Head: Canadians don’t trust Alliance: Mark
Stephen Harper jumped ship from the Progressive Conservative Party after half a dozen years of association including working for Calgary PC MP Jim Hawkes in Ottawa. He later unsuccessfully campaigned against Hawkes in the 1988 federal election. Harper won the Canadian Alliance leadership race in April 2002 actively campaigning against unity with the Tories. His […]
Canada’s the female principle
Early last week, President George W. Bush stood in the ballroom of a downtown Washington, D.C., hotel and toasted the guests with a glass of non-alcoholic beer. The guests themselves got to drink the harder stuff and to nibble at some pretty fancy canapes. They deserved it. For the privilege of being in the same […]
George Radwanski’s travel and meal expenses – April 2001 to May 2003
Item Location / Purpose People Date Amount Trip Toronto, Ont. – Speeches N.A. April 5-9, 2001 $1,336.65 Lunch Ottawa, Ont. – Mamma Teresa 2 April 4, 2001 $55.75 Trip Boston, U.S. – Harvard Law School N.A. April 23-25, 2001 $2,973.94 Lunch Ottawa, Ont. – Capital Club 2* May 2, 2001 $152.19 Lunch Ottawa, Ont. – […]
Gimme some soul, Liberal contendahs!
As with millions of other Canadians, I tried — I really tried — to watch most of the Liberal leadership “debates.” But, even though most of these events were televised on weekend afternoons, other competing priorities — such as getting a haircut or turning the compost — often intervened. When civic-duty and self-discipline prevailed, I […]
Vote-splitting is a good thing
Regarding “Some 92 Liberal ridings vulnerable,” (The Hill Times, June 16). All the pundits and the people on the right speak about the vote-splitting and the regional nature of the parties as though it’s entirely a bad thing. You can also make a strong case that the regional split is a plus for the two […]
Cellucci does Taxi Driver
Beef with Stephen Harper…Well, Alberta prime rib steaks to be exact – great big juicy ones with baked spuds, salads and all the trimmings, followed by triple sorbets in crystallized sugar bowls. If covering the mad cow story has put the Parliamentary Press Gallery off beef, it certainly didn’t show at the big sit-down feast […]
Herb Gray doesn’t own Windsor West anymore
Regarding “Some 92 Liberal ridings vulnerable,” (The Hill Times, June 16). According to Angelo Persichilli and Kady O’Malley, “even ridings like Windsor West, the one won by Herb Gray with a majority of 31 per cent over the Alliance candidate, can easily change hands with a new representative.” Perhaps The Hill Times needs to update […]
Mr. Gwyn’s ludicrous assertion: Reynolds
Regarding Richard Gywn’s column, “MacKay finishes the job,” (The Hill Times, June 9). I’m glad to see that Mr. Gwyn recognizes what so many other Canadians have — Stephen Harper is an accomplished leader. That being said, I wish to take issue with a few points made in this particular column. To begin, it seems […]
Summer recess
Government House Leader Don Boudria on June 2, just three weeks ago, told The Hill Times that there was an incredible amount of legislative work to do and that the House would not adjourn earlier than the scheduled June 20 date. Mr. Boudria said the government had to get through eight “priority” bills, including the […]
Democratic freedoms on trial: NCC: against restricting free speech
If there was a law saying that you needed a bureaucrat’s permission to express a political opinion, you would probably be upset. In fact, you would probably say such a law infringed on your right to free expression. Well, believe it or not, such a law does exist and an Ontario judge recently ruled that […]
