Archive for January, 2006
Tobin out
I, Kevin Steel, would like to take this opportunity to announce that I do not intend to seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. My primary reason is that nobody wants me to run; there’s that plus family considerations. I had hoped to get my announcement out before Brian Tobin told everyone he […]
Is there a Canadian in the house?
With the country facing a shortage of doctors, why are our hospitals selling off their residency spots to foreign visitors?
If you’ve had trouble finding a family doctor, you’re not alone. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the number of physicians across the country accepting new patients has continued to drop over the years, […]
The end of the affair
How Paul Martin’s Liberals lost the love of Canada’s mainstream media
The prime minister’s campaign jet had just touched down in Calgary for an unscheduled fuel stop when Blackberries on the hips of reporters in the media pool started buzzing. Someone shouted from the rear of the plane to the Liberal operatives up at the front, […]
Beware the curse of Copps
The former Liberal front-bencher heaped scorn on her former colleagues
“Are you going to kill her, Mike? Because, after this farce is finished tonight, you’re going to be wishing you did.” Those were the words that longtime Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella claims he told a member of Prime Minister Paul Martin’s team one night in March […]
Groan, not another one
Check out this story today in Australian News: Kickback ‘paid through shadowy agent’. And where was that shadowy agent based? You guessed it, Canada.
Albert Shimoon, based in Ottawa, often referred to expenses he incurred in Iraq and the high cost of doing business there, and Mr Joyce said he did not think that might have […]
Panama hat
A Jan. 23 editorial in The Panama News is asking questions about alleged Oil-for-Food briber Tongsun Park. They want to know why Park was headed to Panama and did it have anything to do with the expansion of the canal:
…some good investigative work by La Prensa journalists Mónica Palm and Betty Brannan Jaén has uncovered […]
Springing a leak
Who was trading shares in Liberal-friendly income trusts in the hours before the government’s landmark tax ruling?
It’s déjà vu all over again. As news of a possible sponsorship scandal sprouted legs on the eve of the 2000 election, another potential government fiasco stung the Liberals just as the writ was being dropped on the current […]
When a non-confidence vote is a matter of life or death
Sick MPs often find themselves surrounded by rumours that they’re looking out for their families, not their constituents
As MPs stood up to vote in the non-confidence motion that brought down the Liberal minority, several received standing ovations from their fellow partisans. The loudest applause was reserved for those who made the arduous journey to Ottawa […]
Married to the Mob?
When the Tories suggested the Liberals had links to organized crime, they were accused of being over-the-top. In reality, the Liberals have a long history of brushing up against gangsters
Canada has a certain innocence when it comes to political assassinations. You’d have to go back to the 1970 murder of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte […]
More “say anything”
So now Buzz Hargrove is calling Stephen Harper a separatist–CP: Buzz Hargrove calls Stephen Harper a separatist; Harper in Toronto. The money quote;
He said Quebec voters should choose the Bloc Quebecois over the Conservatives.
"Anything to stop the Tories."
You get it? Vote for the separatists to stop the separatists. I mean, we knew the […]
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