New health spending must put patients first: Federal and provincial governments must put aside differences, move forward
PARLIAMENT HILL–Over the last decade, it has become increasingly apparent that the needs of the most important stakeholder in the Canadian healthcare system — the patient — are not being adequately met. One in five Canadians who had an encounter with the healthcare system in 2001 reported experiencing some difficulties in accessing services. According to […]
Rebuilding UN during Iraq war: It’s in Canada’s direct interest to stop erosion of support for UN’s paramount function
PARLIAMENT HILL–Just as the United Nations was constructed during the darkest days of World War II, so too must the rebuilding of the UN be started now during the Iraq war. There is no time to lose in restoring the UN as humanity’s best hope for maintaining peace and security throughout the world. The Government […]
Allan Rock hires a new executive assistant
Federal Industry Minister Allan Rock recently hired a new executive assistant in his ministerial political office. Jean-Francois Thibault, 48, started his new job as executive assistant on March 3, succeeding former long-time executive assistant Cyrus Reporter . Mr. Reporter left for a private sector job at the law firm of Fraser, Milner Casgrain in Ottawa. […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Alliance MP Lynne Yelich, 50, March 24, 1953 *Secretary of State Ethel Blondin-Andrew, 52, March 25, 1951 *Tory MP Loyola Hearn, 60, March 25, 1943 *Tory Sen. Michael Meighen, 64, March 25, 1939 *Tory MP Greg Thompson, 56, March 28, 1947 *Liberal MP Liza Frulla, 54, March 30, 1949 *Liberal MP Gilbert Normand, 60, March […]
Pray for quick success
Caesar has spoken and as the legions march, a great many people around the world will respond by cursing the United States and most particularly U.S. President George W. Bush by shaking an actual, or a metaphorical, fist at him, and it. They will also react in one way or another in horror at the […]
Neville delivers bottom line on gun costs
OTTAWA–The furor over the gun registry boondoggle continued unabated last week, with the oppositions clamouring louder than ever for a better picture of what the government has spent on the ill-fated program to date. On two successive days, Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton-Melville, Sask.), his party’s firearms and property rights critic, nearly turned blue in […]
Don’t blame the French: In the end, the French didn’t really care about Saddam, he was an excuse
WASHINGTON, D.C.–During the runup to Gulf War II, we anglos had some good dirty fun despising the French. In the UN end-game, the British finally blew all of their diplomatic gaskets when Paris rejected the U.K. UNSC resolution proposing a combination of specific measures for Saddam to meet tied to a specific date for Iraqi […]
The other Quebec power struggle…
The Quebec provincial election is not the only political contest underway, it seems. Little birdies tell me things are getting hot and heavy in the Quebec federal Liberal caucus. Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, the Prime Minister’s Quebec political lieutenant, was on the spot at last week’s regional caucus meeting after it was reported he was […]
Alliance targets riding: Entire caucus to go to Perth-Middlesex
OTTAWA–The entire Canadian Alliance caucus will hold a special meeting in Stratford, Ont., on Friday, April 4, in an effort to give a boost to their party candidate’s campaign in the as-yet uncalled byelection in the riding of Perth- Middlesex, Ont., illustrating the party is working hard to win the riding which has been held […]
Eves’ wacky move
In a rare move, former House of Commons Clerk Bob Marleau emerged from retirement last week to urge the public to rise up against the controversial decision by Ontario Premier Ernie Eves to deliver the Ontario provincial government’s upcoming budget in a TV studio rather than recall the legislature. Ontario Speaker Gary Carr has criticized […]
