Pollsters caution against snap election based on Gomery: Party standings expected to change in wake of explosive Gomery testimony; Liberals to take a hit
Pollsters agree. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper was wise to put a lid on talk of a snap election. Canadians don’t want to go to the polls again, less than 12 months since the last campaign. And the numbers aren’t quite there for the fledgling Conservative Party. At least not yet, despite the political storm caused […]
CORRECTION [Hill lobbyists not required to be ethical, April 4-10, 2005]
Last week’s story, “Hill lobbyists not required to be ethical” (The Hill Times, April 4-10) misspelled Nicole Foster Woollatt’s name. We apologize for the error. L
Autistics have human dignity
Regarding the recent coverage of the lobbying behind the autism issue in The Hill Times, missing from all these portrayals of autistics as horrible, catastrophic, destructive of families and of the economy and so on, are the voices of autistic people. I was the only autistic voice in Auton. I opposed both sides. Neither the […]
Good work, The Hill Times [The emperor has no clothes, March 21, 2005]
I thoroughly enjoy reading your paper online, particularly the opinion articles. As a yearly visitor to Eganville, Ont., I am very interested in Canadian views and agree with a lot of them. I really liked the March 21 op-ed, “The emperor has no clothes. “Many of us feel the same. Allan Hobbs Dallas, Pennsylvania I […]
Risk sharing partnerships are not ‘corporate welfare’: Simplistic labels put Canada’s economic future at risk
In his article “Getting Bombardier off welfare,” Aaron Freeman offered his free advice to Hill Times readers. You get what you pay for. Most Canadians recognize that a global economy has emerged, with global corporations, supply chains and products. Within this global economy, Canada is a major player in the production of transportation equipment – […]
Liberal, Tory party national caucus chairs to get $10,100 allowance: Parliamentarians in top three per cent of income earners
Liberal National Caucus Chair Andy Savoy and Conservative National Caucus Chair Norman Doyle are both in line for a $10,100 pay hike, thanks to what some see as a controversial amendment passed quietly in the Commons before the Easter break that includes a range of new allowances for MPs and Senators. The chair of the […]
Parliament to be seized with issue of residential schools: Fatally-flawed process of compensating thousands of native students over 150 years
If they stop worrying about the next election for a couple of minutes, federal Liberals could seize an unusually promising moment to make amends for a mistake that ruined thousands of lives and now stalks the nation’s conscience. Fresh from an Easter break, Parliament will be seized this week with the issue of Indian residential […]
Liberal MPs don’t want election, but preparing anyway
The vast majority of governing Liberal MPs don’t want a spring election, but insiders in the Prime Minister’s Office are convinced the Gomery Inquiry’s fall report will destroy the governing Libs and see the spring as their best chance at a run, say Liberals. “The vast majority don’t want it.The incentive to go early is […]
What the spinners say about budget implementation bill and a spring election: Politics
“Let’s have a look and see how the world unfolds. Nobody wants an election. Canadians don’t want an election. And I can’t imagine there’s going to be an election. Mr. Harper supported the budget, got some criticism from his own party, comes out of his convention, suddenly he’s talking like Charles Bronson and throwing his […]
McGuinty bets political future on assumption Ontarians fed up: And he’s got the numbers to prove them right
TORONTO – “There are strong centrifugal forces that pull at our attachment to Canada.” This strong politically charged statement did not come from the premier of Quebec, Alberta or Newfoundland and Labrador.This is Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. And these are strong words. But is anyone listening in Ottawa, or does Ottawa believe that McGuinty and […]
