Federal Liberals dismiss Jean Brault’s bombshell allegations: Former Quebec wing caucus chair Marcel Proulx says abuses never showed up on the books
Liberal MP Marcel Proulx, former chair of the Quebec caucus, says he’s “not upset” by the shocking alleged abuses detailed by ad executive Jean Brault at the Gomery Inquiry and is more concerned about the reputations it will ruin if they are proven false. “Mr. Brault is making all kinds of allegations,” said Mr. Proulx […]
Senate Chamber and Senate reform
For your information, the Tory Guiding Principles for Senate Reform, affirmed as policy in 2000 and reaffirmed in Edmonton in 2002, were written to conform with the Canadian Constitution and the theory of second chambers as understood in Parliamentary federal states. These principles provide a constitutionally-based standard by which proposals for Senate elections would need […]
Is that really cutting debt? [Even bigger crash lies ahead, but few media reporting it, April 4, 2005]
Regarding Tom Korski’s column, “Even bigger crash lies ahead, but few media reporting it,”(The Hill Times, April 4). It got me to thinking. In the article, he says that per capita debt has doubled since 1982, and that mortgage debt has increased 157 per cent. It would seem that the Liberal Party’s conservative policy of […]
Leblanc leaves Emerson, joins Robillard’s office: And NDP Caucus Services hires a new director of operations Anne McGrath
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Lucienne Robillard who is also responsible for the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development has hired two new political aides for her ministerial political office. They are: press secretary Stephanie Leblanc and policy adviser Luc Desbiens. Minister Robillard’s (Westmount-Ville-Marie, Que.) ministerial office is headed by her long-time chief of staff Yves […]
A wonderful lesson [death of John Paul II]
Today, in reflecting on the death of Pope John Paul II, it dawned on me that in death he has taught me a very great and wonderful lesson – how to die with true dignity and courage. Though I never met or even saw John Paul II in person during the past 26 years, I […]
Same-sex marriage [Distinct definitions, March 28, 2005]
Regarding the letter to the editor,”Distinct definitions,”[on same-sex marriage] (The Hill Times, March 28). Here’s a definition: foreign interference. I find it outrageous that a religious leader in another country could demand that Canadian Sikh MPs vote against a bill in our House of Commons here in Canada. I’m amazed and disappointed that no protest […]
Tories poised to filibuster controversial same-sex bill
The Conservative Party is poised to filibuster the Liberal government’s controversial same-sex legislation this week because it says the government won’t let the special legislative Commons committee established to study the bill to go on the road to hear what ordinary Canadians have to say on the issue.The filibuster could delay passage of the government’s […]
No such thing as gay rights, it’s called human rights [Distinct definitions, March 28, 2005]
Regarding Mahmood Elahi’s letter,”Distinct definitions”(The Hill Times, March 28). I would like to respond. Firstly, I would like to begin by saying that I am still amazed to still be reading letters in several newspapers on the issue of “same-sex marriage”after all this time. It used to annoy me, but now I have to chuckle […]
Why’s Harper so angry?
Stephen Harper’s reaction to the selection of two Progressive Conservative women for the Senate is in one sense expected, but in another surprising. As an anti-federalist who supports the idea that Senators should be elected by provincial governments, Harper’s outrage is not surprising. It is not surprising that he would find the selection of women, […]
A new day dawns for CTV NewsNet: CRTC approves network’s request for new licence
CBC Newsworld’s Politics host Don Newman better look out. CTV NewsNet’s Mike Duffy is about to give him a run for his money, thanks to last week’s CRTC decision to green light the broadcaster’s request to eliminate its rigid 15-minute “newswheel” format 24 hours a day, with very limited exceptions. The speculation is that veteran […]
