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Sponsorship player in court today

F ormer adman Gilles-André Gosselin is scheduled to make his first court appearance today in relation to 70 allegedly fake invoices that he submitted to the federal government as part of the sponsorship program. Mr. Gosselin was charged last December ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Gomery

Sponsorship player gets two years in prison

A dman Gilles-André Gosselin had the gall at the time of the sponsorship program to frequently charge taxpayers for more than 24 hours of work in a single day. The move was part of a systematic attempt to squeeze every penny out of federal contracts, ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Liberals attack 233 Conservative plum postings

T hey gave money, ran, worked or volunteered as part of the Conservative cause - and they were rewarded with federal “patronage” jobs, the Liberals charged today. Unveiling a list of 233 alleged insider appointments going back one year, the Liberal ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Harper

Coderre ends silence, says he hopes to lead Liberals

T he Liberals are clamouring for more visibility in Quebec after this week's disappointing by-election results, but they could have done without the most recent outburst from their former lieutenant, Liberal MP Denis Coderre. Mr. Coderre ended his ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Denis Coderre,  Michael Ignatieff,  CBC,  Marc Garneau

LIBERALS GET THE MESSAGE

A senior Liberal MP says the party's lacklustre showing in this week's by-elections partly reflects lingering public anger over its September declaration that it would seek to defeat the Harper government and trigger a general vote. Marc Garneau, the ...

From STEVEN CHASE AND DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Marc Garneau,  UK Conservative Party

With Quebec win, Tories inch closer to majority

I n prying a long-held rural seat from the weakened grasp of the Bloc Quebecois, Stephen Harper's Conservatives have shown that their drive to win enough seats for a Parliamentary majority may be less daunting than expected. The Conservatives, now only 1 ...

From STEVEN CHASE AND DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Stephen Harper,  Michael Ignatieff,  Gilles Duceppe,  Jack Layton

What by-elections mean for the Bloc

T he Bloc Québécois is showing its age. The polls had been kind to the 18-year-old party of late, both at the provincial level and in two strongholds that were the scenes of by-elections on Monday. But the Bloc still failed in its attempts to hold on ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gilles Duceppe,  Stephen Harper,  Jean Charest,  Michel Gauthier,  Michael Ignatieff

Ignatieff sees 'a lot of work ahead'

T he Liberals and the Bloc have now issued their comments on yesterday's by-election results, after digesting, respectively, their poor showing and their loss. The Conservative and the NDP views came out last night, showing that it is easier to spin a ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Ignatieff,  Gilles Duceppe

Altered landscape in Quebec

1 . The surprise. Yesterday’s four by-elections gave us the Rivière-du-Loup shocker, while confirming the Liberal slumber. By beating the Bloc Québécois in eastern Quebec, the Conservatives got the result they had hoped to achieve in the last general ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Harper,  Gilles Duceppe,  UK Conservative Party,  Michael Ignatieff,  Jack Layton

Ottawa school ‘effectively expelled' victim of assault: lawsuit

A n elite Ottawa school “effectively expelled” three siblings after one of them was sexually assaulted by four schoolmates during a school trip, according to a lawsuit launched last week. The family's statement of claim alleges the victim of the assault, ...

From DANIEL LEBLANC, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

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