Can we have a homeland alarm system without missiles? Homeland Intrusion Alarm System, American Based Anti-Ballistic Missile Destruction System
Should Canada be involved with the United States in their missile defence plans? The truth is that Canada has been involved with the United States in missile defence plans for about half a century.The Continental Homeland Intrusion Alarm system of 50 years ago was the “Pine Tree Line”and the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line of […]
Reuters Hill reporter dislikes ‘suffocating politically correct orthodoxy’ of Canadian political dialogue
Reuters Ottawa bureau chief Randall Palmer, who was first posted to Ottawa in 1995, came here from stints in Middle Eastern countries where access to legislators was in scant supply. So, covering the federal government in Ottawa was a refreshing change for him. But Mr. Palmer said he doesn’t like the “almost suffocating politically correct […]
Premeditated delinquency
Over the past years, the behaviour exhibited by Prime Minister Paul Martin and former prime minister Jean Chretien were similar to toddlers fighting for control or ultimate influence over the sandbox. As a result of personality conflicts or unclear reasons, Mr. Martin, decided to “pick up his shovel”and ignore/avoid Mr. Chretien. In a sandbox, the […]
PM’s decision sad, but not surprising: Jones: At least Paul Martin had the grace to stab us in the front
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Prime Minister Martin’s decision not to participate in continental missile defence was a disappointment. It left me saddened, but, to be honest, not surprised. Indeed, the protracted decision not to decide was itself a decision. I had, however, hypothesized a slightly different scenario. Politico historians may recall another Liberal Conference in Ottawa […]
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Robillard hires three new political staffers, two from Sgro’s office
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Lucienne Robillard who was recently given the additional responsibilities of the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development has hired three new political staffers for her ministerial political office. Minister Robillard (Westmount-Ville-Marie, Que.) hired director of communications Michael O’Shaughnessy, policy adviser Eamonn Horan- Lunney and policy adviser Blaine Woodcock. Ms. Robillard was […]
Rawson signs on with Yukon territorial government to help in lobby effort on pipeline
The Yukon government has signed up veteran Ottawa lobbyist Bruce Rawson to act as its political lookout in Ottawa on two files of critical importance to the territory: the proposed northern pipeline, and a rail link between Alaska and northern British Columbia. Mr. Rawson, a retired civil servantturned government relations consultant, spent 20 years as […]
Government’s use of personal information: Electronic health file is likely to be a critical tool to improve effectiveness
Who are you to government? For the most part, you are a number, like the one on your SIN card or driver’s licence. That number charts an electronic pathway from a computer terminal to your file, the contents of which define who you are in the eyes of government. Well, not exactly. Despite the persistence […]
“Will Canada’s refusal to take part in the U.S. BMD plan fundamentally change relations between the two nations and fatally weaken NORAD?”
International Trade Minister Jim Peterson led a Canadian delegation to Washington, D.C., last week with members of the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, Opposition Trade Critic Belinda Sronach, members of the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and Canadian lobbyists in an attempt to make an impact on trade talks with the U.S. The Canadian embassy […]
Rights museum campaign revs up, Everson joins Bell
Wouldn’t it be nice if all GR files had a happy ending? One happy lobbyist on budget day was good Liberal Raj Rasalingam a.k.a. Protocol Plus Inc. For the past two-and-a-half years, Rasalingam has been lobbying assertively for the Canadian Jewellers Association, a body formed in 1918 specifically to fight the excise tax on jewelry. […]
Bartleman’s book [Clinton’s officials threatened to support separatists: Jim Bartleman, Feb. 28 – March 6, 2005]
Regarding “Clinton’s officials threatened to support separatists: Jim Bartleman,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 28). Clinton’s sanguine response on the allegation that the U.S. way is “vote buying”is completely understandable – he always was a pragmatist. And on Sandy Berger: “What Berger said about the Prime Minister was so outrageous that our personal relations never recovered. […]
