Tag Archives: Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper rocks the National Arts Centre

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Larry Cornies

Well, now, that was different. And really quite refreshing. As if any additional evidence was needed that the momentum in Canadian politics is shifting from Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals to the Stephen Harper Conservatives, the prime minister put on a little … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Stewart-Olsen leaves the PMO . . . for the Senate

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Larry Cornies

The exit of communications staff from the Prime Minister’s Office continues, as word went out yesterday of the departure of most significant figure yet in the ongoing attrition. Carolyn Stewart-Olsen has been at Stephen Harper’s side since the outset of … Continue reading →

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Teneycke, Harper and managing news media

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Larry Cornies

The resignation of Kory Teneycke as Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s director of communications brings to at least five the number of people tasked with managing the information flow between the Prime Minister’s Office and the news media since early 2006. … Continue reading →

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The Telegraph-Journal apology

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Larry Cornies

When it comes to newspaper correction notices, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. A respected Atlantic Canada broadsheet apologizes to the country’s Prime Minister for an error in a story concerning the PM’s attendance at the funeral of a … Continue reading →

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