CRTC Net regulations are non-sensical
Did you hear the one about the Canadian Radio Telecommunications Commission wanting to regulate the Internet? Unfortunately, it’s no joke. Something’s afoot, too, as it is interesting to note that the hot-button word “Internet” does not appear even once in the public notice, dated July 31, 1998 (www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/NEWS/RELEASES/1998/R980731e.htm) That’s right, “Internet” is not among the […]
Selling the notion of leadership [Hugh Segal in Fredericton]
The long weekend was a glorious holiday weekend in these parts. It was a good weekend for hanging loose, doing nothing, playing a little golf, drinking a little beer, enjoying near-total immersion during the family-value days. This is reward for enduring the month of March. I marked the first Monday of August as the day […]
Internet makes Tory race easier
With the deadline for new entries now passed, members of the Progressive Conservative Party can now get down to the serious business of choosing their next leader from a set list of candidates for the job. With the Internet, that job is easier than before thanks to teamwork by the contenders to make sure even […]
Journalists fail to knock holes in junk science championed by anti-smoking lobby [Second-hand smoke]
In the middle of last week, The Globe and Mail’s pugnacious business columnist Terence Corcoran published another in a series of combative assaults against what he calls “the meddling busybodies in the health lobby.” In particular, Corcoran is incensed by the actions of the anti-tobacco lobby for perpetrating what he calls “the second-hand smoke scare.” […]
Prime minister Chretien flip-flops on MMT
In September, 1996, Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Sergio Marchi, spoke on third reading of Bill C-29, otherwise known as the Manganese-Based Fuel Additive Act. The bill would prohibit the use of the additive MMT in gasoline produced in Canadian refineries. The minister said the additive was a hazard to the public health and to […]
Ontario schools question could land in PM’s lap: Catholic schools issue threatens to bubble over as premier Harris appears determined to forge ahead
The highly controversial Ontario schools question will likely land in the lap of Prime Minister Jean Chr tien and his Ontario federal MPs in the next year, setting off a political time bomb for the 101 Grit MPs in the province. Ontario Education Minister Dave Johnson who was asked about the possible elimination of all […]
[Former Liberal cabinet minister appointed chairman of Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Services]
From politics to trains to health, former federal Liberal cabinet minister Doug Young has added another private sector appointment to his roster. Mr. Young’s appointment as chairman of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service was announced in an advertisement in last Wednesday’s Ottawa Sun. You may recall Mr. Young was appointed a director […]
Question period: should there be an international court to try war crimes?
“It’s important and it should exist. As far as the U.S. is concerned, and the example used that Libya could have gone to the court, they (Libya) would be the complainants and not the court and the court would decide if the complaint is valid. I don’t think the court would make decisions left and […]
Loney appointment pure patronage says Reform critic [Rob Anders]
Former Alberta Liberal MP John Loney was made a temporary member of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board for two years. His appointment is effective next Monday. Mr. Loney, 69, the former MP for Edmonton North from 1993-97, did not run in the last election. Mr. Loney had been a federal Tory MP in Ontario […]
Reformers upbeat about BC politics: Reform strategists now have a window to showcase Liberals’ lack of credibility on children and other social issues
The two main contenders set to capture the hearts of British Columbian voters are the Reform Party and Liberal Party. Fuelled by anti-Mulroney sentiment, Western alienation and a rejection of the status-quo, British Columbians elected 24 Reform MPs to the House of Commons in 1993, subsequently returning them (and increasing their popular vote) in 1997, […]
