The presser: Martin passes on CSL to sons: ‘I did not enter public life to enrich myself,’ Paul Martin tells reporters
OTTAWA–Good morning. In recent weeks, questions have been raised about how I would approach the ownership of my family’s company Canada Steamship Lines should I have the opportunity to become Prime Minister. Let me say unequivocally that I recognize the importance of these questions and the underlying principle at stake. Canadians must have confidence that […]
Cabinet ministers walk tight-rope in leadership race, so far: Some don’t feel free to say where they stand with eight months to go
OTTAWA–Although most of Jean Chretien’s Cabinet is expected to support former finance minister Paul Martin in the Liberal leadership race, very few have been brave enough to declare their true colours this far in advance of the Prime Minister’s retirement next February. Which explains Environment Minister David Anderson’s tortured explanation to the Ottawa Citizen last […]
Investing in people, discovery and innovation: Canada’s future depends on graduate students, NSERC supports 15,500 every year
I’d like to tell The Hill Times readers about NSERC’s role in the government’s plan to make Canada one of the world’s most innovative countries. NSERC stands for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. We fund people in universities who do research in engineering and all the scientific areas except the strictly […]
‘All my life I have gone one step further’: Paul Martin
TORONTO–By the end of this month the roster for the federal Liberal leadership race will be complete. While Paul Martin is clearing all possible hurdles between himself and the position he has been aiming at since 1990, Deputy Prime Minister John Manley will announce his candidacy before April 1. According to Liberal sources, Mr. Manley […]
PM’s Election Campaign Finance Bill to move forward
OTTAWA–Claiming he feels confident Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s controversial Election Campaign Financing Bill has as many critics among the government’s backbenches as among those found on the opposition side, Alliance House Leader John Reynolds says his party will finally stop filibustering on it so that it can finally reach the committee stage where he expects […]
Alliance MP Skelton pitches in to help Badger folks
OTTAWA–When three intersecting rivers overflowed, flooded and the then froze up in the town of Badger, Nfld., last month, Saskatchewan Canadian Alliance MP Carol Skelton said it was time to do something for western Canada to return a favour to eastern Canada. Today, Ms. Skelton (Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar, Sask.) is working with Tory MP Rex Barnes (Gander-Grand […]
Looking for a four-leaf clover?
One thing sure to bring a frown to faces at the Irish Ambassador’s residence last week was the latest U.S. deadline (well, it was the latest deadline at the time) of March 17 for Iraq to meet Washington’s demands or get attacked. What was U.S. President George W. Bush thinking when he picked the Patron […]
Kenney’s outgoing EA
Mark Buzan, Alliance MP Jason Kenney’s longtime aide, recently left the Hill for a job at the Canadian Hydropower Association in Ottawa. Mr. Buzan started his new job on March 3 as public affairs coordinator for the Canadian Hydropower Association. A native of London, Ont., Mr. Buzan, 29, graduated with a BA in political science […]
Jones doesn’t get it
Regarding the View From Washington, D.C., column “George W. Bush a profile in courage,” (The Hill Times, March 3). David Jones states that it takes “a special level of arrogance” to conclude that we are not threatened by the interlock of terrorists and Iraqi WMDs. Au contraire. It takes great arrogance to make allegations which […]
Flags of convenience
Regarding the story “Martin’s company is really a ‘foreign company’: Stark,” (The Hill Times, March 10). The issues raised in the article are numerous but what resonates is the feigned indignation of Martin [strategist], Michael Robinson. He complains about opposition parties focusing on the tax question and the associated registering of CSL ships offshore. He […]
