Civil Service

Wait continues for U.S. ambassador to Canada

September 10, 2009
Jennifer Campbell, The Ottawa Citizen

Mr. Doer goes to Washington

September 9, 2009
Patrick White, The Globe and Mail

U.S. diplomat still M.I.A. as Harper heads to D.C.

September 9, 2009
Jennifer Campbell, Ottawa Citizen

Condoleezza Rice speaks at Calgary fundraiser

May 13, 2009
The Globe and Mail Two months after her old boss came to town, former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice is appearing in Calgary to attend a gala fundraiser. Ms. Rice is helping open the new School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. She is the keynote speaker at a $500-a-plate dinner tonight. Read the full story From: NewsCan: For May 8 to May 14, 2009

Quédense en su casa: Calderón

April 30, 2009
México.- El presidente Felipe Calderón exhortó a los mexicanos a permanecer en casa durante el puente del 1 al 5 de mayo, fecha que coincide con el cierre parcial de la administración pública federal y de sectores de la economía local que decretó el secretario de Salud, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos. La medida, no obstante, no afectará a sectores básicos, como alimentación, sanitario, telecomunicaciones y energéticos, aseguró el funcionario. Calderón, quien no aparecía en público desde el domingo, lanzó a las 11 de la noche un mensaje en cadena nacional para confirmar la paralización parcial d

Canada Among Nations, 2008

April 21, 2009
100 Years of Canadian Foreign Policy Edited by Robert Bothwell and Jean Daudelin-- Canada Among Nations Series #24 -- A look back at a century of Canada's engagement with the world. 2008 marks 100 years of Canadian foreign-policy making. In celebration of this important milestone, this year's edition of Canada Among Nations offers a critical overview of a number of landmarks of Canadian foreign policy since the founding of the Department of External Affairs in 1909.

Se obligan diputados a la transparencia

April 7, 2009
El nuevo Reglamento de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos Personales de la Cámara de Diputados entró en vigor ayer tras su publicación en el Diario Oficial de la Federación. Dicha normatividad interna es de observancia general para los diputados y servidores públicos que laboran en la Cámara; entre los órganos obligados a generar información destacan la Mesa Directiva, la Junta de Coordinación Política, los grupos parlamentarios, las comisiones ordinarias de trabajo, la Secretaría General, la Contraloría Interna y la Coordinación de Comunicación Social. Se cre

Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law: Invitation to students in Political Science, Law & Public Administration

March 8, 2009
The Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law has begun planning for the Third Law and Parliament Conference, to be held in the fall of 2009.  Following up on the first two conferences held in 2004 and 2006 respectively, the timely theme of this gathering will be Parliament and Government: Partners and Adversaries. The conference will deal with the following topics, among others: •    Questions and Answers about Canadian Parliamentarianism. -Canadian variant of the Westminster system. - Americanization of Parliamentary politics. - Question Period. - Partisanship v. policy.

Wilkins to Winfrey?

January 20, 2009
Winnipeg Sun, Greg Weston