Health minister says work still needs to be done on health care
After striking successful deal, Rock says many health issues still left out, wants to bring associations to the table Federal Health Minister Allan Rock says the health-care deal struck two weeks ago by Canada’s first ministers is extremely important, but believes there’s much more work to do to solve the problems in the country’s health-care […]
US Green Party’s Nader gets no respect, ignored by US media
Anyone turning to major media outlets to hear what Ralph Nader says about issues is generally out of luck “Nader begs expatriates to help him win election,” read the derisive headline in The Ottawa Citizen. The article, which dealt with Ralph Nader’s recent visit to Toronto to promote his U.S. presidential candidacy, focused primarily on […]
Opposition to play up “lame duck” image of PM on the hustings [Fall election and Canadian Alliance]
If the federal Liberals are seriously considering a fall election, one can only hope for their sake that they reconsider. An early campaign could leave the governing party vulnerable on a number of fronts and playing directly into the hands of the Canadian Alliance. Ostensibly, of course, Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day’s party would be […]
Supping with the powerful and the new world leader in politics
The recently-converged Globe and Mail began its new life with a front-page infomercial on a fundraiser in Toronto “next month.” The old Chief Magistrate, now a hustler for Stockwell Day, reported breathlessly, “Executives are genuinely attracted to the Alliance’s position on the flattened (sic) taxes, deregulation of business, and a diminished role for the federal […]
Gagliano working on former Quebec Tories
Quebec Minister Alfonso Gagliano is talking to ‘ex-Tory MPs and candidates’ The governing Grits’ top political minister in Quebec is seeking out alliances with Tories across the province in an effort to defeat the Bloc Quebecois. Public Works Minister Alfonso Gagliano (Saint Leonard- Saint Michel, Que.), who is the Quebec federal political minister responsible for […]
PMO keeps eye on Day [Fall election speculation]
Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day’s arrival to Ottawa has created election fever on Parliament Hill and Liberal strategists say the prime minister could go to the polls in the next week or two. On Parliament Hill, the rumours persisted for an early call, this after some government MPs asked Prime Minister Chretien for a fall […]
Constitutional expert and senator calls for an elected senate
After writing hundreds of articles and several books, Quebec Tory Senator Gerald Beaudoin says it’s time A veteran senator and leading constitutional thinker says it is now time for Canada’s senators to be elected. Quebec Tory Senator Gerald Beaudoin (Rigaud), considered by Parliamentarians to be one of the leading constitutional experts, said last week it’s […]
MPs do the hippy-hippy swap [Shuffling offices]
MPs up, MPs down as they shuffle offices on the Hill That’s some real estate. If office space on Parliament Hill is directly related to where you rate on the political food chain then Tory defector Jim Jones, just got a boost. Mr. Jones (Markham, Ont.) who had been placed in Tory MP Angela Vautour’s […]
McKay says organized crime committee work jeopardized [Last week’s debate may have destroyed witnesses’ trust in MPs]
Ontario federal Liberal MP John McKay says last week’s debate may have destroyed witnesses’ trust in MPs A governing Liberal member of the special House Subcommittee on Organized Crime is warning that last week’s debate on organized crime may have jeopardized the subcommittee’s work. Members of the committee — a subcommittee of the House Justice […]
Should campaign debates be limited to well-established parties: in a campaign consisting primarily of sound-bites and attack ads, voters have a right to an informed vote
Televised debates among candidates for high office are an American invention. The Kennedy-Nixon debate of the 1960 U.S. presidential election was the first such use of the medium. In the current campaign, leading to the election of Nov. 7, it was only on Sept. 15 that an agreement was struck to hold the debates according […]
