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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Robocalls on the radio

Now that Elections Canada has laid a charge against a former political staffer in the so-called robocalls affair, Political Management students Jamie MacPhail and Emile Scheffel joined Alan Neal, host of CBC Radio Ottawa's All In A Day, to discuss ethics in election campaigning.  Jamie joined Alan in the studio while Emile called in from... More

Friday, March 22, 2013

Foreign investment in Canada’s resource sector

Professor Stephen Azzi gave a presentation at the Walter Gordon Symposium on Public Policy at Massey College, Toronto. Part of a panel on foreign investment in the resource sector, Dr. Azzi called for improved clarity in Investment Canada's review process. In his view, the objectives of Canadian policy are murky, the process lacks transparency,... More

Monday, March 11, 2013

Pierre Trudeau remembered

Jean-Jacques Blais, minister in the Cabinet of Pierre Trudeau, spoke with Riddell program students about the former prime minister’s leadership style.  Blais described Trudeau as the “brightest and most able” person he had ever met. Trudeau was interested in the exchange of ideas, meaning that Cabinet meetings were stimulating exercises.... More

Friday, March 8, 2013

How a bill becomes law

MP Candice Bergen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, spoke to the POLM 5013 class this week, detailing the process by which bills are drafted, debated and voted on.  Ms. Bergen has represented the riding of Portage-Lisgar in Manitoba since... More

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

What makes a leader?

Stephen Azzi was interviewed about political leadership on CKNW radio in Vancouver. Professor Azzi, who teaches the Riddell program's course on prime ministerial leadership, told host Philip Till that successful leaders combined certain inherited traits with learned skills. Great leaders are intelligent, self-confident, and determined.... More

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Eddie Goldenberg on Jean Chrétien

Eddie Goldenberg, senior adviser to Jean Chrétien for thirty years, spoke to students in POLM 5905 about the former prime minister's approach to leadership. Mr. Chrétien's term as prime minister was characterized by a willingness to delegate to ministers, to senior public servants, and to staff members, while focussing on the overall direction... More

Friday, February 15, 2013

Facing the cameras

POLM 5013 students are taught how to conduct themselves in a press conference. Using the case study method, students are assigned roles, videotaped and given constructive feedback on their... More

Friday, February 15, 2013

The NDP’s Paul Dewar on his political career thus far

When Paul Dewar spoke to Thursday night's POLM 5013 class, Political Management and the Media, the students found him to be the most candid MP they have yet heard from. He recalled being a student activist and how that eventually led him to run for a seat in the House of Commons. He shared his insights... More

Monday, February 11, 2013

Stephen Azzi on Senate controversy

Stephen Azzi was interviewed live on CTV News Channel about the case of Senator Patrick Brazeau, who has been charged with assault and sexual assault. Most senators are capable people of integrity, according to Azzi, who said it is a shame that Brazeau's actions taint the Senate. Azzi was also critical of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. No... More

Monday, February 11, 2013

Tom Clark on political messaging

Tom Clark, Global TV's Senior Political Correspondent and host of 'The West Block,' spoke to students in Barry McLoughlin and Laura Peck's course, Political Management and the Media.  He shared his perspectives and insights from four decades of experience interviewing political leaders. He fielded a lot of questions about politicians and their... More

Friday, February 8, 2013

Joe Clark on political leadership

The Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, former prime minister of Canada, spoke to Political Management students about prime ministerial leadership in Prof. Stephen Azzi's class POLM5905.  To be effective, Mr. Clark argued, a prime minister needs a sense of the country, the capacity to assemble a team of able people and draw out their talents, and some... More

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Federalism: the view from Associate Secretary to Cabinet

Mme Janice Charette, Associate Secretary to Cabinet and Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, joined Prof. Paul Wilson's course Political Management 5002 (Institutions and Governance II) to share her expertise on federalism.  She  discussed with the students how "the business of federalism is deeply engrained in the day to day life of... More

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