A BCer in Toronto (Free subscription) | yesterday
As long as we're looking back to coalition anniversary moments, one year ago today was the day the Harper government went hat in hand to the Governor-General to beg her to prorogue parliament and save him from a confidence vote he was certain to lose. And one year ago this morning, while we waited for the GG's meeting with the PM to play out, John Baird went live on CBC Newsworld with the great Don...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Two protesters who had been occupying federal Transport Minister John Baird's constituency office in Ottawa have been arrested.
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
Demonstrators took over Transport Minister John Baird’s constituency office, demanding the government change its plan on climate change before heading to the Copenhagen summit.
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
One fears the Transport Minister may be developing a bit of an image problem.
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
It is typical of the attention-deficit disorder in the House of Commons that the Official Opposition virtually ignored the government’s economic update in Question Period on Wednesday. We may have emerged relatively unscathed from the financial equivalent of the Cuban Missile Crisis but you’d think there might have been some interest from the Liberal party in the fourth glossy economic...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Canada's Transport Minister John Baird today announced the reappointment of Mr. Tom Calkin, of Bedford, Nova Scotia, as chair of the board of directors of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority for a period of two years.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Jane Taber on Stephen Harper's lack of lifejacket in Trinidad, the harmonized sales tax as a national unity issue and why John Baird is smiling today
we move to canada (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Less than 1 per cent of a $1.9-billion federal fund for social housing has actually been spent – more than a year after it was announced by the Harper government in the midst of the 2008 election campaign. Another $1.5-billion of social-housing money allotted in February's budget is also only trickling out the door, according to newly released government data. The figures suggest Canadians who...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
AIRDRIE thumped the 2008 finalists, Queen of the South, 4-0 thanks to a double from Alan Trouten and goals from John Baird and Dairmuid O'Carroll. The Diamonds raced to
Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Thursday that he will raise the issue of Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Act at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which began yesterday. Transport Minister John Baird made the announcement before Parliament on Thursday: Transport Minister John Baird made the announcement today in Question Period in answer to demands [...]...
FlackLife (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
It's not usual for people in the PR game to make the news when they take a new job. But there have been a couple of big changes in the last 48 hours here in Ottawa that have got a lot of chatter going in the blogosphere and the mainstream media . City of Ottawa director of communications Denis Abbott was dismissed on Wednesday, and now it appears that there have been three hires made in the communications...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
AMHERST, NOVA SCOTIA (MARKET WIRE) Scott Armstrong, Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, on behalf of Canada's Transport Minister John Baird, and Brian Skabar, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cumberland North, on behalf of the Honourable Ramona Jennex, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, today unveiled a new wheelchair-accessible minivan for...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
John Baird reveals nugget of news amid accusations and denials about Afghan detainee torture and Canada's climate-change policy
The Gazetteer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
SellingCanadiansDownTheirOwnPrivate CrazyRiverVille From the Big Willbowski: The story starts in 2008. Liberal MP Gerry Byrne prepared a motion calling on the government to introduce an airline passenger’s bill of rights. Travellers would be guaranteed remedies for lost bags, unreasonable delays or overbooked flights. The model was similar to protection in Europe... {snippety-doo-dah} ...MPs...
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