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China Daily: Chretien v. Harper

Dan Cook, today at 9:38 AM EDT

China Daily: August 20, 2008

CTV's Steve Chao: "China Daily acts often as a mouthpiece for the government and it also signals how the government feels about an issue," said Chao. "The fact that this runs on the front page suggests China is very unhappy."

[China Daily] [News] [Video] [PDF]

Indecision 2008

Dan Cook, 19/08/08 at 5:36 PM EDT

Cartoon by Anthony Jenkins / The Globe and Mail.

[News] [Video: Harper, Dion]

Image: Anthony Jenkins / The Globe and Mail.

Quote For The Day

Dan Cook, 19/08/08 at 8:29 AM EDT

Illustration by Anthony Jenkins / The Globe and Mail.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: "The next election has not been scheduled until October of 2009 and — who knows? — Mr. Dion may wish to wait longer than that," said Mr. Harper. "I have to say this has really become quite a soap opera."

Image: Anthony Jenkins / The Globe and Mail.


In Pictures: Montreal

Dan Cook, 18/08/08 at 12:12 AM EDT

Liberal Leader Stephane Dion attends the annual gay pride parade in Montreal on Sunday with his wife Janine Krieber. (Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press)

Liberal Leader Stephane Dion attends the annual gay pride parade in Montreal on Sunday with his wife Janine Krieber. By Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press.

Then And Now: Hints

Dan Cook, 17/08/08 at 12:31 AM EDT

Illustration by Anthony Jenkins / The Globe and Mail.

December 2, 2006: "You have before you a Liberal dream team. Stephen Harper, we are counting the days to the next election." — Liberal Leader Stephane Dion

November 30, 2007:  Dion hints there could be a spring election

December 23, 2007: Opposition hints at 2008 federal election

February 10, 2008: Dion hints budget might be election's trigger

July 23, 2008: Dion hints at possible fall vote

August 16, 2008: Liberal Leader Stephane Dion criticizes Stephen Harper's election hints

Image: Anthony Jenkins / The Globe and Mail.

On This Day In History: 2000

Dan Cook, 16/08/08 at 6:19 PM EDT

Then Prime Minister Jean Chretien is seen in a four picture sequence as a man throws a cream pie into his face during a visit to Charlottetown, P.E.I. on August 16, 2000. (The Canadian Press / CBC-TV)

Then Prime Minister Jean Chretien is seen in a four picture sequence as a man throws a cream pie into his face during a visit to Charlottetown, P.E.I. on August 16, 2000. The Canadian Press / CBC-TV.

Mulroney-Schreiber Commission: Hearing Dates Set

Dan Cook, 15/08/08 at 3:50 PM EDT

Editorial cartoon by Brian Gable / The Globe and Mail.

OliphantCommission.ca: "The Oliphant Commission announced today the dates for the Hearings for Standing before the Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Rt. Honourable Brian Mulroney. The Hearing for Standing will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., October 2nd and 3rd and, if necessary, October 6th and 7th at the Bytown Pavilion, 111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, and will be open to the media."

Image: Brian Gable / The Globe and Mail.

Previously — With Bells On; Without Bells On; No Comment

Canada's New [Accountable] Government

Dan Cook, 15/08/08 at 8:22 AM EDT

Illustration by Brian Gable / The Globe and Mail.

[Editorial] [News] Image: Brian Gable / The Globe and Mail.

In Quotes: Hidden Agenda

Dan Cook, 14/08/08 at 9:27 PM EDT

Then Conservative leader Stephen Harper holds up a prop during his speech at the annual Press Gallery Dinner in Ottawa, Oct. 23, 2004. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: "This carbon tax has been the hidden agenda of the Liberal party for years," he said. "Now that it is finally out in the open we have got to fight it with everything we've got ... Put simply, we cannot let the Liberals take this country back to the tax-and-spend policies of the past."

File Photo: Then Conservative Leader Stephen Harper holds up a prop during his speech at the annual Press Gallery Dinner in Ottawa, October 23, 2004. By Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press.

Previously — Campaign Slogans

Video: 'This Is A Circus Maximus'

Dan Cook, 14/08/08 at 8:43 PM EDT

Sam Goldstein, the defeated candidate in the Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina, talks to reporters after a parliamentary ethics committee into the financing of the 2006 Conservative election campaign in Ottawa on Thursday. (Patrick Doyle / The Canadian Press)

Click here to view a recap of Thursday's ethics committee.

[Video: Circus Maximus] [News]

Photo: Sam Goldstein, the defeated candidate in the Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina, talks to reporters after a parliamentary ethics committee into the financing of the 2006 Conservative election campaign in Ottawa on Thursday. By Patrick Doyle / The Canadian Press.

 

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