Blog Archive for September, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:34 PM EDT
Spirit of co-operation in Commons vanishes after just two weeks
‘Calm down a little,’ Speaker pleads as MPs trade barbs and tweet their disdain for one another
Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:07 PM EDT
Michael Ignatieff ‘frustrated’ with Liberal stagnation in polls
Opposition Leader can’t understand why voters haven’t responded to his summer glad-handing efforts, source says
Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:20 AM EDT
Confidence scenarios ‘make King-Byng look like a walk in the park’
Pollster advises incoming governor-general David Johnston to be prepared for anything
Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:51 AM EDT
‘Ingenious stealth majority’ not in cards after Harper’s gun-registry defeat
Poll shows Tories, Liberals gaining ground as NDP falters in wake of deeply divisive vote
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:49 PM EDT
Do voters want a breath of fresh Green air?
Elizabeth May attributes rise in polls to disgust with current state of mainstream politics
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:11 AM EDT
Tory MP sees ‘the nation as the pimp’ if prostitution ruling stands
Joy Smith, who has worked to crack down on sex trafficking, calls Ontario decision ‘astounding and alarming’
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:49 AM EDT
Rivals down partisan tools to remember Mario Laguë
Plus a new poll shows a surge in support for Elizabeth May’s Greens
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 1:29 PM EDT
Tony Clement ‘twisting himself in pretzels’ on census, Liberals charge
Industry Minister stands firm on decision to scrap mandatory long form, calling threat of jail a ‘terrible degradation of the social contract’
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:07 AM EDT
Electoral-reform advocates decry New Brunswick ‘schmozzle’
Group blames first-past-post system for awarding Tories three quarters of legislature’s seats after winning less than half province’s popular vote
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:39 AM EDT
Danny Williams takes French lessons to better berate Quebec
Premier gets sent to the principal’s office after going back to school in cringe-worthy CBC skit
Monday, September 27, 2010 4:59 PM EDT
Will ‘old Canada’ breathe new life into Tory prospects?
Gun-registry defeat gives Harper plenty of ammunition, pollster Darrell Bricker says
Monday, September 27, 2010 2:46 PM EDT
New governor-general plans ‘highly symbolic’ swearing in
David Johnston will pay tribute to fallen soldiers and mark each of Canada’s 143 years since Confederation during installation ceremony
Monday, September 27, 2010 11:07 AM EDT
Harper shoots majority ‘from implausible to unimaginable’
EKOS pollster Frank Graves doesn’t buy Tory argument that gun-registry defeat spells electoral victory
Monday, September 27, 2010 8:44 AM EDT
Tories try to dial back election speculation
Yet talking points note ‘the Ignatieff coalition has not ruled out forcing an opportunistic fall vote’
Friday, September 24, 2010 10:06 PM EDT
Long-gun registry vote highlights divide within Liberal Party
Friday, September 24, 2010 10:37 AM EDT
Onex executive Nigel Wright becomes Harper’s chief of staff
Conservative Party president hails appointment as ‘coup’ that signals government’s renewed focus on economy
Thursday, September 23, 2010 3:59 PM EDT
$1-billion G20 tab includes furniture, ‘geomatics’ and ‘fireballs’
Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:30 AM EDT
NDP draws a bead on wedge politics after gun-registry vote
Harper ‘fuelling offensive stereotypes about rural Canadians’ while Ignatieff plays ‘dangerous game,’ Layton says
Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:57 AM EDT
Margaret Trudeau takes an iconic spin of her own
Late prime minister’s former wife does a pirouette to mark the launch of a commemorative photo book
Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:42 AM EDT
‘Daddy’s little girl’ takes worst gun-registry shrapnel
Liberal women pounce on ‘bully-boy’ tactics used by Public Safety Minister against NDP MP Niki Ashton
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 5:10 PM EDT
Scott Simms reveals heartbreaking reason for backing gun registry
Newfoundland MP tells Liberal colleagues his father killed himself with a rifle this summer
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:46 PM EDT
Liberals rip into Flaherty's ‘downright stupid’ fear-mongering
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:34 PM EDT
NDP vote-switchers to press Tories on rural issues ‘that matter’
Jack Layton puts four Northern Ontario MPs front and centre in Question Period ahead of gun-registry showdown
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:45 PM EDT
Gun registry survives by two votes
Senior political writer Jane Taber and TV critic John Doyle cover the showdown in the House of Commons over the controversial firearms program
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:37 AM EDT
Newfoundland MP skips Ignatieff event ahead of gun-registry vote
Liberal Leader brushes off questions about conspicuous absence of Scott Simms
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:30 AM EDT
MPs to watch in gun registry vote
20 Liberal and NDP MPs previously voted to abolish the gun registry; many to reverse their positions
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:53 AM EDT
It’s long guns at dusk for two long-serving MPs
House Speaker Peter Milliken and NDP MP Tony Martin bring decades of experience to bear on key vote in Commons
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 4:46 PM EDT
Tories invoke sponsorship scandal to defend record ad spending
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:47 PM EDT
Another Chrétien adviser takes key post in Ignatieff’s office
Patrick Parisot resigns as ambassador to Algeria and becomes Liberal Leader’s principal secretary
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:25 PM EDT
Tories accuse Ignatieff of trying to smear Canada on global stage
With Harper on his way to UN, Conservatives rip into Liberals for questioning whether Canada deserves Security Council seat
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:00 PM EDT
‘Nothing would be safe’ under coalition government, Flaherty says
Finance Minister ramps up campaign-style warnings, painting scorched-earth picture of economy under Liberal-NDP rule
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:14 AM EDT
Liberal women blast Stephen Harper’s ‘shell game’ on foreign aid
Spending freeze hampering Canada’s ability to meet its Millennium Development Goals, opposition charges
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:25 AM EDT
Ignatieff’s shirtsleeves, Harper’s specs raise eyebrows on the Hill
Liberal Leader sheds jacket whenever he can to maintain casual image while PM’s dry eyes make contact lenses uncomfortable
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:49 AM EDT
‘Finally Helena Guergis is standing up and accepting some blame’
Outcast Tory and husband Rahim Jaffer tape self-deprecating segment for 22 Minutes season premiere
Monday, September 20, 2010 6:22 PM EDT
Who'll take the most gun-registry shrapnel?
