Tory, Grit House relations hit new low: Libs to approach votes in House with far more caution
Relations between the House officers in the Liberal and Conservative parties hit a low last week after the Tory caucus changed its mind at the last minute about sending two government bills that formalize the split of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to committee for study. The bills are now dead, giving […]
Bonwick, Goldenberg now registered as lobbyists
After a narrow defeat at the hands of Conservative rookie MP Helena Guergis in Simcoe-Grey, Ont., in last June’s federal election, former Liberal MP Paul Bonwick is back on the Hill on a regular basis in his new role as consultant lobbyist. Last month, Mr. Bonwick registered on behalf of four clients: Treadway Exports, Access […]
Only two governments have fallen because of federal budgets
Ministers of Finance of Canada Ralph Goodale, Dec. 12, 2003- John Manley, June 2, 2002-Dec. 12, 2003 Paul Martin, Jr., Nov. 4, 1993-June 2, 2002 Gilles Loiselle, June 25, 1993-Nov. 4, 1993 Don Mazankowski, Apr. 21, 1991-June 25, 1993 Michael Wilson, Sept. 17, 1984-Apr. 20, 1991 Marc Lalonde, Sept. 10, 1982-Sept. 16, 1984 Allan MacEachen, […]
So-called missile defence useless: regular reader [BMD to be hot issue at Liberal convention, January 31, 2005]
Regarding “BMD to be hot issue at Liberal convention,”(The Hill Times,Jan. 31), by F. Abbas Rana. Graham Allison, former U.S. assistant secretary of defence and now director of the Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, writes in his new book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe: “The nuclear weapon that terrorists would […]
Corbett slams party’s decision to shut out former MPs as ex-officios
A former five-term Progressive Conservative MP, who joined the new Conservative Party after the merger of the Alliance and PC parties, says the new Conservative Party is strategically excluding former MPs from attending the Conservative Party policy convention as ex-officio delegates. “It would seem to me that the party would be well-advised to try and […]
Sponsorship scandal changed paradigm of federal-provincial relations, likely to resonate through system for years to come in politics
In the year since Auditor General Sheila Fraser set a political tsunami in motion with her report on the sponsorship program, there have been times when it seemed she herself would be a casualty of its debris. Just two weeks ago, former prime minister Jean Chretien used his testimony at the Gomery Commission to take […]
RECENTLY RELEASED [Rollercoaster: My hectic years as Jean Chretien’s diplomatic advisor, 1994-1998] [Contemporary antisemitism: Canada and the world] [Political parties]
Rollercoaster: My Hectic Years As Jean Chretien’s Diplomatic Advisor 1994-1998by James Bartleman, A Douglas Gibson Book, Published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 350 pages, $37.99. Back of the jacket blurb: “There has never been a book like this before – a frank, uncensored look at a wild ride through diplomacy’s highest levels in the 1990s. […]
‘Part of federalism is broken,’ says Sorbara
TORONTO – In the escalating battle over equalization payments, Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara who says “part of federalism is broken,” is putting public pressure on the 74 Ontario Liberal MPs “to correct the imbalance” and is asking for a new financial deal with Ottawa. Queen’s Park is looking at Ottawa to help cope with […]
Ottawa to ask for $2-billion extra from Parliament: Extra cash will bring Ottawa’s total government expenditures for 2004-05 to nearly $191-billion
The federal government will request an extra $2-billion in extra funding from Parliament for the 2004-05 fiscal year when it tables a second round of supplementary estimates later this month. Robert Mellon, Treasury Board’s estimates specialist, let the cat out of the bag when appearing before the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee earlier this […]
Nukes, nukes, and more nukes: Iraq may be a mess, but it won’t be a nuclear weapons state on Dubya’s watch
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ever since we decanted the nuclear genie in 1945, analysts have fibrillated over the potential for terror, destruction, and tactical or strategic catastrophe associated with nuclear weapons. We have gone through just about every potential scenario for nuclear weapons development.The U.S. secretly tested and then dramatically used atomic bombs.The Soviets, Brits, French, […]
