Ottawa ON – Finally the Conservatives have come up with some decent talk points on the UAE dispute. For the past three months their standard pushback has been that they were defending Air Canada by not granting additional landing slots to Emirates Airlines. Frankly, I doubt too many Canadians giveContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Media spin is a very interesting subject.  You could take university level courses on how to spin stories….or not spin a story. Leave out a name, add a name, timing; there are so many facets to how to communicate with the public. A lot of media wagsContinue Reading

Ottawa ON – Here we go again; political parties will be receiving their latest handout from Elections Canada, courtesy of the Canadian taxpayer. Our political establishment will receive roughly $6.9 million of your tax dollars divided up as follows: Conservatives $2,609,418, Liberals $1,819,999, New Democrats $1,260,002, Bloc $691,289, Greens $469,686.Continue Reading

Ottawa ON – Not much happened in Ottawa today. The most important news for residents of this city focused on the traffic jams. Oh yes, there was a cabinet shuffle as well, but you would be excused if you missed it. Essentially Harper did a bit of tinkering around theContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Click the Mike to LISTEN live to The Political Round Table on Seawayradio.com!   This is our first show of 2011.  Join host Jamie Gilcig, along with Pundits Joe Gunn & Denis Sabourin as they talk about the issues that are hot whether they’re local, Provincial, FederalContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Congratulations to Larry Smith, Mr Harper’s newly appointed senator from Quebec. A household name in that province, Smith brings much needed business experience to the national Conservative caucus. Rumours persist that Harper will try a replay of the Fortier fiasco and appoint Smith to cabinet and thenContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Tuesday morning at 9:00 AM means it’s time for The Political Round Table on Seawayradio.com!   Click the imageabove or link below to listen LIVE or via Podcast on demand. Join pundits Joe Gunn & Denis Sabourin for our special Christmas and Holiday edition where we’ll beContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Political Round Table – Live from Cornwall Ontario with pundits Denis Sabourin and Joe Gunn.  Showtime is 9:00 AM on Seawayradio.com!   Keith Beardsley drops by at 9:45 and shares his View From the Hill.  Get an inside look at some of the hot topics fromContinue Reading

Dear Mr. Harper: My wife and I are writing to express our dismay with the actions of our federal government in directing the Senate to vote down Bill C-216. This Bill would have provided many Canadians with a financial security blanket in their greatest hour of need. That our FederalContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Liberals are upset that the government will use Conservative senators to delay or block a private members bill that would require all future Supreme Court judges to be bilingual. Outside of the fact that it is simply a bad bill, the Liberals also have a veryContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Climate Change Deniers seem to come in two types: those who cannot handle the truth and those who profit from the lies. Where does the Calgary Herald fit? On October 10, 2010, the Calgary Herald, once considered a respectable paper, but now under new ownership, published anContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Liberals have decided to vote against the Conservative bill that attacks human smuggling. They are joining with the Bloc and the NDP, with all three parties vowing to kill the bill. One can almost hear Conservative coalition rhetoric on this decision. Have the Liberals put their fingerContinue Reading

Cornwall ON- Well the beauty of video is that you can’t really miscontrue things.     Sounding like an extreme  Muslim fundamentalist getting all warm and fuzzy on Israel, University of Calgary Prof and Harper Advisor Tom Flanagan suggested that the director of a Wiki Leaks piece, Julian Assange, beContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Low voter turnout was the story of the 3 by Federal by-elections held Monday November 29th. While the actual winning candidates may be what many of us in the media are talking about; it’s the voter turnout or lack thereof that is the story. Canadians across theContinue Reading