Canadian MPs head to Ireland to observe peace process: ‘We want to use our influence as legislators to encourage the peace process’: Jason Kenney
Seven Parliamentarians on the Canada- United Kingdom Inter-Parliamentary Association will visit Northern Ireland and Ireland this week to monitor the Northern Ireland peace process which was dealt another blow last week after the Irish government, in a stunning move, publicly accused three of Sinn Fein’s top leaders, including Gerry Adams, of being members of the […]
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Pierre, edited by Nancy Southam, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 408 pages, $37.99. From the inside jacket: “As Trudeau’s close friend, Nancy Southam has gathered more than 150 reminiscences and anecdotal narratives about him from all over the globe. Included in this astonishing collection are stories from people who worked for Trudeau in the PMO, longtime […]
BMO to move this June
The Bank of Montreal on the corner of Wellington and O’Connor streets just across from the West Block is moving a couple blocks away to Laurier Avenue West in June, after the Department of Public Works did not renew its lease a few years ago. Public Works informed BMO in 2002 it needed to vacate […]
Arthur Kroeger lauds new sponsorship-driven trend: Kroeger says scandal will force Cabinet ministers to keep hands out of administrative matters
The fallout from the sponsorship scandal is driving a laudable new trend in Canadian politics that’s forcing top politicians such as Cabinet ministers to reconsider their involvement in local administrative matters, says retired deputy minister Arthur Kroeger, one of the country’s most respected voices on government reform. Mr. Kroeger made the comments last week before […]
Correction [AG Fraser reports to Parliament, February 21, 2005]
There was a typo in last week’s editorial, “AG Fraser reports to Parliament,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 21). The following sentence should have read: The government has transferred more than $9-billion to various foundations “in advance of need” since 1997 “and $7.7-billion is still sitting in their bank accounts.” T
Proposed lobby regs create stir: ‘You can’t swing a cat without hitting a lobbyist’
Ottawa’s lobbyists will have to share more details of their past lives in government under proposed amendments to the Lobbyists Registration Act.The new LRA, which would also include measures to streamline the registration process for corporate lobbyists, will require former public office holders-turnedlobbyists to disclose any and all previous positions held within the federal government. […]
ON THE HILL [Cameron Jelinski]
Name: Cameron Jelinski Age: 19 Time on Hill: Since August 2004 Position: Page for House of Commons Workload: Three days a week (two double shifts and one single). His work day can last from 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Education: Currently at the University of Ottawa doing his political science degree. Favourite Part of Job: Meeting people […]
Parliament braces for Liberal minority government budget: Top Liberal insider confirms ‘loose agreement’ between Tories and Liberals
On the eve of the first federal budget of this Liberal minority government, the opposition parties are all singing from the same songbook arguing they won’t hesitate to bring down the government if they don’t get what they want, and adding the federal Cabinet has failed to properly engage them in the decision-making process. “What […]
Will Canada miss national pharmaceuticals strategy boat? Commercializing on discoveries requires more than major government grants for researchers
Half way through the First Ministers’ meetings last September that resulted in the Ten Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care, the premiers suddenly dropped their demands for Ottawa to assume responsibility for – and to fully fund – their pharmacare programs.The issue was handed to that increasingly important hybrid level of government – the federal/provincial/territorial […]
Less than 40 per cent turnout expected at Liberal convention
Less than 40 per cent of Grit delegates are expected to attend the Liberal Party’s 2005 biennial policy convention in Ottawa on March 3, chiefly because of the high cost which in some cases may be as high as $3,000. “We’re expecting between 1,500 to 2,000 delegates… Leadership conventions have historically attracted twice to three […]
