Tories and elephants — neither forget…
New Brunswick Tory MP Elsie Wayne, who with Jean Charest kept her party alive in the Commons after the Great Conservative Wipeout of ’93, was quick to point out last week what many may not recall – or are too young to remember. Responding to the Canadian Alliance white paper on defence policy – and […]
Good for Whelan
Most Canadians are still in shock from being targetted recently by the World Health Organization as a country to avoid due to SARS. Luckily one of our federal ministers is bang on with her response to the increasing global problem with serious diseases. Susan Whelan, our Minister of International Cooperation, has announced that CIDA is […]
NMD suddenly lands with a giant thud
OTTAWA–The National Missile Defence (NMD) system has suddenly descended on the Canadian political scene raising more questions and concerns than providing answers. Both the Cabinet and Liberal caucus have recently been seized with discussions on this U.S.-proposed military program. For months, Prime Minister Jean Chretien refused to respond to persistent questioning about Canada’s participation in […]
Fuddle-duddle?
That Gerry Byrne’s a real knee-slapper. The rookie Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency was up on his feet in the Commons last Wednesday afternoon, defending Fisheries Minister Robert Thibault who had recently returned from announcing the shut-down of the cod fishery in St. John’s, Nfld., to angry fishers. Mr. Thibault is […]
Don’t like Chretien’s campaign bill
Canadians should be upset with a Prime Minister using flawed electoral reform legislation as tool to maintain his control of the Liberal Party. On the surface, we all agree that the influence of money needs to be removed from Parliament, but such a move should not create a further tax burden for the voters. As […]
Top experts say ‘massive’ PS bill a ‘modest’ step forward: ‘There’s still a great deal of work to be done’: Donald Savoie
OTTAWA–Two of the country’s foremost experts on the machinery of government have dismissed the federal government’s attempt to overhaul the public service — what would amount to the first major reform in over 40 — as “modest” while admitting the legislation is on the right track. Donald Savoie, a public administration professor and author of […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 6
Mr. Anderson: I cannot, really. However, the more information you provide, the better off you are. There will be journalists who will pick up this aspect; salesmen will use it as a selling point for a stove or fridge or, indeed, a vehicle. Having said that, it is true that it is not the only […]
God bless America
Many of the Canadian opinions on the “Iraqi intentions” of my country are sadly inappropriate and are now being proven wrong by the overriding positive support of the liberation of Iraq by Iraqi citizens. It has been quite popular to be anti- American. But it is much more intelligent to be informed with facts. We […]
Ottawa boasts over 453,000 people on payroll: Jim Judd, secretary of Treasury Board, answers long-awaited question
OTTAWA–The federal government can count 453,568 people on its payroll working in jobs located across Canada and all over the world, the Treasury Board confirmed last week. Jim Judd, secretary of the Treasury Board and comptroller general of Canada, provided the information in a short, twopage report to the Commons Government Operations Committee on April […]
What Canada can do: fair trade for hungry farmers: Canada can support poor farmers without damaging Canadian agriculture
OTTAWA–Nothing seems more distant from the famine threatening wide swaths of Africa than the plush halls of the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva. But negotiations there on new rules for agricultural trade will either offer a future to the hungry people of Africa and other poor regions, or they will seal their fate. The […]
