Alliance predicts ‘chill’ between Canada-U.S.
OTTAWA–Canada’s highly-important bilateral relationship with the United States won’t be negatively effected despite the escalating political disagreements and rhetoric between the two countries over the U.S.-led war against Iraq, say Liberal and liberal-minded Parliamentarians. But Parliament Hill is definitely torn. The Canadian Alliance and the federal Tories believe Canada should support the United States, while […]
Caring for the health needs of veterans: Veterans Affairs Canada is a pioneer in the field of home care
PARLIAMENT HILL–Veterans Affairs Canada’s mission is to provide exemplary service to all of our clients, both the elderly war-service veterans and the younger Canadian Forces veterans, including still-serving members, and their families. We accomplish this, in part, through our health care and services programs such as the Veterans Independence, Residential Care, and Treatment Benefits programs. […]
Copps says Canada-U.S. friendship ‘deep and wide’
PARLIAMENT HILL–Federal Liberal leadership candidate Sheila Copps says the Canada-U.S. relationship is “deep and wide enough to withstand” the fact that Canada has opted out of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. “We have had tough words on many sides, but the reality is that the relationship is deep and wide enough to withstand those words […]
Iraq war dominates agenda on the Hill
OTTAWA -With Parliament Hill gripped by the events in Iraq, backbench MPs from both the government and opposition benches expressed concerns over the way the war has overshadowed all other Parliamentary business. Opposition MPs are especially fretful the war in Iraq would create an environment where the government can act unchecked. Last week, debate on […]
A Health Council to earn the trust of Canadians
PARLIAMENT HILL–The clock is ticking. The First Ministers agreed in the Health Accord on Feb. 5 that within three months we would have the much-anticipated Health Council of Canada. We are, however, justifiably concerned. As recently as Dec. 6, 2002, health ministers declared that such a council was unnecessary. The death-bed conversion of the First […]
And you thought the voter turn out was bad in the last federal election…
For the first time in years, the Parliamentary Press Gallery had a fight on its hands for a senior executive position. The string of elections by acclamation came to an end with a battle between Toronto Star reporter Allan Thompson and CTV cameraman George Papadionysiou for the vice-president’s job. George won by 64 votes to […]
BQ National Congress in Montreal on April 4-6
Canadian Alliance special caucus meeting in Stratford, Ont., on April 4 MONDAY, MARCH 24 Governor General In Calgary — Gov.-Gen. Adrienne Clarkson and her husband John Ralston Saul will be Calgary from March 23-27 kicking off their “urban focus” which is to engage citizens of Calgary in a series of dialogues and debates designed to […]
A marvelous treatise
Regarding the column “America is becoming unhinged,” (The Hill Times, March 17). I am a Canadian who is still in Scottsdale for the winter at this writing. Just read Jim Creskey’s latest item three times to get all the salient points and must say it is the finest that has hit me in the last […]
Rebuilding UN during Iraq war: It’s in Canada’s direct interest to stop erosion of support for UN’s paramount function
PARLIAMENT HILL–Just as the United Nations was constructed during the darkest days of World War II, so too must the rebuilding of the UN be started now during the Iraq war. There is no time to lose in restoring the UN as humanity’s best hope for maintaining peace and security throughout the world. The Government […]
Political finance bill: what’s a large corporation to do? Corporations will find other ways to gain/retain access, exercising influence
The search for political advantage is nearly ubiquitous and it is also relentless for several reasons: the rewards of what economists call rent-seeking, whether pecuniary or ideological, can be large; the scope and scale of governments in Canada are huge indeed and thus they have a great deal of influence or many individuals and organizations; […]
