Zen and the art of lobbying…
HT columnist Sean Moore is on a sabbatical from his post as public policy adviser at Gowling Lafleur Henderson, officially to catch up on some fishing and reading and recharge the old batteries. Semiofficially, he’ll also be getting started on a book on lobbying with W.T. (Bill) Stanbury, professor emeritus at UBC and author of […]
Collenette: top priorities are airline industry, Bill C-26 and C-27: Federal Transport Minister David Collenette covers plenty of ground
Transport Minister David Collenette is defending his Straight Ahead document which is considered visionary and a first attempt to overhaul the federal government’s transportation policy, despite the fact that transport industry insiders say more money must flow into infrastructure and transit projects three months after the document was released. “That’s not really a criticism obviously. […]
What’s behind PM’s motives?
Regarding “PMO’s Quebec staffer working hard on Campaign Finance Bill,” (The Hill Times, May 26). I understand that part of Pierre Brodeur’s new job in the PMO is to explain Bill C-24, the Prime Minister’s Political Finance Bill. He is and I quote “trying to ensure that everybody understands the reasons why we are doing […]
Eggleton works on comeback
Eggs sunny side up… Former defence minister Art Eggleton is working his way back to the bacon, and word is he just might get his place back at the Cabinet table once the regime change has taken place. Eggs has been busy raising his profile, attending media and political functions on and around the Hill […]
A close call for PM
Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s government nearly suffered a major embarrassment last Tuesday when it came dangerously close to losing a vote on the estimates in the Committee of the Whole, when MPs met in a special sitting in the Commons to grill Justice Minister Martin Cauchon over his department’s spending priorities. Ever quick on the […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilaqua, 43, June 1, 1960 *Liberal MP Aileen Carroll, 59, June 1,1944 *Bloc MP Pierre Paquette, 48, June 1, 1955 *Liberal MP David Price, 58, June 2,1945 *Liberal MP John Harvard, 65, June 4, 1938 *Bloc MP Bernard Bigras, 34, June 4, 1969 *Right Hon. Joe Clark, 64, June 5, 1939 *Alliance […]
Mideast about to face test
One of the most common ways so-called intractable international problems finally get resolved is by artful lying. The opposing sides agree to disagree, or pretend not to notice that the other’s interpretation of key parts of the proposed pact is entirely different from their own, and so allow a momentum to develop that bulldozes aside […]
Svend’s way
NDP MP Svend Robinson’s private members’ bill, C-250, which would amend the Criminal Code to include “sexual orientation” in the hate propaganda sections, has moved one step closer to receiving Royal Assent. It hasn’t been easy for the openly gay MP from Vancouver, first elected to the Commons in 1979. Mr. Robinson said his bill, […]
Martin’s endorsement of national missile defence was a major victory for Canada’s corporate lobbyists
Last week, the Chretien government decided to take Canada one step closer to joining the Bush administration’s national missile defence system. But strangely, no one has explained what missile threat Canada faces leaving Canadians to wonder if national missile defence is more about defending the country from rogue U.S. trade policies than from rogue nations. […]
Wonder if they’ll be serving beans?
One of the hottest parties on the Hill is coming up this week — the Liberal Quebec assistants’ summer bash — and this year it is going to be environmentally friendly. Oh, there will still be beer and wine and dancing and whatnot, but the twist is the party organizers are going to calculate how […]
