Radwanski’s saga unfolds
Regarding “Privacy and access should come under one roof,” (The Hill Times, June 9.) It was a very well-written article by Paco Francoli. It seems the Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski does not seem to understand the meaning of “original copy.” Do keep me informed as his saga unfolds. Sunil Dholakia Toronto, Ont. Regarding “Privacy and […]
Merits of Canada’s firearms
Arguments on the merits of Canada’s firearms laws in your paper over the past several weeks, in articles and lettersranging from the astutely analytical to the testily defensive — have among them, so far as I recall, ignored large changes in public policy and crime rates during the past 40 years. Over this span of […]
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.” […]
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 […]
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 […]
Air India is Canada’s enduring shame
It is to Canada’s enduring shame the way successive Canadian governments have displayed political cowardice in the face of the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history, 18 years ago later this month, when Air India Flight 182 blew apart over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, a date that […]
Masters of their own proceedings
Tory Leader Joe Clark raised a good point last Tuesday in the House of Commons when he said it’s absolutely ludicrous that MPs can’t get the minutes of Commons committee meetings, or the blues, in both official languages, and, promptly. This is a huge problem and it’s been escalating over the past several weeks. It […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Alliance MP James Moore, 27, June 10, 1976 *Liberal MP Mark Joseph Assad, 63, June 14, 1940 *Independent Sen. Doug Roche, 74, June 14, 1929 *Liberal MP Mauril Belanger, 48, June 15, 1955 *Liberal MP Lucienne Robillard, 58, June 16, 1945 *Ind. Sen. P. Michael Pitfield, 66, June 18, 1937 *Liberal Sen. Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, 66, […]
Tell us the ideological biases
TORONTO–One of the time-honoured ways that advocacy groups use to inflict their viewpoints on an unsuspecting public is to create a “non-partisan” group and proceed to do a study on a “problem” of their choosing. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, of course. The problem comes in the reportage. When advocacy groups are right-of-centre, […]
