Gods of the Copybook Headings (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
A few weeks ago we noted, much to our regret, the retirement of Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and one of the original '93 Reformers. Monte talks to the Ottawa Citizen about life in politics and hints at what's...
Victoria Chinatown (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Patronage after patronage…. The moral high grounds, where are the moral high grounds'? Vancouver South candidate Wai Young’s consulting firm received $578,590 from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to stage a Toronto conference last June on teaching English to new immigrants. The publicly tendered six-month contract was awarded in April, three months after Ms. Young was nominated [...]
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Diane Finley must immediately produce all relevant documentation on why Citizenship and Immigration Canada allocated almost $600,000 to a consulting company owned and operated by Conservative Candidate Wai Young just months after she won her nomination. In January of 2008, Ms. Young was acclaimed as the Conservative candidate in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver...
Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
I talked about Political Darwinism before, but it’s worth noting that several bloggers are staking their claim to blog fame this election by pouring through candidates’ blogs, and posting embarrassing, or spun snippets of their thought. I suspect Monte Solberg of the Conservatives stopped his popular blog because he saw this coming, and unlike Garth [...]
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
So there you have it, replacing Monte Solberg will be one of his aides, the 62-year-old LaVar Payne who won the contested nomination yesterday. That basically guarantees that Payne will be a member of parliament. MP Payne... I like the...
David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
The Calgary Herald reports that LaVar Payne has won the nomination to carry the Conservative flag in Monte Solberg's southern Alberta riding so, with that fight complete, I'd say we could pretty much swear him in as an MP in the 40th Parliament right now. In the 2006 election, just ...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Monte Solberg is sitting in his pyjamas in his den watching business news on television, paying absolutely no attention to the fact that this is the first day of the federal election campaign.
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Two candidates have stepped forward to replaced Medicine Hat Conservative MP Monte Solberg. Riding association President LaVar Payne and businessman Dean Shock have both declared their intentions to contest the nomination. Former Medicine Hat Alderman Darren Hirsch and current Alderman Jeremy Thompson are said to be interested in the nomination, but have not yet declared their intentions. The Conservative...
Slog (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Courtesy of Slogger Justin J., here's the link to the Skilled Worker Self-Assessment test at the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. I passedbarelywith a 67 score , qualifying me to apply for Canadian citizenship. How'd you do?
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
It has to go down as one of the most modest reponses to the manufacturing jobs crisis one could imagine. On Friday - literally on the eve of the election call -Â Human Resources Minister Monte Solberg announced that four Ontario EI regions - Huron, Niagara, Oshawa and Windsor - will be added to the list [...]
Gods of the Copybook Headings (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
It is with a fair measure of sadness that we note the retirement of Monte Solberg, MP for Medicine Hat, a few days shy of his fiftieth birthday. One of the original batch of Reformers who stormed into Ottawa in...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
I haven't had a caption contest in what seems like forever. But with the news that both David Emerson and Monte Solberg are leaving the Harper government, this picture is just dying for captions.And on Monte, I'm genuinely sad to see him go. Partisan disagreements aside, he seemed like a pretty good guy, a sincere guy, and a competent minister that did his job diligently. In opposition, he was a solid,...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced the first round of investments for the Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF), as part of a $45 million commitment over three years made in Budget 2007 to expand opportunities for people with disabilities and improve accessibility across Canada.
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Since our launched in 2004, the Western Standard has reported often on Medicine Hat Conservative MP Monte Solberg. On September 4th, the Western Standard learned that, after 15 years in office, Solberg is retiring from politics and will not contest...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced the appointment of Ms. Anita Hopfauf of Saskatchewan to the National Council of Welfare for a term of two years.. "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms.
