ANNOUNCEMENT [Ivan G Whitehall]
Ivan G. Whitehall, Q.C. Heenan Blaikie LLP is pleased to announce that Ivan G. Whitehall has joined the Ottawa office of the firm, where his exceptional experience blends in beautifully with the strength of our Litigation Group. Mr. Whitehall was the Chief General Counsel of the Canadian Department of Justice from 1989 to 2003. He […]
Liberals unfreeze nominations, poised for election call: ‘We’ve informed our campaign chairs that they should start nominations this week’: Steven MacKinnon
Federal Liberals lifted the freeze on nomination meetings in unheld ridings last week. Nomination contests will start across the country as early as this week, says Steven MacKinnon, national director of the Liberal Party. “We have informed our campaign chairs in the provinces that they can and should start nomination [meetings] this week,” Mr. MacKinnon […]
[Announcement] [Robert Silver]
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Silver has joined our Energy Markets & Infrastructure Group as Counsel. Robert specializes in the commercial, regulatory and public policy components of electricity, natural gas and infrastructure revitalization. BLG advises a wide range of electricity and natural gas clients undertaking generation, transmission and distribution projects […]
Too late to prosecute sponsorship allegations: Chief Electoral Officer Kingsley: ‘We’ve heard nothing that would allow us to intervene,’ says Chief Electoral Officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley
Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Jean- Pierre Kingsley says it’s too late to take action against the many allegations coming out of the Gomery Inquiry about Liberal Party workers and ad executives violating the Canada Elections Act because, to date, all of them happened beyond the 18-month timeframe for prosecution set out in the old election […]
Renovating our own Peace Tower: Resetting the time on the clock to 2 p.m., Members’ Statements
A Canadian icon, the Peace Tower, was completed in 1922, after it was destroyed in the infamous fire in Centre Block in 1916. In 1996, it was restored. For The Hill Times, the stylized Peace Tower has been a part of our logo, beginning with the very first issue on Oct. 5,1989. It has also […]
Autism and grotesque portrayals of autistics, grandstanding [MPs and Senators helping, April 11, 2005]
Regarding “MPs and Senators helping,” (The Hill Times, April 11, 2005) letter from Leah Bortolotti. Ms. Bortolotti’s letter exemplifies how autism issues are discussed in Canada. Autistics who question the status quo are assumed to be ignorant of “real” autism, and of the relevant science. Essential autistic characteristics and abilities are assumed to be incompatible […]
MPs worried they won’t have enough money to run
MPs from all parties say they are worried about their sparse war chests as a possible spring election draws closer, and are also in a panic because they still haven’t received their final refunds from Elections Canada for election expenses incurred during the last federal campaign a year ago that hobbled the Liberals to minority […]
National sport to kick Liberals
The sponsorship inquiry revelations have created a national sport out of kicking the Liberal Party of Canada. I know many Liberals and I believe most Liberals to be kind-hearted people who sincerely want nothing but the best for Canadians. Mind you these people are in general not politicians. Unfortunately there are a number of Liberals […]
Canada should stay aligned with La Francophonie: HT reader
In our foreign policy, Canada would do well to forget North America except as a piece of global real estate and to strengthen old ties with our friends in La Francophonie and in the Commonwealth – friends who speak our languages, whose values we share and whose outlook is informed by centuries of coping in […]
West Block move on hold
The government has changed its mind about moving MPs, political staffers and House workers out of the crumbling and asbestos-laden West Block by the end of the year, even after two more MPs recently took the initiative to move out of the historic building which is partially covered with massive scaffolding and hoarding. NDP MPs […]
