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Environmental activist
Elizabeth May has resigned as executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada and is
thinking about running for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada in August. Current
leader Jim Harris has not said whether he will seek re-election. May was named as an
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Former Ontario
NDP premier Bob Rae is expected to announce this week that he will be seeking the
leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. One of his top supporters is reported to
be Eddie Goldenberg, right-hand man to former prime minister Jean Chretien. |
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Justin Trudeau,
the 34-year old son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, has been persuaded to lead a
task force designed to help the Liberal Party renew itself. Trudeau is to head a
"youth task force" as part of a renewal project examining how the party can
rebuild itself in the wake of the recent election defeat, the Ottawa Citizen recently
reported. Although he is not seeking election, Trudeau's move is seen as his entry onto
the political stage. |
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Bishop
Andrew Atagotaaluk, who as the Anglican Bishop of the Arctic, has the largest Anglican
diocese in the world, baptizes one of six infants and toddlers at St. Margaret's Church in
Ottawa March 30. He also delivered the homily in Inuktituk, the language of the
Inuit. Many in the congregation of the tiny church in the Vanier area of the city are
Inuit. |
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An infant appears puzzled as
Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk prepares to baptize her and five other infants and toddlers at
St. Margaret's Church in Ottawa March 30. As the Anglican Bishop of the Arctic,
Atagotaaluk has the largest Anglican diocese in the world. |
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Prime
Minister Stephen Harper has forbidden Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier from
speaking publicly for fear of detracting attention from his government's top priorities,
the Ottawa Sun has reported. The Prime Minister's Office recently told Hillier that his
speaking engagements had to be approved and his speeches would be vetted by Harper's
staff, a top military officer told the newspaper. "They don't want anything to
detract from their five messages or lead to debate or discussion," the unidentified
source said. |
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