Agriculture in Canada needs a framework of prosperity: It also needs flexibility of action, protection of property rights, and a level playing field
[Graph Not Transcribed] It has been said the road to hell is paved with good intentions and though the Liberal government hasn’t paid much attention to paving roads lately, the destination they have in mind for rural Canadians seems to be the same. Struggling with an endless stream of misdirected regulations, excessive taxes and costs, […]
Rookie agriculture minister Speller suspects Canada-U.S. border to open ‘very soon’ to transporting live cattle
Agriculture Minister Bob Speller, who went to Washington, D.C., with the Prime Minister and other Cabinet ministers to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush, told The Hill Times that he believes the Canada-U.S. border will be opened up to transporting live cattle “very soon” and likely before the summer. “Well, the comment period just […]
Promoting, not defending supply management: Supply management’s been under attack in international trade negotiations, but it shouldn’t be
Recently I shocked a group of farmers by telling them: “I’m tired of defending supply management!” As a Member of Parliament often known as “the chicken farmer,” I caused a stir in the room until I quickly added: “No, I want to promote supply management.” Supply management has been under attack in international trade negotiations. […]
AG back before Public Accounts: ‘I think there were some files where a misinterpretation has been created’: Lib MP Dennis Mills
[Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] The Public Accounts Committee is expected to wrap up its hearings on the sponsorship scandal this week and has lined up a number of star witnesses for the occasion, including Auditor General Sheila Fraser’s whose report on the $250-million program is expected to […]
Bio-security protocol breached by humans in avian flu crisis, according to chief veterinarian of CFIA, says NDP’s Proctor
[Graph Not Transcribed] In politics, it’s good to be lucky and lucky to be good. Recently-minted Agriculture Minister Bob Speller has enjoyed some of each. Although the second case of mad cow disease last December was devastating for cattle farmers the timing for the minister — nine days after being sworn into Cabinet — could […]
Official suspects Martin-Chretien feud behind Liddar’s situation: Michele Cadario holds meeting with Sikh representatives on Bhupinder S Liddar
A senior government official says the government should make public the reasons for revoking Bhupinder S. Liddar’s appointment as Canada’s consul general to Chandigarh, India, and if it fails to do so it’s going to be difficult to believe the sensational move is not somehow linked to tensions between Prime Minister Paul Martin and former […]
Ottawa must respect Quebec’s differences in agriculture: If Quebec were a sovereign nation, it wouldn’t have been impacted by U.S. embargo: MP
[Graph Not Transcribed] This is a difficult period for agriculture. The mad cow crisis in Alberta is just the latest in a series of blows that have led to a steady drop in farmers’ incomes. The Farm Product Price Index (FPPI) is lower today than it was eight years ago, while production costs continue to […]
Martin will hang onto his job by the skin of his teeth: In Quebec, sponsorship issue has been in the media so much that people are becoming immune
[Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] QUEBEC CITY–Few people may have noticed, but there were, up until a few days ago, only two Martins with big, big, visible jobs in the federal capital but one of them has been fired. Is the other one about to lose his job too? Well, probably […]
‘Arizona’ Chuck Guite secretly met with Bloc Quebecois MPs before Public Accounts Committee testimony
[Graph Not Transcribed] Arizona Cowboy “Chuck” Guite rode out of the Parliamentary Precinct last week after nailing Prime Minister Paul Martin right between the eyes, just like in the old cowboy movies that played at the old Rialto theatre in Ottawa. But a lot of people on the Hill are wondering if the fix might […]
“Do you think Joe Clark is a ‘traitor’ and will his attack on Stephen Harper have an impact on the coming general election?”
[Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] Leslie Swartman Liberal Strategist “Well, I don’t want to play the old ‘MY former Tory Prime Minister is better than YOUR former Tory Prime Minister’ game but I’ll take Joe Clark in a heartbeat over Brian Mulroney! “Listen, Joe Clark is hardly a […]
