Health Council idea is a sharp one: New health system needs a new ‘holistic’ approach on public policy
Roy Romanow recently said that Canadians want and need a truly national health system. At the centre of his high-profile plan to build one is a recommendation that governments should create a national health council. It is an innovative and interesting idea that merits more discussion. Unfortunately, most Canadians have at best a vague idea […]
Stormin’ Lorne unleashes some criticism
Nystrom’s Maelstrom… Well, Saskatchewan MP and NDP leadership hopeful Lorne Nystrom sure set the cat among the party pigeons last week. The leadership race had managed to go on for months without anyone paying much attention outside of the party itself and there had been barely a peep in the media about crazy social spending […]
Meet Mike Dagg: access to information defender: Fights for release of names of temporary federal employees
Few Canadians know how to use the Access to Information Act and even less know when they’ve been hood-winked by it. But Mike Dagg is one of those rare people, let alone in Ottawa but in the country, who knows the incredibly complicated act inside out, makes a living by plying the act and, as […]
Leadership money questions
John Crosbie once said money was the mother’s milk of politics and these days, you only need to look at Paul Martin’s leadership campaign to witness that reality. The federal Liberals will be ironing out some rules on their next leadership race later this month, including setting spending limits and are toying with the $4-million […]
Code being ignored in Manley-CIBC affair: Parliament should appoint its own investigation body to probe rules
It is remarkable that in media coverage of ethics issues, only rarely do reporters and editors refer to the standards that politicians are supposed to adhere to. These rules are worth a look when considering the call to CIBC CEO John Hunkin by Finance Minister John Manley to help bail out the Ottawa Senators. The […]
Liberal insiders shocked by shooting death of Pakistani leader
Top federal Liberal Party insiders say they are still shocked by the shooting death of Riasat Ali Khan, a prominent Pakistani-Canadian who was active in Grit Party politics as well as in the Muslim community for decades, and who was gunned down in his driveway last week in his quiet Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood. “I was […]
CIDA’s a secretive, bureaucratically-overburdened agency: We must increase private capital flows to the developing world, through a continuous promotion of globalization
International assistance is an important part of Canada’s contribution to the world community to alleviate poverty and disease, to promote education and good governance, including the rule of law, and, more importantly, to assist in economic development, especially in light of the growth in globalization. A recent paper released by the World Bank, “The Role […]
Delacourt off writing her Martin book
The Life of Paul, Part I… Don’t worry if you don’t see Susan Delacourt’s byline in the National Post for awhile, she hasn’t crossed over to the Other Side too. Instead, she’s on leave for a couple of months to write up the first half of the book she’s doing on Paul Martin’s push for […]
“If you were John Manley’s top spinmeister, how would you advise the Finance Minister out of the mess he’s in for calling the chief executive of the CIBC over the refinancing of the Ottawa Senators hockey team? And how did this story get out there anyway?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “None of us know, for sure, what is going to happen to the Senators. But the future does not look bright, to say the least. “The manufactured outrage over John Manley’s decision to do his job — to represent his constituents in a sensible wayis typical chickenshit Ottawa politics. John Manley […]
Supreme Court a leader
Quietly, and with little fanfare, the Supreme Court of Canada — which has been bringing in some progressive measures over the years to make it more accessible to the people — brought in another historic decision last week. The Supreme Court agreed to a pilot project for pre-judgment media lockups to allow reporters to be […]
