According to Bourque, CBC, and a few other twitterers, Ian Davey (and maybe a few others) are gone from the OLO, with Peter Donolo taking over as the new Chief of Staff. Donolo, you’ll recall, was Chretien’s communications director, and is currently a partner with Strategic Counsel.

So, today was the big relaunch for CBC news. Presumably this was done to try and get some of those Canadians who only watch American news to tune in. So CBC Newsworld became the CBC News Network (not to be confused with CTV Newsnet). And, come 5 o’clock, the old Politics hour became “Power & […]

From today’s news clippings: PMO releases hundreds of PM’s official photos: PMO’s Dimitri Soudas says the Prime Minister wants to ensure media across the country receive as much information as possible. The Canwest analysis of Knowledge Infrastructure Program grants, like analyses published last week by the Ottawa Citizen, Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Globe and Mail, is […]

With all the buzz about Danielle Smith (little known fact: her tears cure leprosy), it’s easy to overlook the Alberta Liberal Party. But the ALP have released a commercial: It’s interesting to see Smith in the ad since a strong Wildrose Party is the best thing to happen to the ALP in a long time. […]

Ahh…the winter of 2005/2006. The Eskimos beat the Als in overtime to take the Grey Cup, Crash edged out Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture, and everyone was singing about their lovely lady humps. In Canada, a young reformer swept into power on a platform of transparency and accountability, promising to clean up government: Addressing a […]

Well, given the way it’s going they may be old enough to vote by the time the next election rolls around…

Stephen Maher sounds a bit frustrated: Last month in Oakville, when asked about the allegation — made by a Tory candidate — that one project was killed because the riding was Liberal, the prime minister said don’t worry: “We can give you a list of announcements made across the country.” Three weeks later, after repeated […]

A picture of Peter MacKay from the Dalhousie yearbook, sent in anonymously:

Tom Axworthy is a guy who likes to toss ideas out there – he’s sort of the Preston Manning of the left. Anyways, Axworthy recently drafted a report on how to improve debates in Canada. I’d originally scribbed down some notes when his report was first released, but never got around to posting them. Then […]