PM’s ethics bill headed for roadblock: ‘I don’t sense that a majority of the caucus agree with him’: Sen. Grafstein
Another major plank of Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s legacy agenda risks being derailed by members of his own caucus, as several Liberal Senators gear up to challenge new legislation to create an ethics officer for the Red Chamber. The introduction of Bill C-34 last month has been met with near visceral disdain by a number […]
A tribute to Joe Clark that’s who: New leader will inherit a party on the rise
Joe Clark has been accused of being a man ahead of his time. Now, as he enters his final week as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, the verdict is in – he is guilty as charged. The evidence is simply overwhelming: *Youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history (age 39). *Appointed first woman […]
Caccia: ‘major’ shortcomings of Environmental Assessment Act: Bill C-9 still needs a compliance mechanism
PARLIAMENT HILL–I will put forward some of the major improvements that were made to Bill C-9 on [Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act]. I will also outline some of the major shortcomings. If time permits I will make brief comments on interventions made by my colleagues during the debate so far. The improvements are the following. It […]
Blues backlog
Getting transcripts of House of Commons committee proceedings in a timely fashion has become a major pain for Hill reporters, MPs and staffers who find the minutes invaluable. That’s in large part because of the marathon sessions the Commons Aboriginal Affairs Committee has been holding over the past month to get through its review of […]
Parliamentary sovereignty
Regarding “Opposition attacks Paul Martin’s use of privilege,” (The Hill Times, May 19). The issue of the Parliamentary privileges of MPs is not an issue dealing with, as the Canadian Alliance’s John Reynolds would have it, Paul Martin’s campaign to become leader of the Liberal Party. Rather, Parliamentary privilege are the rights and immunities given […]
Shock, awe and clash
Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Israel. “Shock and awe,” this time of crude bombs strapped around the bodies of terrorists rather than of cruise missiles and precision-guided munitions, has now been turned on us. We ought to have expected it. Al Qaeda and the other Islamic extremist organizations have been severely damaged by the war on terrorism. […]
Merger talks ‘not a priority, nor a fixation’: Peter MacKay says Tory brand is best for uniting conservatives across the country/Merging with Alliance would be ‘kiss of death’: Orchard/Prentice: Canada’s sovereignty is no.1 priority/’There is a latent desire for change in Canada’: Brison/Chandler: ‘We need to get our party together with the Alliance’
Tory MP Peter MacKay, 37, is his party’s former House leader and represents the Nova Scotia riding of Pictou- Antigonish-Guysborough. Mr. MacKay has 1,166 delegates or 41.8 per cent of the vote. Son of former Brian Mulroney Cabinet minister Elmer MacKay. What would be your top three priorities as new leader of the Progressive Conservative […]
Breaking Nunavut’s oil addiction: Environmental damage of fossil fuel use has a direct impact on Arctic ecosystem
IQALUIT, NUNVUT–The wise use of resources has long been a trademark of Inuit. Inuit hunters have always harvested animals in order to sustain their families. The meat is used for food, while by-products of the animals are used for clothing, tools, shelter, heat and light. The oil from marine mammals provided the precious fuel to […]
McDonough claims she was ‘dropped’ from committee trip: NDP MP Alexa McDonough: ‘It just seems like a hell of a petty decision to me’
Alexa McDonough, former NDP leader and a member of the prestigious House Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee, says the Chief Government Whip’s decision to drop her name from the list of committee members who recently visited four countries to study Canada’s relations with Muslim countries is one of the rare examples of “pettier things” […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Liberal MP Claude Drouin, 47, May 26, 1956 *Tory Sen. Pat Carney, 68, May 26, 1935 *Liberal MP Brent St-Denis, 53, May 27, 1950 *Liberal MP Andrew Telegdi, 57, May 28, 1946 *Liberal Sen. Jack Wiebe, 67, May 31, 1936 *Liberal MP Claude Drouin, 47, May 26, 1956 *Tory Sen. Pat Carney, 68, May 26, […]
