‘We must do more on long-term plan for sustainable system to protect our environment and build a transit/transportation’
TORONTO–Liberal MP Judy Sgro, a former Toronto councillor, and chair of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Urban Issues, says she is one of strongest proponents of a national strategy for transportation. The highly-anticipated final report released in November, 2002, recommended an urban strategy for Canada with three priority programs; housing, infrastructure and transit/transportation. During […]
Crawford joins Bill Graham’s Hill office as manager: Liberal MP Kraft Sloan hires a new LA
Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham has hired a new office manager for his MP’s Hill office. Lisa Crawford started her new job as manager of Mr. Graham’s Hill office last month. She has succeeded Carrie Wilson who currently has moved to Spain where she is studying Spanish and travelling throughout Europe. She also plans to […]
Joe Clark, that’s who
Joe Clark, who will go down in the history books for getting elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives twice and as the youngest Prime Minister in Canadian political history, was celebrated by his Tories and a few Liberals last week in Toronto on the eve of the new leadership. He was acknowledged as one of […]
Transit a crowbar cities can use to pry away from urban sprawl: Transit investment is one of the best ways for Ottawa to address transportation challenge
One of the wisest investments in cities the Government of Canada could make is supporting public transit. That’s one conclusion drawn in a recent report issued by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. Certainly, our cities are in need of aid from the senior tiers of government. While parts of their […]
“Who or what do you think should be highlighted in the new $90-million Canada History Centre to be located in Ottawa’s old train station?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “Oh, this one is going to be fun. “There are the obvious political exhibits, of course: Pierre Trudeau’s canoe. Dief’s desk from the House of Commons. Mike Pearson’s bowtie. Jean Chretien’s water ski from the summer of 1993. “But there are also the less-obvious exhibits, once again with a decidedly political […]
House Transport Committee believes it’s time for boldness: Why not raise foreign ownership limits for airlines, asks Grit MP Joe Comuzzi
PARLIAMENT HILL–The transportation industry is facing a number of challenges at the present time. Some are the result of 9/11 and the increased security initiatives that the transport sector has had to put in place. Others are long-term in nature and required long-term policy changes to address them, policy changes that have not been instituted. […]
Bolstering the nuclear welfare state: Nuclear’s time has long passed, allow this sunset industry to die a justifiable death
Pity the poor nuclear industry. The billions of dollars Canadian taxpayers have spent keeping it afloat just aren’t enough. Bill C-4, an Act to Amend the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, was passed in December. The new law will shield financiers and insurance companies from any potential liability that would result from a nuclear accident. […]
Federal government lacks political will to use fuel tax revenues: Ottawa’s reluctance to break its dependency on fuel tax as a general revenue supplement
CALGARY–Organizations as diverse as the TD Bank, Canada West Foundation, Van Horne Institute and the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation all point to the lack of federal infrastructure funding for cities as a major threat to the continued economic health of our major cities and, by extension, our country. The federal government has at its disposal the […]
‘Riot-type atmosphere’ in Grit caucus
More and more government backbenchers concerned about winning their seats in the next election are publicly denouncing the direction Prime Minister Jean Chretien is taking his government, as he puts the final touches on his legacy agenda before stepping down in six months from his historic political era as party leader. The furor was reignited […]
What Canadians need to know about mad cow disease: Over 2.8 million kilograms of potentially contaminated material was imported after 1996
Mad Cow disease, or its scientific name Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal brain-wasting disease in cattle which was first identified in the United Kingdom in 1986. No one knows for sure how the first cow (or cows) got BSE, but we know it spread throughout Britain and eventually the world through the cannibalistic […]
