Canadian Media
Canada Day evokes colourful reactions from press gallery reporter
Two years ago, The Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt had the Canada Day blues… They’re painting the town blue for Canada Day in the nation’s capital this year.…
Tag: Stephen Harper
338 posts tagged "Stephen Harper".
Digital Politics
We hear rumours…
some good, some bad… This rumour came in via Twitter: InfluenceComm (Jean-François Dumas): RUMOUR IN THE MEDIA: resignation of PM (Harper) next week. Is the…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Statements from the Prime Minister, the Liberal Party and the NDP on the situation in Iran
From Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada: “The reaction of the Iranian authorities to the demonstrations in Iran is wholly unacceptable. The regime has…
Stephen Harper
Will Professor Ignatieff make us go to summer school?
At the moment, the Prime Minister and Michael Ignatieff are meeting to discuss infrastructure funding, possible changes to EI eligibility and, as we’re quite…
Elections
July election on EI? Possible but quite improbable
Is there election fever in Ottawa? This seems to be the question on Parliament Hill whenever we move through the months of May and June in a minority…
Parliament of Canada
BREAKING – Kevin Lynch out as Clerk of the Privy Council
A source inside the government has just told me that Kevin Lynch is out as Clerk of the Privy Council and that Wayne Wouters is the new Clerk. Wouters was…
Michael Ignatieff
EI Politics
A hallmark of Michael Ignatieff so far as Liberal leader, both actual and interim, has been his penchant to transactional politics; he has so far picked his…
Stephen Harper
The cat blog: Ignatieff vs. Harper
A fact that should frighten us all: the Prime Minister’s cat positives/negatives and Ignatieff’s cat positives/negatives will actually swing a few votes. The…
Canadian Media
Press Gallery off message
Sun Media’s Elizabeth Thompson: When Prime Minister Stephen Harper described last Fall’s stock market dive as “a great buying opportunity,” it was seen by many…