Grit caucas election turns into three-way race: MPs say caucus race has strong federal leadership undertones
The campaign for the national Liberal caucus leadership is turning into a three-way race with some strong undertones for the upcoming federal Liberal leadership. Government backbench MPs say the caucus chair race is breaking down along federal leadership race lines. Many government MPs, who did not want to be identified, told The Hill Times that […]
Freedom of the press belongs to who owns you
It has often been repeated that freedom of the press belongs first and foremost to the person who owns the press. While this is a somewhat cynical and simplistic view of the day-to-day operation of newspapers, when push comes to shove it’s true: the owner has every right to take whatever editorial stance he wishes […]
MPs take crusade to Price Club [Stores circulating petition on abolition of unelected Senate]
The two MPs crusading to abolish the Senate have taken their cross-country campaign to the land of litre tubs of mayonnaise and foot-high cans of tuna, the massive Price Club discount warehouse stores. Liberal MP Roger Gallaway (Sarnia, Ont.) and NDP MP Lorne Nystrom (Qu’Appelle, Sask.) are publicizing their campaign in the stores. The store, […]
Health Canada stonewalls Senate agriculture committee
When secret government documents were publicly released two weeks ago suggesting that far more research is needed before Canadian farmers are allowed to inject their cows with a controversial genetically engineered hormone that boosts milk production, behind the document search was a senator’s assisant. Barbara Robson, a former journalist who used to work in the […]
Premier Bouchard still in precarious position [after the summer]
Election rumors circulating in the capital of Quebec these days must certainly be attached to a bungy cord. They bounce all over the place and they feel like they can be stretched any which way. One day, depending on what signs you chose to take seriously, all indications are that an election call will be […]
Why Ramsay hired Bodnar: former Liberal MP Morris Bodnar considered one of best Saskatchewan defence lawyers [Pelican Narrows Indian Reserve case]
When Reform Party MP Jack Ramsay was charged with sexual assault and attempted sexual assault earlier this month, he hired one of the best defence lawyers in Saskatchewan, former Liberal MP and political rival Morris Bodnar, to come to his rescue. On Aug. 27, the day before being charged, Mr. Ramsay (Crowfoot, Alta.), 61, his […]
Robinson pushes Axworthy on APEC [House foreign affairs committee]
A veteran NDP human rights protester plans to push the House to investigate the PMO’s controversial role in the RCMP manhandling of protesters at last year’s APEC meeting in British Columbia. NDP MP Svend Robinson (Burnaby-Douglas, B.C.), who has made it a habit of putting the government on the spot on human rights issues, challenging […]
Taking hold of the future [Special advertising supplement]
There is one issue that northerners and everyone associated with Nunavut agrees on. The success of Nunavut will depend on the opportunities it generates for its 27,000 residents, Inuit and non Inuit, and their ability to come to terms with the social and economic problems that have been a consistent reality in the region. Traditionally […]
Reformer’s riding wants Anderson to apologize to MP: Ted White stripped of direct democracy critic position [Includes list of members and their pension status]
Reform Party MP Ted White’s riding association has fired off a letter to senior Reform strategist Rick Anderson, demanding an explanation for his statement to a reporter last month that the MP “has not been a guy who’s made much of a contribution” to the caucus. Mr. White’s riding association president Linda Taunton told The […]
The road to Nunavut [Special advertising supplement]
Traditionally territories have been created as part of a process of settlement and colonization. That was certainly the case when the Northwest Territories was purchased from the Hudson Bay Company in 1870. Gradually, out of the massive region that stretched from the Great Lakes to the Pacific, and to the North Pole, the northern boundaries […]
