Canada’s stand is not anti-American: Iraq war has fermented some uncomfortable upheavals on international scene
OTTAWA–Canada did well to stay the UN course on Iraq. This was endorsed by a 153-50 vote in the House of Commons last Thursday on a Bloc Quebecois motion calling on the government “not to participate in the military intervention initiated by the United States in Iraq.” The vote is the reflection of Canadian public […]
Alliance predicts ‘chill’ between Canada-U.S.
OTTAWA–Canada’s highly-important bilateral relationship with the United States won’t be negatively effected despite the escalating political disagreements and rhetoric between the two countries over the U.S.-led war against Iraq, say Liberal and liberal-minded Parliamentarians. But Parliament Hill is definitely torn. The Canadian Alliance and the federal Tories believe Canada should support the United States, while […]
New health spending must put patients first: Federal and provincial governments must put aside differences, move forward
PARLIAMENT HILL–Over the last decade, it has become increasingly apparent that the needs of the most important stakeholder in the Canadian healthcare system — the patient — are not being adequately met. One in five Canadians who had an encounter with the healthcare system in 2001 reported experiencing some difficulties in accessing services. According to […]
Cataclysmic news events
TORONTO–The 1991 Gulf War began in the skies over Baghdad on a Saturday night, mid-way through the first period of Canada’s Holy Grail — Hockey Night in Canada. What did the CBC do? It immediately broke away from the action on the ice to the action in the other arena. About 10 minutes later, it […]
Iraq war dominates agenda on the Hill
OTTAWA -With Parliament Hill gripped by the events in Iraq, backbench MPs from both the government and opposition benches expressed concerns over the way the war has overshadowed all other Parliamentary business. Opposition MPs are especially fretful the war in Iraq would create an environment where the government can act unchecked. Last week, debate on […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Alliance MP Lynne Yelich, 50, March 24, 1953 *Secretary of State Ethel Blondin-Andrew, 52, March 25, 1951 *Tory MP Loyola Hearn, 60, March 25, 1943 *Tory Sen. Michael Meighen, 64, March 25, 1939 *Tory MP Greg Thompson, 56, March 28, 1947 *Liberal MP Liza Frulla, 54, March 30, 1949 *Liberal MP Gilbert Normand, 60, March […]
Copps says Canada-U.S. friendship ‘deep and wide’
PARLIAMENT HILL–Federal Liberal leadership candidate Sheila Copps says the Canada-U.S. relationship is “deep and wide enough to withstand” the fact that Canada has opted out of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. “We have had tough words on many sides, but the reality is that the relationship is deep and wide enough to withstand those words […]
BQ National Congress in Montreal on April 4-6
Canadian Alliance special caucus meeting in Stratford, Ont., on April 4 MONDAY, MARCH 24 Governor General In Calgary — Gov.-Gen. Adrienne Clarkson and her husband John Ralston Saul will be Calgary from March 23-27 kicking off their “urban focus” which is to engage citizens of Calgary in a series of dialogues and debates designed to […]
Don’t blame the French: In the end, the French didn’t really care about Saddam, he was an excuse
WASHINGTON, D.C.–During the runup to Gulf War II, we anglos had some good dirty fun despising the French. In the UN end-game, the British finally blew all of their diplomatic gaskets when Paris rejected the U.K. UNSC resolution proposing a combination of specific measures for Saddam to meet tied to a specific date for Iraqi […]
And you thought the voter turn out was bad in the last federal election…
For the first time in years, the Parliamentary Press Gallery had a fight on its hands for a senior executive position. The string of elections by acclamation came to an end with a battle between Toronto Star reporter Allan Thompson and CTV cameraman George Papadionysiou for the vice-president’s job. George won by 64 votes to […]
