Elinor Caplan hires a new policy adviser
Minister of National Revenue Elinor Caplan has hired a new senior policy adviser. Mark Boudreau, joined Ms. Caplan’s office last week as the new senior policy adviser replacing Katherine Cornfield who is currently on maternity leave. A native of Moncton, N.B., Mr. Boudreau, 47, received his BA in economics and political science from York University […]
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 […]
