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Jane Taber is a Canadian journalist and current co-host of CTV's Question Period with Craig Oliver. Taber is also the Senior Parliamentary Writer in the Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau, since 2003. She has also worked for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post. She has covered the Hill since 1986, working as a parliamentary reporter and columnist for The Ottawa Citizen, the National Post, and finally for the Globe. For three seasons, from 1985 to 1987, she was the host of a 30-minute long political affairs show on WTN (now W Network) called Jane Taber's Ottawa. She also co-produced an hour-long documentary on the struggles of women in politics that was broadcast during the 1997 election campaign.

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A chat over chicken gets Dion back to the table

Bob Rae and Dominic LeBlanc arrived just after 7 p.m. for Sunday dinner at Michael Ignatieff's modest condominium in Toronto's swank Yorkville neighbourhood. Mr. Ignatieff's wife, Suzanna Zsohar, cooked chicken. And the three Liberal MPs – all ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  2 Dec 2008

Ignatieff set to declare candidacy, insider says

Michael Ignatieff will declare his candidacy for the Liberal Party leadership within two weeks, sources close to his campaign said Sunday, as party officials set the fee at $90,000 – nearly twice as much as in 2006 – to enter the race, to be decided ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2008

Manley begins to assess his prospects

John Manley says he is considering the "political and personal implications" of seeking the leadership of the national Liberal Party and has asked potential supporters to answer three questions to help him make his decision. In an e-mail sent to ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  4 Nov 2008

Nunavut MP makes history

OTTAWA Leona Aglukkaq told her college professor that her goal was to be deputy minister of personnel in the territorial government by the time she was 30 years old. Not only did she achieve that goal – in the North, making it in government is the ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  30 Oct 2008

Harper could set record for most women in cabinet

Stephen Harper could make history Thursday by surpassing the record for the number of women in a federal cabinet and appointing the first cabinet minister from Nunavut, who is also a woman. More women in cabinet could address some of the Prime Minister' ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2008

Embattled Dion struggles with leadership decision

Stéphane Dion is not acting like a man easily accepting his defeat as he is expected to announce today that he will step down as Liberal leader. He has been in seclusion at Stornoway, his official residence in Ottawa, for nearly a week now. And while ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  19 Oct 2008

Dion expected to announce resignation Monday

Stéphane Dion is to expected to announce Monday that he will step aside as Liberal Leader. Mr. Dion has not spoken in public since Tuesday night after the election results in which his party lost 19 seats and polled its lowest level of popular support ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  17 Oct 2008

Chrétien to boost Dion at rally Friday

Jean Chrétien is coming back. The former Liberal prime minister, who won three majority governments and served in office from 1993 to 2003, will make an appearance Friday at an event in Brampton, Ont. Mr. Chrétien, who has stayed pretty much out of the ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  9 Oct 2008

Liberals will go ahead with Green Shift

HALIFAX Stéphane Dion is refusing to delay his Green Shift plan if he forms a government although his deputy leader, Michael Ignatieff, says he'd consider changes to the scheme because of the difficult economic times. “I know that the contrary has ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  9 Oct 2008

Leaders flock east as battleground emerges

As Stephen Harper's campaign plane was landing on the runway in Moncton on Saturday afternoon, Stéphane Dion's airplane was taxiing out. The Conservative Leader and his team had just arrived from Nova Scotia, where Tory strategists sense a Liberal ...

From JANE TABER, Globe and Mail,  6 Oct 2008

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