Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 2
There are many ways in which the utilities can get involved. Some have a different challenge from others. Some utilities are Crown corporations and some are in the private sector. It varies, but they will all have to do their share to reduce greenhouse gasses, although they will have to use different methods. Senator Spivak: […]
Interaction with Arab people and nations is now essential: Unfortunately, some leading Canadian politicians follow ideological perspectives
OTTAWA–Canadian interest in the Middle East is heightened by the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in the region and the cultural and religious differences of the peoples of the area. Canadian foreign policy has, in the main, been guided by international law and the desire for lasting peace and security. However, the general public’s understanding […]
Martin’s democratic reform plan falls short: Paul Martin suggests that money in politics is not really a problem
OTTAWA–Until recently, Liberal leadership frontrunner Paul Martin has been the master of expectation management. As finance minister, he always low-balled the budget surplus to reduce expectations amongst his Cabinet colleagues eager to see increased program spending. He also pioneered the practice of leaking virtually all key elements of the federal budget beforehand, to ensure that […]
Bush’s wee bit of hubris
Regarding “Chicken Little meets the Little Red Hen,” (The Hill Times, April 14). In his epistle to the Canadians of April 14, David Jones recounts the parables of Chicken Little and the Little Red Hen and trumpets that the latter has, for now, triumphed over the former with respect to the invasion of Iraq. I […]
Dhaliwal vows to launch new negotiations in fall with auto industry to improve fuel efficiency of new vehicles by 2010
My department also supports research into wind energy with a focus on Canadian needs like the impact of extreme cold on turbines and synchronized wind and diesel generation for off-grid communities. HILL TIMES: How about other alternative sources of energy? MR. DHALIWAL: Alternative energy is playing a major role in helping us diversify our energy […]
Martin boasts support of 124 Grit MPs: party insiders
OTTAWA–Paul Martin, the “juggernaut,” has the backing of 73 per cent or 124 of the 169-member governing caucus in the House of Commons in his bid to win on the first ballot the federal Liberal leadership, according to top Liberal strategists and MPs. Although the race to replace outgoing Liberal leader and Prime Minister Jean […]
Unmasking our shaky health keeper’s image
OTTAWA–Canada has had its highest international profile as peace-keepers, not as health-keepers making the world a safer place. But now, Canada is also trying to market itself overseas as a country with super special health care, now that the World Health Organization has lifted its travel advisory telling the world to avoid non-essential travel to […]
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 […]
