TORONTO – While few can say for sure when the next election might be, the Conservative Party of Canada announced today in Toronto, that Peter Kent, former CBC and Global TV news anchor and foreign correspondent, will be their candidate for the riding of St. Paul’s in the next federal election.
Conservative leader Stephen Harper welcomed Kent to the Conservative Party family today at a Toronto gathering, and Stephen Snell, the riding association’s president, said, “Conservative party members in St. Paul’s and across the Greater Toronto Area are excited by Mr. Kent’s decision to support Mr. Harper…
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OTTAWA – Broadcast, cable and telecom initiatives currently before cabinet, committees and other Parliament Hill panels (like the repeatedly delayed amendments to the Radiocommunication Act) again face death or delay if another federal election is called.
We chatted with a few Ottawa-based broadcast, cable and telecom folks last week and at that point, all were guessing an election was in the offing this spring thanks to the Adscam inquiry. “Most Tories are saying, ‘let’s go now, don’t give them a chance,” said one Ottawa broadcasting insider. “Liberals are just hoping for the best.”
(These insiders most often like to…
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