Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 7
Mr. Nault: I would not take the credit for that. More precisely, it was Yukoners themselves who wanted to take the time necessary to move in this direction. The umbrella final agreement triggers a process between Yukon First Nations and ourselves. As I said earlier, a number of different processes will need to be put […]
The true threat is global
It has been remarked often that the reason Iraq’s Saddam Hussein is a goner (wherever it is that he’s gone to) is that he didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction while North Korea’s Kim Jong-il is still doing fine in Pyongyang because he’s armed himself to the nuclear teeth. This week, small, poor, bankrupt […]
Gun culture
Regarding “Can the Canadian firearms registry reduce gun deaths?” (The Hill Times, April 14). Enjoyed your very pithy story. It reinforced my belief that gun controllers are in large measure embarked on a religious crusade where fact is not germane. David J. Bordua Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois Regarding […]
Bush’s bent on resolving Israeli-Palestinian conflict
OTTAWA–The most recent roadmap for resolution of the Middle East conflict, presented on April 30, is yet another on the road already littered with peace proposals. As with previous such plans and agreements — from Camp David I and II, the Madrid Conference, the Oslo Accord, the Crown Prince Abdullah plan, to name some, this […]
Diamond mining could well be Canada’s best-kept secret
PARLIAMENT HILL–It’s one of Canada’s newest industries, it’s more profitable than gold, it still welcomes fearless entrepreneurs, it doesn’t harm the environment and Canada’s aboriginal people have a stake in it  it even sparkles and shines  it’s diamonds. Diamond mining could well be Canada’s best-kept secret. With billions invested in exploration and development […]
Canadian negotiators fail to see big picture on lumber
PARLIAMENT HILL–For decades, the nuclear industry has promised us clean, green, and inexpensive energy. But these promises have been difficult to keep. The industry has been plagued with technical problems, high operating costs, a growing debt, and the unsolved problem of disposing of radioactive waste. Now the industry faces one more major problem in today’s […]
War in Iraq affects energy markets
PARLIAMENT HILL–The war in Iraq is affecting many aspects of everyday life for Canadians, but as the conflict drags on, Canadians may soon be paying the price of the war at the gasoline pumps and in home heating bills as the energy sector struggles to deal with reductions in supply of crude oil. Energy markets […]
Dhaliwal lashes out at Alberta Energy Minister
OTTAWA–Canada is highly likely to be the world leader in the diamond mining industry in the next “15 to 20” years, says federal Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal. “This is a new industry but I think there is a tremendous opportunity for Canada and what I am looking for is to have a roundtable with […]
Canada’s definition of a diamond still unpolished: Kakfwi
YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.–Just 12 years after the discovery of diamonds 250 kilometers northwest of Yellowknife, the N.W.T. has become one of the world’s major diamond producers accounting for 12 per cent of the world’s diamond output by value, and outstripping such traditional diamond powerhouses as South Africa and Namibia. The contribution of two diamond mines […]
“Who is doing the best and most trustworthy job of covering the war in Iraq on TV, radio, newspaper and magazine, and the internet?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “It all depends on your politics, doesn’t it? If you are an unregistered Republican Party lobby group, like the Canadian Alliance, the National Post is your beacon of truth. The Post pretty much loathes everything that is modern Canadaparticularly our pride in maintaining in an independent foreign policy — and that’s […]
