Electorate has little interest in policy inspired by prophecy
It is a sort of dog-bitesman story when the executive director of Canada’s most corpulent right-wing lobby group — the dear Fraser Institute — writes in my morning paper (national edition) to advise the NDP on how to succeed in politics without really trying. [Graph Not Transcribed] According to Michael Walker, who has only recently […]
Senate committees: not just for party folk anymore
[Graph Not Transcribed] So if you’re an Independent, do you have to whip yourself?… Word from the Upper Chamber has it that Independent senators could soon be allowed on committees. That hasn’t happened since the great beer man Hartland Molson sat on a temporary National Defence Committee in 1989. But the numbers are getting tight […]
Canada needs “stable, sound, efficient” financial services sector
[Graph Not Transcribed] Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilacqua, chair of the well-regarded Commons Finance Committee, says the new Financial Services legislation, which died on the Order Paper in the last Parliament, will be a top priority for his government. And he had a lot more to say about the highly-anticipated bill in an interview with Angelo […]
House doesn’t need more free votes, it needs open discussion
It’s the most exclusive club in the country, and only 301 Canadian citizens can join it. It is so exclusive that the members don’t pay a membership. We, the taxpayers, pay for them to join and to serve. We all know how they get there, but how they serve is the complicated part. There are […]
Day gets smear job by media and liberal establishments
Last Monday, The National Post carried a column from Washington Post writer Charles Krauthammer about an unpleasant reality in American politics: “the notion that highly religious people are unfit for high office because they confuse theology with politics and recognize no boundary between church and state.” Krauthammer, of course, was talking about the deeply ingrained […]
Harris could lose two of his ministers
Ontario Premier Mike Harris, whom some would like to see as the next leader of the Canadian Alliance, could lose two of his cabinet ministers this week. Sources told The Hill Times that Al Palladini, minister of Economic Development and Trade, will step down Monday and there are also rumours that Ernie Eves, the provincial […]
Challenging times lay ahead for the financial services industry
The financial services industry plays a vital role in the Canadian economy and has a direct and indirect impact on all Canadians. The nature of the sector requires some degree of formal overview with the primary purposes of consumer protection and economic stability. The purview of this sector is a shared federal-provincial affair. More competition, […]
What we Canadians need are better banks, not bigger banks
A busive and unaccountable financial institutions cause serious problems for many Canadians, businesses and communities daily, problems the previous Liberal government failed to solve before calling the early fall election. The massive and much-delayed reform Bill C-38 was, like many other important bills, derailed by the election. Bill C-38 contained some measures to address Canadians’ […]
Martin’s tax plan not enough to prevent a downturn in economy
Finance Minister Paul Martin said recently that he is confident his five-year tax plan announced in last October’s mini-budget would be enough to prevent our economy from slipping in spite of talks of a recession south of the boarder. U.S. President George W. Bush stated early in the new year that the United States is […]
Central bank should assess its policy on the Canadian dollar
The transition taking place in the Bank of Canada, because of the resignation of Governor Gordon Thiessen, gives the Central Bank an opportunity to assess its policy on the state of the Canadian dollar. The present board and governor seemed to focus on inflation to the detriment of examining other policy issues that affect the […]
