Question period: does your office use call display?
“The problem is, even using call display, the number is [sometimes] blocked or people will grossly misrepresent who they are. Unfortunately, it puts legitimate reporters at a disadvantage. Both my staff and myself are cautious of the fact there could be pranks. I have an excellent assistant, with 27 years of experience on the Hill, […]
E-commerce wave of the future [Parliamentary critics]
With e-commerce on the upswing in Canada, it is probable that the right-wing political parties must be elated by the opportunities that online commerce present to not only merchants, but consumers as well. Alberta Reform MP Eric Lowther was named deputy industry critic earlier this month. He’ll be focusing on telecommunications, the CRTC, the Internet, […]
Dube, Martin want HRDC boundaries aligned with 301 riding: opposition MPs want to be consulted on drawing of boundaries, they say riding-by-riding would be less confusion
MPs want to be consulted on the drawing of the boundaries which will be used to determine where billions of dollars in employment benefits and job creation funds will be spent. The Human Resources Development Department is starting to review the 54 economic boundaries that define the regions which the department uses to administer the […]
Austria is unfairly scolded in this age of increasing globalization
Even aging scribes sometimes have to move with some alacrity lest they appear out of date. A short while ago I had quill in hand ready to begin an article with praise for Canada’s attitude towards the political situation In Austria. I planned to laud our Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy for taking a calmer, […]
Rabble-rousing Roger Gallaway loses law licence
MP loses licence…Government backbencher Roger Gallaway has resigned from the Law Society of Upper Canada and is no longer able to practice law in Ontario. A notice issued by the Law Society recently said Mr. Gallaway was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to report, account and communicate with the beneficiaries of an estate […]
Iftody, Wilfert break ranks, vote against same-sex bill: some 14 Liberal backbench MPs voted against same-sex bill
Liberal and Bloc Quebecois MPs broke ranks with their parties last week and voted against the government’s controversial same-sex legislation, despite the fact that it was a whipped vote. A total of 14 Liberal MPs rejected Bill C-23 at second reading. The bill, which still has long way to go through the House before it […]
Tobin to critique Paul Martin’s federal budget for CTV: Liberals worried charges of fiscal mismanagement and pork-barrelling could spread
In an unprecedented move, Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin will be CTV’s colour commentator for Monday’s federal budget show, and will go on the airwaves in an effort to criticize the current golden boy of federal politics, Finance Minister Paul Martin. Mr. Tobin, who has dropped out of the unofficial federal Liberal leadership race, has formed […]
Canadian media go ga-ga over right-wing Austrian leader
In a letter to the editor in last Saturday’s Globe and Mail, Howard M. Greenfield wrote about “a disturbing anomaly” in the West’s outraged reaction to Austrian Joerg Haider’s Freedom Party. “Only two months earlier,” writes Greenfield, “the European Union bestowed candidate status on a government aligned with a party that makes Austria’s nationalists look […]
Chretien cool to Hill press conferences: Hill hacks want regularly scheduled PM pressers, but still waiting for word
Relations between the Prime Minister’s Office and the national Parliament Hill media continue to deteriorate as PMO officials refuse to respond to requests for more access to Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who has held only two press conferences since 1997. Last December, at the annual meeting, between the gallery executive and the PMO, reporters pleaded […]
Turmel says Stewart should not blame public service for HRDC mess
PSAC’s Nicole Turmel says public service needs whistle-blower law to allow public employees to speak openly about programs In the maelstrom of criticism swirling around the Human Resources Department, public service union officials fear their members unfairly will have to shoulder the responsibility for claims of mismanagement. Human Resources Minister Jane Stewart has directed criticism […]
