A brief history of gun control in Canada, 1867 to 1945: The history of federal government’s efforts to regulate ownership and use of guns
The huge cost overrun on the Canadian Firearms Program and the deadline for registering all firearms (originally Jan. 1, 2003, then extended by six months) has reignited intense controversy over the rationale and efficacy of Canada’s gun controls. But conflict in Canada over regulating firearms is nothing new. It has occurred many times since Confederation. […]
West Block liquor store open
I was enjoying your article on MPs’ health in the most recent issue of The Hill Times “House looks into healthier living for MPs on the Hill,” (March 3). You mention that the West Block Liquor store had been shut down. Unless this has happened very recently, I am certain you can still buy beer […]
Cyrus Reporter is leaving the building as of March 24.
It’s time we formed a club… As you may have noticed in F. Abbas Rana’s Hill Climbers last week (March 3), Industry Minister Allan Rock’s long-time right-hand man Cyrus Reporter is leaving for new pastures. What you may not have heard is a key consideration in making the move is that he and wife Joanne […]
Bills need sunset clauses, urges Grit Senator Banks: ‘Some pieces of legislation are sort of sitting there almost hanging over our heads’
OTTAWA–If the federal government passes a piece of legislation but never bothers to bring it into force, should it be allowed to sit there in suspended animation for years on end? This is a question that has been preying on the mind of Alberta Liberal Senator Tommy Banks who was astonished to learn recently that […]
Gordon Wilson was never B.C. Premier
Regarding the Hill Climbers column “Volpe’s staffer proposes to fiancee on Hill in the snow,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24.) Gordon Wilson was never premier of B.C. He has been, variously, leader of a party he founded, then the B.C. Liberal Party, and finally, a minister in the NDP. Garth Millar Regarding the Hill Climbers […]
Collenette and Dhaliwal on the blower
Time will tell… Staffers for Transport Minister David Collenette and Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal were quickly on the phone last Monday in response to an item in this column on the possibility of a Cabinet shuffle before the House returns from its March break. I’d suggested that their bosses, along with Intergovernmental Affairs Minister […]
“Were backbencher Carolyn Parrish’s comments that Americans are ‘bastards’ overplayed by the media?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “No, the media did the job it was supposed to do. What she said was newsworthy. “In another time, in another circumstance, I would say she deserved a paragraph in a ‘Notebook’ column, no more. After all, Ms. Parrish is not a member of Cabinet or even a Minister of State […]
Post’s loss will be someone else’s gain…
I was saddened to hear that the National Post decided Wednesday to let go veteran business journalist and former bureau chief Alan Toulin, along with an as-yet undefined number of other reporters across the country, as owners CanWest News Service and the Asper family looked to cut costs and losses. The axe caught Al by […]
NDP will throw a party for Alexa McDonough’s homecoming dinner & ceilidh on March 15 in Halifax
MONDAY, MARCH 10 House Sitting — The House is not sitting this week, but will resume sitting again on Monday, March 17, after a two-week break for the MPs who are in the 301 constituencies and on trips abroad. For more information, please call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. My Trudeau Years […]
Vanclief hires adviser
Minister of Agriculture, Lyle Vanclief has hired a new assistant for his ministerial political office. Isabelle Mignault, started her new job as policy adviser to Minister Vanclief last week. The 27-year-old policy adviser who is a native of St. Pascal Kamouraska, Que., has a BA in political science and her MA in analytical policy from […]
