Goodbye Hot Momma, Hello Italian Stallion…
Goodbye Hot Momma, Hello Italian Stallion… Ottawa will be losing popular CP bureau chief Beth Gorham over the summer. Ms. G, who became one of the press gallery’s growing army of new hot mommas 18 months ago when she adopted baby Maia, will be heading south to take over as The Canadian Press’s new correspondent […]
“How do you think the new political finance bill will change the culture of campaigns and elections in Canada
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “The proposed legislation, as it stands now, will make the electoral system more transparent and fair by radically revamping the rules on financing of political participants. I say ‘as it stands now’ because various prominent Parliamentarians – such as Paul Martin, in comments he made in Davos on Jan. 24, when […]
Government incompetence
Can we finally put an end to the myth of the Liberals as good financial managers? Combine Paul Martin’s budgets which offloaded debt to the provinces with the missing $1-billion HRDC, Industry Canada loans with only three per cent repayments of billions of dollars and Canadians get an image of a government with no idea […]
Campaign fundraising bill by the numbers: Sleeper isssue is how it will increase power of parties, and not power of MPs
OTTAWA–Prime Minister Chretien’s proposed new fundraising rules have generated a rare debate on Parliament Hill about how parties should be allowed to finance their campaigns. Much of the attention has focused on what the bill will cost to taxpayers. Estimates of the bill’s price tag have varied widely, and the issue is in desperate need […]
French ambassador says attacking Iraq without UN nod is a ‘blow for all the equilibrium of the international system
OTTAWA–The French Ambassador to Canada M. Philippe Guelluy says although France is aware Iraq tried to obtain chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in the past, the U.S. has failed to produce any evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Iraq poses any serious imminent threat to the U.S. national security. “The perception of threat by a […]
Moronic comments
Regarding the letters to the editor related to the ‘Moron story’ in the issue of The Hill Times (Dec. 2, 2002) and the previous stories in the Nov. 25 issue, what is truly important here is that Francie Ducros apparently didn’t deserve a break. I am one of those faceless Canadians who didn’t know who […]
Hey, Happy Warrior’s back Why PM Jean Chretien’s outwitting us all
This is a nasty job, but someone’s got to do it. Today, to do it half-decently I have no choice but to engage in an act that will violate the code of my tribe and earn me the contempt — the words “sell out” forming silently on their curled lips — of my colleagues. This […]
Campaign bill doesn’t kill secret trust funds
Political trust funds have a long and largely ignoble history in Canadian politics. By design, remarkably little is known about them. A secret “slush” fund is far more valuable than one whose inflows, outflows and balance are widely known. Political trust funds have always had the whiff of exclusivity, of being raised from “big money,” […]
HT has depth
Regarding The Hill Times, I just started accessing your website within the last month, it was a pleasure to find it. There isn’t nearly the political depth of information out here in Calgary in the media, so keep up the great coverage! Jim Vavra Calgary, Alta. Regarding The Hill Times, I just started accessing your […]
Job one: getting serious about transparency
OTTAWA–In all the babble about political-finance reform in recent weeks, several themes have surfaced. Regrettably, most of them are mere distractions from what should be the central issue: the integrity and transparency of our national political and public-policy decision-making system. First, there are the complaints from within the Liberal caucus about what some charge are […]
