Inside Politics - Margo McDiarmid http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/ en Copyright 2010 Fri, 28 May 2010 08:39:16 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification A new take on thank-you gifts
The conference invited more than 50 speakers to talk about everything from jobs and innovation to Canada's place in the world to the environment.

It's part of the Liberal attempt to come up with new ideas for the future. Instead of giving each speaker an appreciation gift, organizers are donating money on their behalf. ]]> http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/03/a-new-take-on-thank-you-gifts.html http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/03/a-new-take-on-thank-you-gifts.html Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:40:52 -0500 Allo? Allo? Searching for a signal at the 'hooked in' Lib thinkfest
More than 2,000 people have signed up to listen to the proceedings by webcam across the country and there's a bank of a dozen people on one side of the room dedicated to taking questions and posting the proceedings on Facebook and Twitter. 

But for all these efforts, there's really nothing they can do about the fact the Hyatt Regency hotel that's hosting the event is a concrete bunker.

Reporters like me find themselves outside the conference area hanging over the balcony in the attached shopping mall trying desperately to tweet or make a phone call. ]]> http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/03/allo-allo-searching-for-a-signal-at-the-hooked-in-lib-thinkfest.html http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/03/allo-allo-searching-for-a-signal-at-the-hooked-in-lib-thinkfest.html Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:48:42 -0500 Prentice on emissions targets: take 2 prenticecpjan30-584.jpg
 
Before we get all excited about Environment Minister Jim Prentice's announcement on Saturday that he's changed Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets to match those of the U.S., keep in mind that Prentice has said it all before.
 
CBC first tweeted the news on December 2, when Prentice announced it during Question Period.
 
The only news now is that Prentice did this past weekend what he said he was going to do in December.
 
]]> http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/02/prentice-on-emissions-targets-take-two.html http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/02/prentice-on-emissions-targets-take-two.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:17:53 -0500 Haiti's patient PM keeps focus where it belongs -- on Haiti

It was a surprisingly low-key and accessible Haitian prime minister who took part in the International conference on Haiti in Montreal.

Jean-Max Bellerive arrived in Montreal Sunday night and met with Haitians face to face, patiently answering many questions about aid to earthquake victims.  

But the most surprising thing was his appearance on the media floor at the conference early Monday morning.

Bellerive made the rounds of the many networks both French and English, doing countless live interviews and numerous scrums in two languages.

He had low profile security, and few harried handlers.



]]> http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/01/haitis-patient-pm-keeps-focus-where-it-belongs----on-haiti.html http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/01/haitis-patient-pm-keeps-focus-where-it-belongs----on-haiti.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:31:58 -0500 How's the climate in Copenhagen in December?  
U.S. President Barack Obama has just announced he'll attend the crucial meeting on Dec. 9. The meeting runs from Dec. 7 to 18.
 
Now PMO spokesman Dmitri Soudas says Harper could go, too, IF "all major leaders attend and there is a leaders summit."
 
 
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