Starting Sunday – The Trueman Show…
Okay, so that’s not its real name, but Global Television has brought alumni Anne Trueman back to its Ottawa bureau to produce the latest entry into Canada’s Sunday morning lineup of political television shows. The half-hour program, called Ottawa Inside Out will feature regular talking heads Bob Fife and Anne Dawson from the National Post, […]
Gun registry on the brain
This week, the House’s Justice Committee will consider an Alliance motion moved by committee member and Manitoba MP Vic Toews to call on Justice Minister Martin Cauchon to explain why his department’s troubled gun registry needs another $59.4-million to close off the year. The figure showed up in this fiscal year’s last round of supplementary […]
How is Canada doing in a world driven by innovations? Canada lags behind several developed countries
Governments, academia and the private sector have made significant investments in innovation in recent years. As a result, Canada’s innovation performance is improving at a quick pace, and we enjoy the fastest rate of growth in some areas. However, a number of other countries moved earlier. Consequently, we lag behind many developed countries in terms […]
Grow up York University students
In searching through the national papers this morning, I have been unable to find one report of the disgusting incident that occurred at York University on March 5. This incident was caused by so called “pacifist” students attacking a group of students manning a table promoting the principles and policies of the Canadian Alliance. Is […]
Conspiracy theories, eh?
Keith Stringer of Boston, Mass., can’t be a regular reader of The Toronto Star. Had he been, he couldn’t have possibly become so upset with its front-page editorial, er, Linda Diebel “story” last Sunday headlined: “Oil war: 23 years in the making.” Stringer, in a letter to the editor next day, writes, “Fair and balanced […]
“By passing control of CSL to his sons, has Paul Martin satisfied his critics?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “The opposition has been shrill and unreasonable about the CSL ‘issue’ for weeks, so I don’t expect them to start doing anything differently now. They would be shrill and unreasonable if Paul Martin had passed ownership in his company to a consortium of Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Teresa, and Christ Himself. Ditto […]
Creating an innovative economy, culture of learning
The high quality of life Canadians have earned and enjoy is rightly recognized as among the best in the world. Yet, we, as a nation, must also recognize that our quality of life hinges on the skills and knowledge of each and every Canadian. The Government of Canada has long realized the importance of investing […]
Federal government trying to reverse trend, wants best and brightest to stay here: Rey Pagtakhan
This past year has given me the distinct privilege to meet some of our best and brightest scholars, researchers, and scientists throughout the country. Everywhere I travel, I am constantly reminded of how vastly different the state of innovation, research and development is now from slightly over a decade ago. We were losing many of […]
Feds, consumers’ association help market GM foods
OTTAWA–The federal government has been funnelling money to a national consumers group to help the biotechnology industry market genetically modified (GM) foods to the public. The Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) has taken a pro-industry position on biotech issues, especially on the highprofile issue of labelling of GM foods. Consumers and most non-governmental organizations, by […]
Reynolds says no to trainer
Alliance House Leader John Reynolds made it clear last week that he will block any attempt by the House of Commons to hire a personal trainer for MPs looking to get into shape. “No, I don’t think we will be paying for personal trainers. People can do that on their own. It’s pretty easy stuff […]
