Ottawa boasts over 453,000 people on payroll: Jim Judd, secretary of Treasury Board, answers long-awaited question
OTTAWA–The federal government can count 453,568 people on its payroll working in jobs located across Canada and all over the world, the Treasury Board confirmed last week. Jim Judd, secretary of the Treasury Board and comptroller general of Canada, provided the information in a short, twopage report to the Commons Government Operations Committee on April […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 2
There are many ways in which the utilities can get involved. Some have a different challenge from others. Some utilities are Crown corporations and some are in the private sector. It varies, but they will all have to do their share to reduce greenhouse gasses, although they will have to use different methods. Senator Spivak: […]
Interaction with Arab people and nations is now essential: Unfortunately, some leading Canadian politicians follow ideological perspectives
OTTAWA–Canadian interest in the Middle East is heightened by the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in the region and the cultural and religious differences of the peoples of the area. Canadian foreign policy has, in the main, been guided by international law and the desire for lasting peace and security. However, the general public’s understanding […]
“Was Sheila Copps just playing leadership politics when she publicly criticized Anne McLellan’s lack of leadership on SARS, or is there something deeper going on here we should all know about?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “Look, during leadership races — as with the Alliance’s race last year, the NDP’s a few months back, and the Tories’ ongoing one — candidates disagree with each other. They criticize each other, as well as the policies of the party they seek to lead. That’s normal. “Sheila Copps had no […]
Bush’s wee bit of hubris
Regarding “Chicken Little meets the Little Red Hen,” (The Hill Times, April 14). In his epistle to the Canadians of April 14, David Jones recounts the parables of Chicken Little and the Little Red Hen and trumpets that the latter has, for now, triumphed over the former with respect to the invasion of Iraq. I […]
Dhaliwal vows to launch new negotiations in fall with auto industry to improve fuel efficiency of new vehicles by 2010
My department also supports research into wind energy with a focus on Canadian needs like the impact of extreme cold on turbines and synchronized wind and diesel generation for off-grid communities. HILL TIMES: How about other alternative sources of energy? MR. DHALIWAL: Alternative energy is playing a major role in helping us diversify our energy […]
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 […]
Unmasking our shaky health keeper’s image
OTTAWA–Canada has had its highest international profile as peace-keepers, not as health-keepers making the world a safer place. But now, Canada is also trying to market itself overseas as a country with super special health care, now that the World Health Organization has lifted its travel advisory telling the world to avoid non-essential travel to […]
Correlation doesn’t equal causation
Regarding the letter to the editor “Health pros support gun control,” (The Hill Times, April 14). After reading Dr. Robert Cushman’s reasons for defending the Firearms Act, it occurs to me that if the propaganda he and his kind spew were not so damaging to public safety, it would be amusing. I confess I studied […]
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 […]
