Boston reader responds
Regarding “Alliance predicts ‘chill’ between Canada-U.S.” (The Hill Times, March 24). I am an American writing from Boston. I am writing in relation to your reporting as follows: Mostly, I applaud your balanced view vis-a-vis hurtful U.S.-Canada relations over Iraq. While the U.S.-Canada friendship will survive, perhaps the most painful action that we see comes […]
Letter-writers want to support U.S.
I have a major problem with our government in using the UN as a cop-out for not joining the U.S. in ridding the world of the Saddam Hussein. Our government keeps using the statement that Canada will make its own decisions and not just follow the U.S., because they will not give up our sovereignty […]
MPs vent about broken-down estimates process: ‘We can ever forget the role of an MP is to keep government to account’: Valeri
The process for holding the government to account is “boring,” “frustrating” and generally ignored by most House committees, said several veteran Liberal MPs last week who also complained that Parliament has completely failed to prepare new MPs to stay on top of the billions of dollars spent yearly by the governing party in power. The […]
A reality check on the gun registry: Canada’s gun control law is a long-term investment in our security
TORONTO–“The low-down and dirty on the gun registry” (The Hill Times, March 3), by W.T. Stanbury, purports to provide a primer on the firearms program, but the article reflects a selective use of the facts. First, while “the billion-dollar registry” makes a great sound bite, it is important to be clear. After stating that “since […]
Canada’s actions do have consequences
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Canadians are contemplating consequences. Ever since Prime Minister Jean Chretien denounced the impending U.S./UK/Coalition action in Iraq as unjustified and declared that Canada was not “willing,” Canadians have been worrying about U.S. retaliation. It is as if a prissy schoolmarm whacked her much larger neighbour with her umbrella just as he was beginning a […]
More talk of Senate reform
It’s not the kind of reform many have been pushing for for the Senate, but Nova Scotia Tory Senator Donald Oliver’s bill to have the Upper Chamber’s Speaker elected by secret ballot is bound to be seen as a start for many. The Nova Scotia Senator, appointed by former prime minister Brian Mulroney in 1990, […]
Good work
Congratulations on this week’s “America is becoming unhinged,” (The Hill Times, March 17). Paul Adamthwaite Executive Director Archives and Collections (ACS) Society Picton, Ont. Congratulations on this week’s “America is becoming unhinged,” (The Hill Times, March 17). Paul Adamthwaite Executive Director Archives and Collections (ACS) Society Picton, Ont.
Chretien give Uncle Sam the finger
The Liberal government of Canada is now flaunting, with some considerable joy, the imprudent anti-American prejudices that pollute their party. It is endemic throughout and the latest insult, at Cabinet level, comes from Herb Dhaliwal. This process of flippant slander directed to our best friend, ally and customer, the Americans, has served to expose an […]
Deputy PM Manley sets Grit leadership stage, fired up
TORONTO–His campaign hasn’t even officially started yet, but Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister John Manley is talking tough and is all fired up to get to the top job in the Liberal Party of Canada. In an extensive and lively interview with The Hill Times last week, Mr. Manley, 53, (Ottawa South, Ont.), who […]
Iraq still could have been disarmed: French Ambassador
OTTAWA–Iraq could have been disarmed of weapons of mass destruction without resorting to the use of force by the United States and Great Britain, says the French envoy to Canada. Moreover, Philippe Guelluy, France’s Ambassador to Canada told CPAC’s The Diplomatic World, last week that the United States, Great Britain and the coalition of the […]
