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 […]
Alliance predicts ‘chill’ between Canada-U.S.
OTTAWA–Canada’s highly-important bilateral relationship with the United States won’t be negatively effected despite the escalating political disagreements and rhetoric between the two countries over the U.S.-led war against Iraq, say Liberal and liberal-minded Parliamentarians. But Parliament Hill is definitely torn. The Canadian Alliance and the federal Tories believe Canada should support the United States, while […]
Breathless U.S. back-patting
In the Canadian Alliance’s breathless leap to attack Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s move not to support the U.S.-led war in Iraq, it has proceeded to accomplish exactly what it daily accuses the Liberals of doing: insulting and belittling our friend and neighbour the United States of America and its president. Certainly, this is all about […]
Iraq war dominates agenda on the Hill
OTTAWA -With Parliament Hill gripped by the events in Iraq, backbench MPs from both the government and opposition benches expressed concerns over the way the war has overshadowed all other Parliamentary business. Opposition MPs are especially fretful the war in Iraq would create an environment where the government can act unchecked. Last week, debate on […]
Listen to the people, do the right thing PM
PARLIAMENT HILL–As we count down the days and months before Jean Chretien leaves office as Prime Minister and Paul Martin takes over, a major challenge faces both men. Will Chretien’s legacy be the weakening and dismantling of medicare, our universal public healthcare system, aided and abetted by the massive funding cuts by Paul Martin? Or […]
BQ National Congress in Montreal on April 4-6
Canadian Alliance special caucus meeting in Stratford, Ont., on April 4 MONDAY, MARCH 24 Governor General In Calgary — Gov.-Gen. Adrienne Clarkson and her husband John Ralston Saul will be Calgary from March 23-27 kicking off their “urban focus” which is to engage citizens of Calgary in a series of dialogues and debates designed to […]
Caring for the health needs of veterans: Veterans Affairs Canada is a pioneer in the field of home care
PARLIAMENT HILL–Veterans Affairs Canada’s mission is to provide exemplary service to all of our clients, both the elderly war-service veterans and the younger Canadian Forces veterans, including still-serving members, and their families. We accomplish this, in part, through our health care and services programs such as the Veterans Independence, Residential Care, and Treatment Benefits programs. […]
Political finance bill: what’s a large corporation to do? Corporations will find other ways to gain/retain access, exercising influence
The search for political advantage is nearly ubiquitous and it is also relentless for several reasons: the rewards of what economists call rent-seeking, whether pecuniary or ideological, can be large; the scope and scale of governments in Canada are huge indeed and thus they have a great deal of influence or many individuals and organizations; […]
A Health Council to earn the trust of Canadians
PARLIAMENT HILL–The clock is ticking. The First Ministers agreed in the Health Accord on Feb. 5 that within three months we would have the much-anticipated Health Council of Canada. We are, however, justifiably concerned. As recently as Dec. 6, 2002, health ministers declared that such a council was unnecessary. The death-bed conversion of the First […]
