Correlation doesn’t equal causation
Regarding the letter to the editor “Health pros support gun control,” (The Hill Times, April 14). After reading Dr. Robert Cushman’s reasons for defending the Firearms Act, it occurs to me that if the propaganda he and his kind spew were not so damaging to public safety, it would be amusing. I confess I studied […]
Look who’s come to dinner
Who’s zooming who… Many at last week’s $500-a-plate Maple Leaf Liberal Fundraising Dinner were in attendance to see Jean Chretien give his last speech as PM at the annual party fundraising dinner. Many, however, were there to network and to check out who was with whom and at what table. It was a pretty full […]
‘Canada and U.S. enjoy strong relationship on energy’: Dhaliwal prepares for June meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham
OTTAWA–All eyes will be on Energy Minister Herb Dhaliwal when he heads to Washington, D.C., in June to meet U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to talk about the $57-billion energy relationship between Canada and the U.S. Recently painted as the “Liberals’ poster boy for anti-Americanism,” Mr. Dhaliwal (Vancouver South-Burnaby, B.C.) was considered political pariah by […]
Time for nuclear debate: Calling nuclear power ‘safe’ is a distortion
PARIAMENT HILL–In light of the ratification of Kyoto a national debate and public consultation on government subsidization of nuclear power is long overdue. It is no longer acceptable for the Cabinet to make billion-dollar-decisions on this controversial non-renewable and unsustainable technology behind closed doors. The Canadian Nuclear Association (the nuclear industry lobby group) has carried […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 3
Senator Milne: Are you relying on the provinces to do this? Mr. Dhaliwal: No, we are taking the lead role. Senator Milne: I was hoping that some of the federal money would be for this and also for R&D on biodiesel. Mr. Dhaliwal: Yes, part of the debate that will happen in the ad hoc […]
SARS is not a minor threat: We treat threats at our own peril
The spread of SARS in Toronto could have been brought to a quick stop in the first hospital that it appeared in. The health professionals didn’t know exactly what it was at first, but they did think that the case was one of a few well-known, highlycontagious epidemic threats. That type of threat requires immediate […]
Harper hires new staffers for OLO: Masciantonio leaves Eggleton’s office, Robert Meinzer slips in as PA
OTTAWA–Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper shook up the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition last week and announced some new appointments which he says will “enhance and strengthen” the OLO effective May 1. “These appointments broaden our already strong team as we ready ourselves for the next election,” said Mr. Harper in a […]
Proud of Prime Minister Chretien’s stand
I find it interesting that the politicians who feel that Canada should be involved in the Iraq conflict are people who have never served in the military. It is easy to tell someone to do a job that you are not familiar with or willing to do yourself. Instead, of complaining about our government, as […]
‘The personal is political’: NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis
OTTAWA–Canadian Alliance MP Grant McNally, 41, lives every day with the fact that one of his four children has leukemia. The two-termer federal MP for Dewdney-Alouette, B.C., has talked about it over the years in the House of Commons, but definitely does not go out of his way to publicize it. In the House of […]
PM to attend fundraising dinner in Calgary this week
Perth-Middlesex byelection on Monday, May 12 MONDAY, May 5 House Sitting–The House of Commons is sitting Monday to Friday until Friday, May 16, at which time it will take a week-long break. The Commons will then return on Monday, May 26 and is supposed to sit every consecutive week until Friday, June 20. But the […]
