Gary Doer News

It's time for opposition brinksmanship in Ottawa; time for real drama to highlight Parliament's degradation.

Even veteran newspaper columnists. Which is how I came to be at the legislative building this week, on the same day Gary Doer watched the unveiling of his portrait.

Doer, who is now Canada's ambassador to the United States, joked about a chipped tooth - the result of a hockey injury - that is not visible in the painting.

Former premier Gary Doer will be back at the legislature this morning to see his official portrait unveiled at 10 a.m. We want you to tell us what you think of our articles.

It's probably one of the worst-kept secrets in political circles that relations between Manitoba's NDP government and Ottawa's federal Conservative government have soured considerably.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff Gary Doer, ambassador of Canada to the United States of America and former premier of Manitoba speaks at the Perspectives Canada in the World speakers series at Red Deer College on Tuesday.

Peter Lougheed, who muscled Alberta onto centre stage in this country in the 1970s and 80s, won by a landslide in a national search for Canada's best premier, while Ontario's Bill Davis came in second.