Parliamentary bureau chief John Ibbitson takes your questions on the looming vote and its potential fallout
Monday, September 20, 2010 4:59 PM EDT
Grits see lack of substance where Tories see ‘signs of hope’
Heckling is kept to a minimum as MPs return to House duty after their summer recess
Monday, September 20, 2010 4:38 PM EDT
AFN chief hopes Tories make grade on native education
Shawn Atleo hopeful after first conversation with new Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan
Monday, September 20, 2010 2:22 PM EDT
Michael Ignatieff hops off bus and back into partisan fray
Liberal Leader arrives on Parliament Hill decrying Tory government that’s ‘lost touch with Canadian priorities’
Monday, September 20, 2010 1:32 PM EDT
Tory still hopes she can kill registry despite New Democrat’s ‘sad’ decision
Candice Hoeppner has harsh words for Peter Stoffer as Michael Ignatieff suggests need for effective gun control will alleviate electoral backlash
Monday, September 20, 2010 12:03 PM EDT
A moment’s pause to remember a bright political light
MPs, cabinet ministers and other Hill denizens set aside partisan differences to pay tribute to Jaimie Anderson, who lost her battle with cancer at 23
Monday, September 20, 2010 7:54 AM EDT
MPs head back to the Hill amid talk of guns and civility
Will pleasantries last any longer than the Speaker’s call to Question Period?
Saturday, September 18, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Political row over controversial MS treatment ‘hits home’
Longest-serving female MP reveals long-time diagnosis, won’t seek re-election
Friday, September 17, 2010 7:52 PM EDT
U.S. senator sold on the oil sands
After tour of Alberta’s oil sands, Republican senator Lindsey Graham calls Canada part of America’s energy-independence solution
Friday, September 17, 2010 5:40 PM EDT
Gun vote forces PM, three ministers to interrupt United Nations visit
Friday, September 17, 2010 11:10 AM EDT
Tory riding announcement to slam door on Guergis return
Kellie Leitch will announce plan to seek Conservative nomination in Simcoe-Grey
Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:59 PM EDT
U.S. senators head to Alberta, Saskatchewan in wake of Pelosi visit
Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:25 PM EDT
Backs to wall, Tories invoke spectre of elites and coalitions
Government House Leader and backroom strategists ratchet up rhetoric in gun registry feud
Thursday, September 16, 2010 11:17 AM EDT
Trumpeting rural roots, NDP predicts Tory defeat on gun registry
‘You don’t have the votes to adopt your bill,’ Jack Layton tells Stephen Harper
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:42 PM EDT
Deporting Roma ‘un-French,’ Ujjal Dosanjh says
En route home from India, Liberal MP checks in on ‘emergency situation’ in France
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:32 PM EDT
Quebec Court of Appeals reduces Benoît Corbeil's sentence
Former Liberal, key player in sponsorship scandal will be allowed to serve 12-month sentence in the community
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:21 AM EDT
Former Tory spokesman exits Sun TV
Kory Teneycke announces he’s stepping down as VP of business development at Quebecor, saying partisan past is hurting initiative
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:48 AM EDT
MacKay calls stealth fighters the right stuff for Canada's military
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:42 PM EDT
Jack Layton wins over enough New Democrats to save gun registry
NDP Leader says he’s persuaded an ‘overwhelming majority’ of his rural MPs to halt Conservative bid to kill program
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:20 PM EDT
Tories deny NRA ‘conspiracy theory’
Pierre Poilievre turns accusation of U.S.-style politics back on Liberals, saying they’re trying to demonize rural Canadians who oppose gun registry
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:19 PM EDT
Liberals accuse Harper of U.S.-style tactics in long-gun registry battle
Monday, September 13, 2010 12:23 PM EDT
Former top aide to Ignatieff explains ‘illiterate’ Sun quip
Comment wasn’t about readers, Ian Davey says, but rather the newspaper chain and its journalistic standards
Monday, September 13, 2010 8:23 AM EDT
Tories draw a bead on pro-registry opposition MPs
Plus Ignatieff’s former chief of staff enrages Sun readers
Friday, September 10, 2010 6:05 PM EDT
Conservatives lay groundwork to vet potential political land mines
Thursday, September 9, 2010 8:36 PM EDT
Former CSIS chief tasked with cracking down on migrant smuggling
Ward Elcock heads to Southeast Asia to increase intelligence, police co-operation in attempt at thwarting smuggling networks
Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:11 PM EDT
Motherhood trumps politics, Nancy Pelosi says
