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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Was Sheila Copps just playing leadership politics when she publicly criticized Anne McLellan’s lack of leadership on SARS, or is there something deeper going on here we should all know about?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “Look, during leadership races — as with the Alliance’s race last year, the NDP’s a few months back, and the Tories’ ongoing one — candidates disagree with each other. They criticize each other, as well as the policies of the party they seek to lead. That’s normal. “Sheila Copps had no […]
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 […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 4
[Translation] First, commitment. The Climate Change Plan is the cornerstone of this government’s commitment to making a global contribution to addressing climate change. The Budget 2003 investment of $2 billion over five years brings our total investment in climate change action since 1997 to $3.7 billion. This is in addition to a number of other […]
Showdown on Governance Act expected
OTTAWA–In what promises to be revealed as a showdown, Roberta Jamieson, chief of the Six-Nations reserve, says Bill C-7, the government’s First Nations Governance Act is “fatally flawed,” it “violates” native peoples’ rights, and that the only way it can be fixed is by withdrawing the increasingly controversial piece of legislation. “We take that position […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*International Cooperation Minister Susan Whelan, 40, May 5, 1963 *Alliance MP Diane Ablonczy, 54, May 6, 1949 *Liberal Sen. Maria Chaput, 61, May 7, 1942 *Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, 63, May 8, 1940 *Alliance MP Gary Lunn, 46, May 8, 1957 *Liberal MP Eleni Bakopanos, 49, May 10, 1954 *Tory MP Scott Brison, 36, May […]
