Same old Reform crowd?
Stephen Harper’s party held its founding convention in Montreal recently, having removed the Progressive Conservative Party from the ballot for now and having already adopted the Reform agenda as principle and policy in one election, but they have nowhere to go, because, in truth, they are the last gambit of the Preston Manning agenda. In […]
Attorney General files motion to speed up Chretien’s appeal
The Attorney General of Canada filed a motion with the Federal Court last week to expedite the process in former prime minister Jean Chretien’s case to have Justice John Gomery removed from the Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities. “We’re right in the middle of an inquiry and it’s important to determine the […]
By neglecting port security, NYC may be living on borrowed time [Lib or Tory majority would reverse BMD decision, March 21, 2005]
Regarding “Lib or Tory majority would reverse BMD decision,”by F. Abbas Rana, The Hill Times, March 21). If a rogue state like North Korea wants to attack the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, it will simply send the device by a container ship and watch the devastation without fear of reprisal.Then why is the Bush […]
In politics, perception is reality: And for Martin Liberals, that reality, as it’s being shaped by Sponsorgate, is not good
QUEBEC CITY – Jean Lapierre, who went from being a talkative radio host to being a talkative federal minister, admitted recently that his party feels the pain of the “Sponsorgate Affair.” In one of the understatements of the year, Mr. Lapierre said that the Gomery Commission is not going to help the Martin Liberals in […]
Conservatives and Quebec [Conservatives urge Harper to broaden Quebec organization, March 28, 2005]
Regarding “Conservatives urge Harper to broaden Quebec organization,” (The Hill Times, March 28).You have identified the seminal issue that links the new CPC with the anti-Martin forces in Quebec (the general public and also the despised political establishment) the integration of Quebec in the Canadian Confederation as a semiautonomous “full-partner.” Such strategy allows full play […]
Government’s not so Compassionate Care program: Feds should go back to drawing board, plan needs redesign, greater public accountability
Federal planners significantly miscalculated the success they would achieve in developing an Employment Insurance benefits program aimed at giving family members time off to tend to a dying member. That’s, in part, because they imposed far too arbitrary restrictions and because they need greater accountability and transparency in developing such programs. The federal Compassionate Care […]
Trudeau author peels open personal Pierre: Ask Nancy Southam why Trudeau’s still so interesting: ‘it has to do with his huge brain power’ [Pierre: Colleagues and Friends Talk About The Trudeau They Knew]
Nancy Southam, 48, is tall, lanky, intelligent, opinionated and likes her oysters. She also liked Pierre Trudeau. A lot. The author, journalist and longtime friend, neighbour and travelling companion of the late Pierre Trudeau, Canada’s former Liberal prime minister, edited the recently-released Pierre: Colleagues and Friends Talk About the Trudeau They Knew, a collection of […]
Canadian leaders require intestinal fortitude
Some Canadian cattle producers are saying we should be nice to the American Administration if we are to expect them to open the border to our cattle exports. The argument used is that “We need Americans significantly more than they need us.” So we should disregard our sovereignty, applaud their illegal aggression in Iraq, and […]
Goodale, Cotler and Volpe most influential in Cabinet: survey: PM Martin, Conservatives Finley, MacKay, Poilievre, NDP Wasylycia-Leis, Stoffer: hard working [13TH ANNUAL BEST-DRESSED/POLITICALLY SAVVY SURVEY]
Sexiest Male MP (67 total responses) 1. Conservative MP Peter MacKay 2. Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer 3. Public Works Minister Scott Brison Sexiest Female MP (68) 1. Conservative MP Rona Ambrose 2. Conservative MP Belinda Stronach 3. Conservative MP Helena Guergis Best-Dressed Female MP (73) 1. Conservative MP Belinda Stronach 2. Heritage Minister Liza Frulla […]
Budget Bill showdown looms: Tories want to kill Kyoto amendment at committee, but will Liberal government allow opposition to split the bill?
Tory MP Monte Solberg says his party will try to kill or block the controversial Kyoto measures in the Liberal government’s omnibus budget bill when it gets to the House Finance Committee and that he would be “happy”if they never resurface in the House of Commons for a possibly election-triggering vote of confidence. “I’d be […]
