Missing Newsworld’s Politics
Re: “House is back, but Newman and Lessard won’t be on the air,”(The Hill Times, Sept. 26). I think that it is terrible that we won’t be able to watch Politics because of the CBC lockout; it’s one of my favourite shows on Newsworld. Judi Johnny Whitehorse,Yukon Re: “House is back, but Newman and Lessard […]
How the word ‘mistake’ gets overused by newsmakers
‘Mistake’ once described some harmlessly annoying act of inattentiveness, like sitting on your sunglasses. Now it covers offences once categorized as sins or felonies. It’s a media-friendly noun made of rubber,”mistake.” No word in the English language has such flexibility. “Mistake”once described some harmlessly annoying act of inattentiveness, like sitting on your sunglasses. Now it […]
PM should step in for CBC
Re: “House is back, but Newman and Lessard won’t be on the air,”(The Hill Times, Sept. 26). I’ve heard these cleverboots trying to replace the CBC workers. I’ve heard management types say “hunnert”for “hundred,”and “pitcher”for “picture,”which told me all I needed to know about their standards of education. When I heard them refer to Smokey […]
Boot the Liberals out
Re: “Commons legislative agenda to be dominated by election call,”(The Hill Times). It isn’t just the official opposition members who want this corrupt Liberal government defeated. It’s every Canadian who has an ounce of honour, integrity and ethics. I have had American and British friends email me articles written in their newspapers about how corrupt […]
Why so much suffering in Iraq?
I am puzzled; there was far too much death and suffering when the Twin Towers were hit on 9/11; there was, and is, far too much suffering because of the hurricanes. Why then all that added suffering and death of Iraq? Stan Penner Landmark, Man. I am puzzled; there was far too much death and […]
Coffin’s light sentence
As a result of the lenient sentence handed down to Paul Coffin, it sure begs the following question: How many wrong messages did the judge send in sparing him from jail for defrauding Canadian taxpayers of more than $1.5-million? So let me get this straight. According to the results of the trial, I should be […]
Union was outmanoeuvered
Re: “House is back, but Newman and Lessard won’t be on the air,”(The Hill Times, Sept. 26).The union voted overwhelmingly, 87.3 per cent, in support of strike action on July 19. A work stoppage was clearly inevitable. Management simply outmanoeuvered the union on timing. This is our sacred collective bargaining system, working as designed! Pav […]
Progressive candidate’s pitch
Critics charge that Progressive Conservative MLA John Loewen is being opportunistic by jumping from the Conservatives to the Liberals. The truth is no one can say for certain whether his defection, which does entail considerable risk, is due to his conscience, opportunism, or a bit of both. What can be said for certain is that […]
The 35 hottest issues, tickets, bills and events to watch this fall in federal politics
1. Governor General’s swearing in ceremony After speculation that the CBC lock out would hinder Michaelle Jean’s swearing in ceremony as the 27th Governor General, it looks as though everything will go off without a hitch, Sept. 27. 2. Justice John Gomery’s report on the Sponsorship Scandal After 131 days of testimony from 183 witnesses, […]
Canada looks at expanding cooperation under NORAD: Graham: Defence Minister Bill Graham won’t rule out Canada could be in Afghanistan for another decade
Canada’s peacekeeping role is changing, Canada is looking at expanding its cooperation under NORAD and Canadian Forces are being “re-equipped, reorganized and transformed” to defend Canada and North America from future terrorist attacks, says Defence Minister Bill Graham. Mr. Graham (Toronto Centre, Ont.) said the Canadian Forces will be transformed “to deal with any threat […]
