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 […]
Give me a break media
I’ve been thinking, national reporters are very dangerous animals who need to be fed daily and if they don’t find food, they’ll eat you alive. The “food” is obviously news and if there’s no news, they’ll invent it. Did you ever see a newspaper with a blank front page with the headline, “THERE IS NO […]
Scandiffio joins Manley’s office as director of communications
Mike Scandiffio, a former news editor at The Hill Times, who left HT in September, 2000, after seven years on the job, to join CTV NewsNet’s Mike Duffy as his producer, last week joined the ranks of Hill staffers when he was hired by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister John Manley as his new […]
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 […]
Lord Guillon of the hot room gets a jubilee medal
Yes Sir, No Sir… Parliamentary Press Gallery Chief Terry Guillon has become something of a monarchy fan since travelling across Canada with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip last October. Their majesties gave our man an autographed framed portrait of themselves and a Golden Jubilee medal, which he is allowed to wear on his jacket at […]
Tory leadership luncheon on Jan. 23 in Vancouver
NDP members to vote on new leader next week in Big Smoke MONDAY, Jan. 13 House Sitting — The House is not sitting this week but will resume sitting again on Monday, Jan. 27 after a six-week long Christmas break in the constituencies. For further information, please contact the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) […]
On guns and society: Why must Canadians drag us Americans into your gun registry argument?
WASHINGTON, D.C.–In recent weeks, Canadians have been debating two of the essential questions of society: how to mitigate violence and how to maintain health. In this round, these eternal arguments have taken the guise of the national gun registry and the Romanow report. And, as is appropriate, the cost/effectiveness of each — not the objective […]
Another hill scribe crosses over to the other side
Out with the Old (job), in with the New… Hill Times scribe and former CTV producer Mike Scandiffio gave himself a baptism of fire when he decided to kick off 2003 by changing careers. Mike just joined a growing list of Hill reporters who have been lured over to the government camp, starting work last […]
Pettigrew vows to lash out against ‘Washington consensus’: ‘It is not true to think that the market will solve all the problems,’ says Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew
Pierre Pettigrew, the International Trade Minister, is set to deliver a lengthy speech next week in London, England in which he will take aim at the so-called “Washington consensus,” a set of economic policies popularized by Washington’s elite class that have been blamed for wreaking havoc on developing countries around the world during the 1990s. […]
Prime Minister Chretien, here’s a legacy you can’t pass up: Canada needs a bold plan to rebuild its aid over the next five years like Norway, Netherlands and Sweden
Most Canadians would not consider being cheap to be a legacy. Especially stinginess toward the poorest people in the world. Yet stingy is probably too mild a word to describe the stunning decline in Canada’s international aid since Prime Minister Jean Chretien first came to power in 1993. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation […]
