Critics say appointment “Good” but still want political initiatives [Deputy minister appointed]
A blast from the past will be upon the beleaguered Environment Canada as Parliament resumes sitting on Sept. 21, when Leonard Good takes the reigns as deputy minister. While his appointment is seen as a positive one for the department, critics say he can only do so much without initiatives on the political side of […]
Grit women MPs twist over multi-billion dollar pay equity decision
The landmark Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling on pay equity was a hot topic at the women’s caucus meeting last week. The most recent pay equity ruling decision, which could put the government on the hook for billions of dollars, would offer public service workers a far more generous settlement than Treasury Board President Marcel […]
Clinton’s sexcapades fair game for media
“Even presidents have private lives.” U.S. President Bill Clinton, Aug. 17, 1998 Within limits, yes. But Clinton’s private life became public business when he was using his public position — not to mention the sacred Oval office itself — to mess around with a young intern and then, when confronted with the allegations, to flatly […]
Caucus meeting avoids trouble spots: PM’s remarks on third term only excitment, say MPs
As government MPs headed home from the Liberal caucus meeting in Shawnigan, Quebec last week, reactions ranged from quiet confidence to a shrug that the whole caucus meeting was a waste of time. One Ontario MP described it as a normal meeting of MPs belonging to a party in government “that knows it’s going to […]
[Digital Policy Page]
By day, David Clarke (dclarke@storm.ca) is a communications consultant in Ottawa. But his after-work passion is a new website entitled The Digital Policy Page (www.storm.ca/~dclarke/ecom.htm). The idea for the site flowed from an article he was writing about e-banking in the context of the upcoming Ottawa OECD E-Commerce Ministerial meeting (www.ottawaoecdconference.org). Clarke says that he […]
It’s about privacy, stupid [Clinton’s privacy, not his sex life, is the issue: Monica Lewinsky investigation]
C.S. Lewis, in his essay on Prudery and Philology, remarks upon a peculiar “arbitrary discrimination” which allowed the artist to draw the naked human body and “omit nothing that the eye can see,” while it has been far less permissible to render a detailed description of the same subject in words. Lewis invites the reader […]
CJC lobbies for Holocaust museum
Washington trip in the works…The Canadian Jewish Congress has not given up on a national Holocaust museum in Ottawa. The congress plans to take several members of Parliament to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., in an effort to push the government to open a Holocaust museum in Ottawa. Who’s going and when will […]
Grits and Reform opened up coffers for byelection [Port Moody-Coquitlam]
Money is no object…The Liberals spent $65,754 to score an upset win in the the Reform-held B.C riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam during last spring’s by election. According to document filed with Elections Canada, Liberal MP Lou Secora raised $73,456 for the campaign, giving him a warchest that rivals some of the Liberals top fundraising MPs. […]
[Rae co-chair of committee organizing an international conference on federalism]
And last Tuesday, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister St phane Dion named former NDP premier of Ontario Bob Rae and former premier of the state of Hamburg, Germany Henning Voscherau co-chairs of a committee organizing an international conference on federalism. The International Advisory Committee is planning a conference to bring together elected officials, public servants and academics […]
[Vice-chair position deadline August 31: Canada Industrial Relations Board]
The deadline is also quickly approaching for would-be vice-chairpersons of the Canada Industrial Relations Board — Aug. 31. The board replaces the Canada Labor Relations Board and is expected to be running full-tilt some time this fall, probably between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. While the current members of the existing board are welcome to apply […]
