article  John Reynolds, lobbyist

He said he wouldn’t — but he did. On March 1, John Reynolds — one of the most influential Conservatives within that party — registered as an unpaid lobbyist for three non-profit organizations — The Rick Hansen Foundation, Science World, and Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan’s initiative to fight ...   more »

View Article  The ties that bind: Conservatives and the ADQ

Canadian Press reporter Alex Panetta does a nice job sketching out the links between the federal Conservative Party and the Action démocratique du Québec .

[Philippe] Gervais was the Tories' deputy campaign manager in 2006, helped run [ADQ Leader Mario] Dumont's tour in 2003 and served a similar function with ...   more »


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