Leading off the ministerial good news circuit today is Finance Minister Jim Flaherty holds a media availability at the Paletta Park Mansion in Toronto; although the notice provides no hint as to the hoped-for topic of discussion, it's difficult to see how any such discussion won't be dominated by the debt crisis so rapidly -- and unsettlingly -- unfolding south of the border.
Elsewhere in the region-previously-known-as-battleground-GTA is Human Resources Minister Diane Finley delivers glad tidings to the YMCA of Greater Toronto, and far from the madding metropolitan crowd, Kitchener-Waterloo Conservative MP Peter Braid makes "an important" -- and, according to the advisory, Canada's Economic Action! Plan-related, suggesting reports of its passing may have been exaggerated -- announcement" on local tourism infrastructure at the Woodside National Historic Site.
Meanwhile, Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement continues to crisscross Northern Ontario serving as proxy for cabinet colleagues who actually have money to dole out to grateful locals. On his itinerary for today: the Massey Area Museum, which will provide the backdrop for an announcement on "arts, culture and official languages," courtesy of Canadian Heritage Minster James Moore, as well as whistlestop appearances in Espanola and Little Current, where Clement will transform into FedNor Supremo to reveal new support for "key" business and tourism development projects.
Leading off the ministerial good news circuit today is Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
holds a media availability at the Paletta Park Mansion in Toronto;
although the notice provides no hint as to the hoped-for topic of
discussion, it's difficult to see how any such discussion won't be
dominated by the debt crisis so rapidly -- and unsettlingly -- unfolding
south of the border.
Elsewhere in the region-previously-known-as-battleground-GTA is Human
Resources Minister Diane Finley delivers glad tidings to the YMCA of
Greater Toronto, and far from the madding metropolitan crowd,
Kitchener-Waterloo Conservative MP Peter Braid makes "an important" --
and, according to the advisory, Canada's Economic Action! Plan-related,
suggesting reports of its passing may have been exaggerated --
announcement" on local tourism infrastructure at the Woodside National
Historic Site.
Meanwhile, Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement continues to crisscross
Northern Ontario serving as proxy for cabinet colleagues who actually
have money to dole out to grateful locals. On his itinerary for today:
the Massey Area Museum, which will provide the backdrop for an
announcement on "arts, culture and official languages," courtesy of
Canadian Heritage Minster James Moore, as well as whistlestop
appearances in Espanola and Little Current, where Clement will transform
into FedNor Supremo to reveal new support for "key" business and tourism
development projects.
Not quite as far Distinctly to the north and one province over, Defence Minister Peter MacKay takes what appears to be a cross-country
funding-sprinkling tour to the 17 Wing Winnipeg Officers Mess.
Moving to Quebec, Transport Minister Denis Lebel will "officially
inaugurate the new facilities of the Peribonka municipal campground,"
which may or may not involve roasting a symbolic marshmallow, and newly
minted Minister of State for Sport Bal Gosal joins former former
Conservative Senator Larry Smith for an announcement on the 2011 Nations
Cup Swim Meet in Pointe-Claire.
Revenue Minister Gail Shea celebrates "an official opening" of the Bottle Houses in Cap-Egmont.
Also out in about in Atlantic Canada, although most emphatically not on
the PMO-approved circuit, New Brunswick Liberal Senator Pierrette
Ringuette will host a "public meeting" in Drummond to provide a "factual
update" on the status of New Brunswick farmer Hank Tepper, who has been
detained without charges in Lebanon since earlier this year.
For all the latest news, keep an eye on the CBC Inside Politics Liveblog/Ticker Central.
Finally, in what will no doubt be a sombre event, the prime minister will make his
first public appearance since mid-July later this morning when he,
alongside Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, pays a visit to the Norwegian
embassy to offer condolences over last week's massacre.
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