Monday May 12, 2008
Ottawa's 'dean of deputy ministers' cherished the ideals of good governance
The period between 1975 and 1992 saw great change in Canada's political landscape. There were more federal elections than most people cared to think about, and a revolving door of political figures that set the minds of voters spinning. Yet during this period of turbulent transition, Arthur Kroeger remained a key player in the Ottawa bureaucracy, a testament to his trustworthiness and his uncanny ability to be parachuted into any ministry and set it to rights.
Former cabinet minister left the world a little greener
A squad of volunteers will fan out around Ottawa today delivering oak saplings to friends and admirers of Carletto (Charles) Caccia, one of the most compelling and persistent politicians to have landed on Parliament Hill in many decades.
DONALD C. MACDONALD
H. Ian Macdonald, former chief economist and deputy treasurer of Ontario, writes about Donald C. MacDonald, whose obituary appeared on April 17.I came to know Donald MacDonald well during my decade as a senior public servant in the government of Ontario. In those days there was a cordial atmosphere among politicians of all parties and members of the public service.
JERRY WALLACE: 79
Jerry Wallace, who shot to fame in the late 1950s with a pair of hit songs, including Primrose Lane, died May 5 of congestive heart failure at his home in Victorville, Calif. He was 79.
LAST WORDS
There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's being off the network.Guy Almes
