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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (2560)	5/2/2003 11:36:38 AM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37227

Handshake photo irks staff of PM's wife. ( I guess this should be considered the kick-off to the new face of the Post.HAR! ) Aline Chrétien meets Playboy bunny at dinner Joseph Brean National Post, with files from The Canadian Press Friday, May 02, 2003 CREDIT: Carlo Allegri/National Post Aline Chretien meets Tailor James the current Miss June in Playboy on the newstands this month. They met at a childrens awards dinner in Toronto. Aides for Aline Chrétien were furious last night after the Prime Minister's wife was photographed shaking the hand of a Playboy model at a charity function. Mme. Chrétien came to the Liberty Grand ballroom on Toronto's Exhibition grounds to receive an award for promoting the arts among young people, and the SARS crisis allowed for a gracious show of solidarity with Torontonians. As Mme. Chrétien mingled in the lobby, theatre impresario Gino Empry approached to introduce 22-year-old Tailor James of Mississauga, who appears in Playboy magazine this month as Miss June. They shook hands, smiled and chatted briefly. The encounter was short and the pleasantries exchanged were innocuous, but the presence of photographers angered Mme. Chrétien's handlers, one of whom threatened to curtail her future appearances at charity events if the photos were printed. Steven Hogue, Mme. Chrétien's deputy communications director, made cellphone calls through much of her speech, trying to contain what he described as a brewing public relations crisis. "It's unfortunate," he said. "She came here for a good cause.... It does not encourage her to do more events like this." Mme. Chrétien's sympathetic visit to Toronto included visits to an art gallery, lunch and shopping. "She was very proper," said Ms. James. Alongside the Playboy model for the introduction was Ms. James' dinner companion, Nikki Pezaro, a self-professed psychic who provides clairvoyant services to celebrities. She goes by the name "Nikki, Psychic to the Stars" and claims to have predicted the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Both said they were impressed with Mme. Chrétien's demure manner. "I think Aline is going to Switzerland for humanitarian work," Nikki predicted after meeting Mme. Chrétien. "And I feel like the Prime Minister will become a much better golfer." As she accepted her award, the Prime Minister's wife had kind words for Toronto, a city struggling under the lasting effects of a World Health Organization travel advisory. "I know I am not alone in feeling connected to Toronto during this difficult time," she said. Earlier, she spent a "wonderful" day looking at the Krieghoff paintings in the Ken Thomson collection, many of which were painted near the Chrétien home in Shawinigan, Que., then lunched in Yorkville and did some shopping. She also praised the efforts of the DAREarts Foundation, which teaches creative expression to inner-city youth and presented her with the award last night. "I know first-hand the pleasure that the arts can bring to one's life," she said, noting her love of the piano and Mr. Chrétien's trombone playing. About 200 members of the political and business community, including Lieutenant-Governor James Bartleman and mayoral candidate John Tory, attended the event. Inner-city teenaged graduates of the DAREarts program were also honoured during the dinner. Mme. Chrétien had praise for the work done by DAREarts to "enrich the lives of our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. "Not only do [the children] benefit directly from this program, they then go back to their classrooms as leaders to their friends." © CopyRight-Wing-Nut 2003 National Post heh heh heh

To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (2560)	5/2/2003 2:50:29 PM
From: Stephen O	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37227

Weii I'm for one am very pleased the Post is going to be around for another 3 years at least and the right wing slant of the columnists will continue. You have to have a paper to go against the lefty, liberal Grope and Flail.

To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (2560)	5/8/2003 9:10:26 PM
From: seismic_guru	Respond to of 37227

"and its columnists and small 'c' conservative stance will be maintained." small 'c'? Makes you wonder if Asper has ever even read the paper....its big neo-'C' all the way baby........lol.

To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (2560)	5/8/2003 11:14:48 PM
From: Ally	Respond to of 37227

What a joke the Aspers running National Post! After paying a handsome sum to Conrad "Lord" (only in London, England) Black, first thing Aspers did were to strip out tons of contents and features from the National Post (even the weekend tv guide) so much so, readers were furious and they cancel their subscriptions. They had to put all the contents back, plus a sweetheart promotion of $12/month to bring me back as a subscriber. Next, the Aspers apparently fiddle with the independence of their columnists, wanting them to hold a certain point of view (like the one of Diane Francis). Columnists complained... and many left.. Now, they fired the top managers who built the Post to a National newspaper. They replaced the original managers with someone (journalism professor) who has never managed a newspaper before... obviously someone who will toe the Asper's point of views. I give the post less than 3 years before the Aspers will sell the paper off. No big loss for us readers. The post will go back to being a tabloid focus on financial reporting. Back to the good old days before Lord Black had the urge to compete with the Globe and Mail, before he gave up Canada when he couldn't get lordship title here. And the circle goes round and round. BTW, if you had bought ITW when I suggested that it was well undervalued at $15.... you can smile ;-) We're here to praise the Post, not to bury it,' Leonard Asper tells paper's staff Barbara Shecter National Post Friday, May 02, 2003 CREDIT: Yvonne Berg, National Post Matthew Fraser, a columnist for the National Post since its launch and a professor at Ryerson University, has been named editor-in-chief.