R&D and pharmaceuticals: shorten approval process: While the approval period is supposed to be 345 days, in fact, it is 714 days
The pharmaceutical industry is important for the Canadian economy as well for all Canadians. As the population ages, it is crucial that this industry grows to allow the discovery of new medications. We need specifically to shorten the approval process for drug registration so that these drugs can be marketed and made available to those […]
Parliament must vote on Iraq: MPs must rely on media reports or American TV programs to find out about Chretien
PARLIAMENT HILL–Prime Minister Jean Chretien has had a way over the last nine years of adopting policies of Brian Mulroney that the Liberals once opposed, like Free Trade. In this, he has helped, at least in some quarters, to redeem Mr. Mulroney’s image. What is less openly noted is the many other ways that Chretien […]
Moral case tilts against Bush
While in New York recently, I asked an exceptionally well-informed senior UN official his guess at what would happen to the U.S. resolution on Iraq at the Security Council. He replied confidently that the U.S. was virtually certain to win by at least the required minimum of nine votes out of the 15, quite possibly […]
i-Channel lives on
The digital station i-Channel, which failed to get Cabinet to overturn a licence renewal grant to one of its biggest competitors, CPAC, has vowed to keep at it even though it still believes the playing field is not fair. Martha Fusca, the head of i-Channel and Stornoway Communications Ltd., was stymied in her effort to […]
Health research: where health and innovation intersect: Happily, conventional boundaries are dissolving between disciplines
The August, 2002 editorial of the Harvard Business Review noted, “innovation is all about breaking down silos.” If Canada is to succeed in developing new ideas and technologies and harnessing them to create a new economy built on knowledge and innovation, we must bring together diverse sectors, people, institutions and ideas to drive innovation and […]
Americans would jump to Canada’s aid in a minute
Regarding last week’s letter-to-the-editor, “American won’t be summering in Canada,” (The Hill Times, March 10). At first, I wanted to write to protest the unfortunate and thoughtless comment made by Canadian Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish, but then I read the unfortunate and thoughtless comment made by a fellow American. Sadly, the same criticisms I have […]
Prepare for heightened levels of rhetorical violence: Richard Perle savages writers who challenge the Bush administration on Iraq
OTTAWA–Utterly confused and burdened with, what is for me, an unprecedented degree of two-mindedness about the whole Iraq war matter, as an escape of sorts, my attention is turned instead to the form and dynamics of advocacy used by both sides. Actually, that should read “all sides.” Because no matter how hard most in the […]
PM’s frontman on Iraq: Claude Laverdure
OTTAWA–With the U.S. leading the world closer to a war in Iraq, Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been relying on a phalanx of top policy advisers and aides drawn from both inside and out of his large Cabinet for advice. Apart from Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham (Toronto Centre-Rosedale, Ont.), and Defence Minister John McCallum […]
Save the people, don’t kill them
The U.S. Pentagon has recently been quoted as saying that a war with Iraq will cost a minimum of $60-billion. I find it absolutely shocking that any country would spend this much invading a country and killing people! I suggest that instead of killing people, some of the world’s wealthier nations such as the United […]
Martin made right choice
Further to my letter-to-the-editor in last week’s issue of The Hill Times “Martin must make a choice,” (March 10). I now think Paul Martin has succeeded in developing a proper divestment plan for his Canada Steamship Lines. He gave the realization that the job of Prime Minister is unique, and that running Canada should be […]
