Strongly rejects Jones’ column
Regarding “Don’t blame the French,” (View From Washington, D.C. column, The Hill Times, March 24). My eyes just could not believe what I read in the article by David Jones. After a long list of poor “arguments” (which are more feeble opinions than facts or rational), the author finishes his paper by a sentence that […]
U.S. risks losing peace
Just before the war began, one expert observer, James Steinberg, director of studies at Washington’s Brookings Institution and a former senior aide with the Clinton administration, made an observation that now seems uncannily perceptive. Steinberg remarked in a tone of skepticism on the “presumption” prevailing among U.S. military planners that very few Iraqis would fight. […]
‘Deepening crisis’ grips Canadian democracy: Kingsley launches ambitious plan to get young Canadians to start voting
OTTAWA–Jean-Pierre Kingsley, the chief electoral officer, says that Canadian democracy is in the midst of a “deepening crisis” because of the steady decline in the voter turnout, particularly among youths, which reached an alltime low during the last general election in 2000. On March 21, at a conference at Carleton University in Ottawa, Mr. Kingsley […]
Disappointed by Canadian behaviour
It saddens me that the country of my origin would demean itself so much, by booing the American national anthem at a hockey game. I have always thought that Canadians would hold themselves to a higher standard in behaviour. What has changed since I left Canada over 30 years ago? We used to be a […]
Long on audacity but short on common sense: Paradigm-shifting media strategies can be a powerful tool
Spring of 2003 may well be long-remembered by some for reasons other than only the beginning of Gulf War II, though its significance and ramifications will undoubtedly overshadow most everything else But this month also marks the debut of two quite astounding developments in the annals of advocacy and public affairs strategy and practice. One […]
Why anti-Americanism is as Canadian as maple syrup: We Canadians have a serious inferiority complex
There have been two recent, widely-reported examples of anti-Americanism by Canadians of some official stature. According to Francie Ducros, then director of communications for Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.S. President George Bush is “a moron.” Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s condemnation was far wider: “Damn Americans. I hate those bastards.” These comments are not isolated, but […]
Iraq needs help from us all: British
OTTAWA–Iraq was once a cultural powerhouse, one of the most sophisticated countries in the Middle East. It has a highly-educated population and enormous natural resources. But today, around half its population is unemployed. A total of 60 per cent of its people are dependent on food aid. More than half of the people in rural […]
Cherry’s allowed to talk
TORONTO–When multi-millionaire movie stars take a moment out from congratulating their own brilliance to tell us that they’re against the war in Iraq, most people in journalism and politics think that’s fine. But when Don Cherry and Ron MacLean spend their popular five-minute Coach’s Corner talking about what everybody in the country is talking about, […]
Canada-U.S. Parliamentary Group doing damage control
OTTAWA–Canada is highly likely to suffer from economic consequences as a result of its decision not to join the U.S.led war in Iraq, says Liberal MP Joe Comuzzi, who is co-chair of Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group. Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.), who is on his way to Washington, D.C., this week with the House Transport […]
Do what’s right, not what’s popular
The decision taken by the Chretien-Martin Liberals not to support our closest allies in the war with Saddam Hussein is another example of how hooked this government is on doing only what is popular not what is right. When a decision was required to stand with our friends, the PM refused and took the easy […]
