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Today is my first day on the job as Chief of Staff in Mr. Ignatieff’s office and I am delighted to be back on the Hill and part of the Liberal Team. As Mr. Ignatieff has said, we have a lot of work ahead of us to earn the confidence and support of all...
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Frank McKenna has some sobering counsel for federal Liberals: They could be in opposition for a long time and there is no Messianic leader who can lead them quickly out of the wilderness. The advice from a man once thought to be the party's best hope...
Tags: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Canada, Ottawa, Ignatieff, Liberal Party of Canada, McKenna, Peter Donolo, New Brunswick Liberal Association, Politics, Russian nobility, Michael Ignatieff, Frank McKenna
T wo senior Ignatieff aides are leaving their positions in the Opposition Leader's Office to return to Toronto. Mark Sakamoto and Alexis Levine, both lawyers who have been part of Michael Ignatieff's inner circle since his 2006 leadership bid, confirmed...
Ontario will move ahead with full-day kindergarten for all four- and five-year-olds despite an unprecedented provincial deficit, Premier Dalton McGuinty said. Ottawa Public Health is boosting the number of staff at clinics offering the H1N1 flu vaccine...
Tags: Toronto Public Health, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Quebec City, h1n1 flu, hockey player, league hockey, NHL, Liberal party, vaccinations available, Liberals
A national child-care program is among the top priorities for the Liberals in the next election platform and any future government, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff vowed this morning. "It's a clear commitment," Ignatieff told reporters after a visit...
Tags: Stephen Harper, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Ottawa Citizen-Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Ottawa’s media problem Norman Spector L ast week, fellow blogger Adam Radwanski penned a provocative post on Michael Ignatieff’s Ottawa problem . To his credit, he did not spare the media in his analysis of what’s wrong with Ottawa: “You eat, drink and...
Tags: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Minster Stephen Harper, Canada, Ottawa, Canadian Press, tax hikes, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., minister stephen, prime minister
The Quebec government has announced a series of measures aimed at curbing animal abuse and the proliferation of illegal puppy mills. A former junior hockey player charged with assault after a violent game fight has pleaded guilty Wednesday in Saguenay,...
Tags: Quebec City, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Marc Garneau, Denis Coderre, quebec lieutenant, hockey player, junior hockey, player charged, Montreal, Saguenay
The NDP is poised once again to save the Conservatives from facing an election any time soon. Leader Jack Layton says his party will support a key budget bill that could come before the House of Commons for final reading as early as next week. Continued...
Tags: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, NDP, Liberals, Quebec City, prime minister
It features NDP Leader Jack Layton in a blue shirt in front of a stark orange background accusing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff of playing “games” while his party is focused on helping the unemployed. “Instead of facing...
Tags: Western Canada, NDP, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, Jack Layton, Senate, confidence vote, Mr. Layton, Ontario, Mr. Harper
Longtime Liberal MP Denis Coderre is resigning as the party's Quebec lieutenant and defence critic. A trial for five men accused of fraud in Quebec's Norbourg affair started at the Montreal courthouse on Monday. Quebecers will have to pay more for public...
Tags: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Liberal MP Coderre, Liberal Quebec, Denis Coderre, Quebec organizer, Quebecker, quebec lieutenant, Liberals, Longtime Liberal, Liberal Party