Archive 1997-2016
Perry Tsergas is feeling lighter these days. The Parliament Hill staffer lost 30 pounds this summer: a result of his vacation from politics and some time away from the unhealthy diet of a politico.
Re: Street youth “make downtown underpass unsafe,” Nov. 23
I take great offence in the suggestion that, we, the youth of downtown Ottawa make the city unsafe.
We all, for the most part, are struggling and poor. We live in single rooms or tiny apartments. We like to talk to each other and spend time with each other. The spot under the Terry Fox bridge is a popular gathering place because it is a central location that most of us live blocks from, if not under.
The recent release of video of Robert Dziekanski’s death after being tasered by RCMP at a Vancouver airport has stacked yet another scandal on an institution already faltering in the public eye.
Ottawa has once again been seized by a spectre – a spectre of a public inquiry. After nearly 20 years, Canadians might finally get some answers in the Airbus affair. Meanwhile, the parliamentary press gallery cannot contain themselves, relieved that something new is haunting Ottawa, aside from Stéphane Dion’s leadership woes.