Cabinet shuffle: Tobin leaves. (Updates).Ottawa--The most prominent Liberal to leave the Chretien cabinet in the shuffle of January 16, 2002, was Newfoundland's Brian Tobin Brian Vincent Tobin, PC (born October 21, 1954) is a Canadian politician. Tobin was born in in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He studied political science at Memorial University in St. John's. . Interestingly, the Globe & Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. all reprinted the photo of Tobin, then Newfoundland's Premier, genuflecting (as a joke) before Prime Minister Jean Chretien in 1998. The occasion was the removal of the constitutional guarantee for the Island's denominational de·nom·i·na·tion n. 1. A large group of religious congregations united under a common faith and name and organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy. 2. , mostly Catholic, school system, which the three papers did not mention in their January editions. Catholic Insight printed the photo in April 1998 ("Newfoundland Newfoundland, breed of dog Newfoundland, breed of massive, powerful working dog developed in Newfoundland, probably in the 17th cent., and later perfected in England. It stands from 25 to 28 in. (63.5–71. Catholics--what's wrong." pp. 8-10) precisely to indicate the abject surrender of the common good by Catholic politicians such as Tobin. |
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