Gimme some soul, Liberal contendahs!
As with millions of other Canadians, I tried — I really tried — to watch most of the Liberal leadership “debates.” But, even though most of these events were televised on weekend afternoons, other competing priorities — such as getting a haircut or turning the compost — often intervened. When civic-duty and self-discipline prevailed, I […]
Canadian help key to build International University of Baghdad, says an academic
Canada has an opportunity to play a leading role in the reconstruction of Iraq by helping to build an international university in the Iraqi capital city, says an Iraqi-born Canadian academic. Tareq Ismael, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, is currently in the process of promoting the idea of building an […]
Some winners and some stinkers at Press Gallery Dinner: Clarkson: the Alliance would get their Triple-E Senate: ‘Elected, Efficient, and E-merican’
OTTAWA–It was billed as Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s last Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner, the biggest and the best… and the meanest ever. Well-read and influential National Post columnist Don Martin predicted in The Hill Times the Monday before that since it would be Prime Minister Chretien’s last dinner he may as well “settle scores” with […]
Cellucci does Taxi Driver
Beef with Stephen Harper…Well, Alberta prime rib steaks to be exact – great big juicy ones with baked spuds, salads and all the trimmings, followed by triple sorbets in crystallized sugar bowls. If covering the mad cow story has put the Parliamentary Press Gallery off beef, it certainly didn’t show at the big sit-down feast […]
Some 92 Liberal ridings vulnerable
The still-to-be-worked out relationship between the Canadian Alliance and the Conservatives can influence the outcome in the next federal election in almost 100 ridings currently held by the governing Liberals and mostly in the vote-rich province of Ontario where the Grits hold 98 of the 103 ridings. The influence of this relationship changes from riding […]
Ukraine, not the Ukraine
Thank you for an interesting article on the Ukraine-Canada Parliamentary Program (“Ukranian students say it’s a ‘lifechanging’ experience, The Hill Times, Monday, June 9, 2003). I would, however, like to bring your attention to one, but grave, grammar mistake you made: … the Ukraine… It is incorrect to have a definite article “the” before “Ukraine.” […]
Combating international corruption pandemic
PARLIAMENT HILL–After being convicted of electoral corruption, the late Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi attempted to justify herself by arguing that corruption is a global phenomenon. She was right. Over 3,000 international partner firms and thousands of employees across the globe were implicated in the Enron scandal. Within memory, some developed nations’ tax laws considered […]
CanWest cuts creates buzz on the Hill
It didn’t take long for political columnist and author Susan Delacourt’s phone to start ringing off the hook after she was cut earlier this month from the National Post. Politicians, political types and colleagues phoned to offer their best wishes, as well as to express surprise over the dramatic layoffs which eliminated her job as […]
The most vulnerable governing Liberal ridings in the country: Grit MP Joe Jordan holds most tenuous riding in governing Grit caucus
Grit MP Joe Jordan holds most tenuous riding in governing Grit caucus Last Name First Riding Prov Majority Maj% Votes Voters % Vote Political Party 1.Jordan Joe Leeds– Grenville Ont. 55 0.1 18,594 47,060 39.51 Liberal 2.Bagnell Larry Yukon Yukon 70 0.5 4,293 13,219 32.48 Liberal 3.Savoy Andy Tobique– Mactaquac N.B. 147 0.5 10,897 32,436 […]
Senate votes down C-10B changes
An all-party Senate committee rejected several amendments made to cruelty to animal legislation by the House of Commons last week, giving the government another nosebleed over this controversial bill which has been lobbed back and forth between the two Chambers several times since last December. The latest disagreement between the MPs and Senators over Bill […]
