Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada speaks up on new Copyright Act, says it’s standing up for students
The educational community’s proposed amendment to the Copyright Act to address the educational use of “publicly available” internet materials has never included a demand that everything that can exist in digital form should automatically be available for educational purposes without permission or payment. In his opinion piece on Oct. 3 in The Hill Times, Christopher […]
Book Launch of Busboy: From Kitchen to Cabinet
If you’ve never heard seasoned Liberal MP Don Boudria’s busbuy story, then you’ve been living in a dark cave for a very long time. The former government House leader who has penned his autobiography entitled Busboy: From Kitchen to Cabinet will launch his book on Monday Oct. 31 at 3:30 p.m. in the Reading Room, […]
Conservatives threaten to defeat Liberals even if it means a cold Christmas federal election
Conservatives aren’t ruling out defeating the government late next month, in the seemingly neverending game of political chicken on Parliament Hill. The Conservative Party isn’t ruling out defeating the government, even if it means an election near Christmas, says Conservative House Leader Jay Hill,in the seemingly never-ending game of political chicken on Parliament Hill. “If […]
‘Everything on the Hill is being spun, nothing is said that’s not deliberate,’ says new Parliament Hill Global TV scribe
Global TV’s Hill reporter Ben O’Hara- Byrne, who started reporting on federal politics six months ago, says when he files his stories he tries to demonstrate how federal laws or political issues will affect the everyday lives of Canadians in order to keep people interested in the world of federal politics and he sees this […]
Lobbyists and contingency fees: is the ban naive, over simplistic and just plain dumb? Many lobbyists and lobby experts say it’s so
Some lobbyists and experts say the ban on lobbyists receiving contingency fees for work on government contracts forces the whole issue underground. The controversy over contingency fees allegedly received by former Public Works Minister David Dingwall during his post-Parliamentary career as a lobbyist continued to consume the Commons last week, both in Question Period and […]
Harper’s OLO has more Quebec advisers than PM Martin’s PMO
The Conservatives have nine top Quebec advisers working in the OLO, which is more than the PMO. Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper’s Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition has more Quebec advisers than Prime Minister Paul Martin has working in the Prime Minister’s Office. The OLO confirmed it has nine top Quebec advisers. […]
Recent government appointments
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Irwin Cotler made appointments on Oct. 11 to the Advisory Committee that, as part of the new Supreme Court of Canada appointments process, will assess candidates to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice John C. Major, effective Dec. 25, 2005.The Advisory Committee includes a Member […]
Opposition parties could still defeat government on or after Nov. 14 and PM Martin could set longer 36-day campaign
The sponsorship scandal was the salient issue in the 2004 election. It’s up to the opposition parties to make it the salient issue of Election 2006. It’s a big political mistake to rule out that the opposition parties won’t defeat the government in the week of Nov. 14 or after because it’s the prerogative of […]
LETTERS
Libs hurt Canada’s credibility Re: “The thin line that separates public policy and politics,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 10). I was disappointed to read the column by James Travers questioning the Liberal government’s motives for increased immigration and better trade relations with India. It seems that Paul Martin and his Cabinet never see a policy […]
Bill C-24 to bring ‘more substantive changes to party system than ever contemplated’: LeDrew
The new Campaign and Financing Bill will drive donations underground, will do nothing but breed cynicism and “will bring about more substantive changes to the party system than anyone ever contemplated,”says the former president of the federal Liberal Party of Canada, who also once called the legislation as “dumb as a bag of hammers.” Stephen […]