U.S. Speaker discusses challenges women face at exclusive Ottawa lunch
Thursday, September 9, 2010 11:45 AM EDT
Canadian view of immigration sours in wake of Tamil ship
Angus Reid poll suggests more people now believe newcomers have negative effect on country
Thursday, September 9, 2010 8:38 AM EDT
Helena Guergis won’t rebel against Tories on gun registry
Outcast MP will support her former party in crucial vote
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 12:22 PM EDT
Peter MacKay decries Koran-burning pastor’s ‘dangerous act of provocation’
9/11 stunt by U.S. Christian minister endangers Canadian troops in Afghanistan, Defence Minister warns
Friday, September 3, 2010 5:30 PM EDT
Ottawa mulls new funding for family planning organization
Move would bring cash to International Planned Parenthood Federation, whose funding ran out at end of 2009
Thursday, September 2, 2010 12:42 PM EDT
Harper uses Bloc stand on parks to hammer opposition 'coalition'
Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:15 AM EDT
Snap election would give Ignatieff tenuous grip on power, pollster says
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 3:17 PM EDT
Margaret Atwood takes on ‘Fox News North’
Literary icon objects to perceived political interference by Harper government in SunTV’s bid for broadcast license
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:29 PM EDT
Jet purchase ‘shreds’ Conservative fiscal reputation, Ignatieff says
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:22 AM EDT
Health Minister accepts 'prudent' advice not to fund MS treatment
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Jane Taber
Jane Taber has been on and around Parliament Hill since the Mulroney days, beginning her Hill reporting in 1986 with the Ottawa Citizen. She also reported for WTN and the National Post before joining The Globe’s parliamentary bureau in 2002.
She is senior political writer and is also co-host of CTV's Question Period, which airs Sunday. Ms. Taber lives in Ottawa with her husband; they have two children.
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John Ibbitson
John Ibbitson started at The Globe in 1999 and has been Queen's Park columnist and Ottawa political affairs correspondent.
Most recently, he was a correspondent and columnist in Washington, where he wrote Open and Shut: Why America has Barack Obama and Canada has Stephen Harper. He returned to Ottawa as bureau chief in 2009. Before joining The Globe, he worked as a reporter, columnist and Queen’s Park correspondent for Southam papers.
Steven Chase
Steven Chase has covered federal politics in Ottawa for The Globe since mid-2001, arriving there a few months before 9/11. He previously worked in the paper's Vancouver and Calgary bureaus. Prior to that, he reported on Alberta politics for the Calgary Herald and the Calgary Sun, and on national issues for Alberta Report. He's had ink-stained hands for far longer though, having worked as a paperboy for the (now defunct) Montreal Star, the Winnipeg Free Press, the Vancouver Sun and the North Shore News.
Campbell Clark
Campbell Clark has been a political writer in The Globe and Mail’s Ottawa bureau since 2000. Before that he worked for The Montreal Gazette and the National Post. He writes about Canadian politics and foreign policy.
Bill Curry
A member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery since 1999, Bill Curry worked for The Hill Times and the National Post prior to joining The Globe in Feb. 2005. Originally from North Bay, Ont., Bill reports on a wide range of topics on Parliament Hill, with a focus on finance.
Gloria Galloway
Gloria Galloway has been a journalist for almost 30 years. She worked at the Windsor Star, the Hamilton Spectator, the National Post, the Canadian Press and a number of small newspapers before being hired by The Globe and Mail as deputy national editor in 2001. Gloria returned to reporting two years later and joined the Ottawa bureau in 2004. She has covered every federal election since 1997 and has done several stints in Afghanistan.
Daniel Leblanc
Daniel Leblanc studied political science at the University of Ottawa and journalism at Carleton University. He became a full-time reporter in 1998, first at the Ottawa Citizen and then in the Ottawa bureau of The Globe and Mail. While he likes the occasional brown envelope, he is also open to anonymous emails.
Stephen Wicary
Stephen Wicary has been with The Globe since 2001, working on the news desk as a copy editor, page designer, production editor and front-page editor – as well as a three-month stint as overnight editor of the website during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He joined the parliamentary bureau as online political editor in the fall of 2008, just in time for the coalition crisis and Stephen Harper's first contentious prorogation.
