Showdown on Governance Act expected
OTTAWA–In what promises to be revealed as a showdown, Roberta Jamieson, chief of the Six-Nations reserve, says Bill C-7, the government’s First Nations Governance Act is “fatally flawed,” it “violates” native peoples’ rights, and that the only way it can be fixed is by withdrawing the increasingly controversial piece of legislation. “We take that position […]
Fuddle-duddle?
That Gerry Byrne’s a real knee-slapper. The rookie Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency was up on his feet in the Commons last Wednesday afternoon, defending Fisheries Minister Robert Thibault who had recently returned from announcing the shut-down of the cod fishery in St. John’s, Nfld., to angry fishers. Mr. Thibault is […]
Don’t like Chretien’s campaign bill
Canadians should be upset with a Prime Minister using flawed electoral reform legislation as tool to maintain his control of the Liberal Party. On the surface, we all agree that the influence of money needs to be removed from Parliament, but such a move should not create a further tax burden for the voters. As […]
Grit caucus divided over finance bill
OTTAWA–The Liberal caucus is divided over Prime Minister Jean Chretien ‘s proposed legislation to ban corporations and unions from donating to political parties, says the chair of the large and powerful Liberal Ontario caucus. “There is still a fairly serious group within caucus that can’t fathom why this is a necessary bill,” said Ontario Liberal […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 6
Mr. Anderson: I cannot, really. However, the more information you provide, the better off you are. There will be journalists who will pick up this aspect; salesmen will use it as a selling point for a stove or fridge or, indeed, a vehicle. Having said that, it is true that it is not the only […]
God bless America
Many of the Canadian opinions on the “Iraqi intentions” of my country are sadly inappropriate and are now being proven wrong by the overriding positive support of the liberation of Iraq by Iraqi citizens. It has been quite popular to be anti- American. But it is much more intelligent to be informed with facts. We […]
The true threat is global
It has been remarked often that the reason Iraq’s Saddam Hussein is a goner (wherever it is that he’s gone to) is that he didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction while North Korea’s Kim Jong-il is still doing fine in Pyongyang because he’s armed himself to the nuclear teeth. This week, small, poor, bankrupt […]
What Canada can do: fair trade for hungry farmers: Canada can support poor farmers without damaging Canadian agriculture
OTTAWA–Nothing seems more distant from the famine threatening wide swaths of Africa than the plush halls of the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva. But negotiations there on new rules for agricultural trade will either offer a future to the hungry people of Africa and other poor regions, or they will seal their fate. The […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 4
[Translation] First, commitment. The Climate Change Plan is the cornerstone of this government’s commitment to making a global contribution to addressing climate change. The Budget 2003 investment of $2 billion over five years brings our total investment in climate change action since 1997 to $3.7 billion. This is in addition to a number of other […]
Bush’s bent on resolving Israeli-Palestinian conflict
OTTAWA–The most recent roadmap for resolution of the Middle East conflict, presented on April 30, is yet another on the road already littered with peace proposals. As with previous such plans and agreements — from Camp David I and II, the Madrid Conference, the Oslo Accord, the Crown Prince Abdullah plan, to name some, this […]
