Welcome to the world of Alberta politics on the national stage. As I wrote here this is the era of Cone of Silence politics when it comes to our paranoid secretive PM. Once a backroom boy always a backroom boy.
Wed, February 15, 2006PM mum on meeting
Details of visit with Quebec premier under wrapsOTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper's staff are treating his first meeting with a provincial premier like a state secret -- even keeping the location under tight wraps.
Harper will meet today with Quebec Premier Jean Charest at noon and his aides have advised that no pictures of the meeting will be allowed.
The traditional public comments usually made by heads of government after they meet in Ottawa have also been cancelled.
An official in the PMO told Sun Media that in an effort to bring a tone of seriousness to his discussions, Harper will not make himself available to the media unless he has something to announce.
An official in the PMO told Sun Media that in an effort to bring a tone of seriousness to his discussions, Harper will not make himself available to the media unless he has something to announce.
The official pointed out that there's no need for a picture of the duo since there will be no announcements made after Charest and Harper's tete-a-tete.
"This prime minister will take the mic and say something when he has something to say, something to announce, something concrete," said the official.
"Not everything is a photo-op."
Opps then I wonder how that official can explain this......
And then it gets better..... our new PM has nothing to say because.......
"He's a person who listens a lot," Charest told a news conference.
And he can hold private meetings without public knowledge of what was said 'cause well this guy did........
William Stairs, Harper's director of communications, defended the meeting. He argued that other PMs, notably Chretien, have held private meetings with premiers.
Oh dear now the PMO is using the Liberals, those morally bankrupt Liberals, who had no right to govern, especially the "Friendly Dictator" as an excuse to do the same.......Its not power that corrupts in Ottawa it's the PMO....
Why has Stephen Harper stayed out of sight?Harper gives new meaning to being a back-door man.
Setting up shop 'a formidable task,' aide says of PM's lack of public actionOTTAWA -- Stephen Harper will re-enter the public realm this afternoon to offer a few patriotic words about Flag Day before returning to the prime ministerial bunker and his preferred task of shaping government.
In more than a week since his controversial cabinet took the oath of office, Mr. Harper has made few forays into the world of cameras and digital recorders.
Mr. Harper, who attended a Flag Day ceremony on Parliament Hill yesterday, ducked out a back door to avoid questions from the media. Before his exit, a television reporter asked him about Mr. Martin's comments on Mr. Emerson. "You know my answer," Mr. Harper said. "Mr. Emerson will make a great contribution."
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2 comments:
Your picture of the cone of silence is all wrong. I have the correct picture over at my blog... lol
Great version
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