Martin’s company is really a foreign company: Stark
OTTAWA–Paul Martin, the former federal finance minister and the front-runner in the leadership race of the Liberal Party, should sell Canada Steamship Lines to show Canadians that he wants the job of Prime Minister and is willing to perform it without facing future problems of any real or apparent conflicts of interest, says an academic, […]
Don’t become Rt. Hon. Member from CSL
OTTAWA–Paul Martin’s recent tangle over his “seeing eye” blind trust agreement governing his ownership of Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has given him a newfound appreciation for the post of an appointed, rather than an independent, ethics counsellor. The former finance minister and leadership hopeful, who still advocates creating an independent ethics watchdog to replace Howard […]
Treasury Board’s lost control: Grit MP Alcock
OTTAWA–Liberal MP Reg Alcock, chair of the new Government Operations Committee, plans to call Treasury Board officials to the mat when Parliament resumes next Monday to find out why the government insists on tabling spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year that are regularly off by billions of dollars. On Feb. 16, Treasury Board President […]
And for $550 we’ll send you the fridge…
The National Citizens Coalition must have one heck of a fundraising system going. It must be costing the organization a fortune to run all those billboards and newspapers ads. In the last few months we’ve had attacks against Health Minister Anne McLellan over health care and Kyoto, demands for Jean Chretien to step down, and […]
A brief history of gun control in Canada, 1867 to 1945: The history of federal government’s efforts to regulate ownership and use of guns
The huge cost overrun on the Canadian Firearms Program and the deadline for registering all firearms (originally Jan. 1, 2003, then extended by six months) has reignited intense controversy over the rationale and efficacy of Canada’s gun controls. But conflict in Canada over regulating firearms is nothing new. It has occurred many times since Confederation. […]
Yanks, Americans
Regarding Gene M. Simon’s letter to the editor last week in The Hill Times (March 3) from Williamsville, N.Y. Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s comment was far too broad. I have great American friends although, from his tone, I doubt that Mr. Simon could ever qualify. From whom or what would he defend Canada? Millions around […]
Do newspapers have ghosts?
Maybe. Either that, or we have a hoax on our hands or, even stranger, someone has found a way to keep a real secret in this burg. I’m referring to the http://www.ottawajournal.com web page. Under the banner of the paper that died more than two decades ago, the following message appears: “On September 1st, 2003, […]
Bills need sunset clauses, urges Grit Senator Banks: ‘Some pieces of legislation are sort of sitting there almost hanging over our heads’
OTTAWA–If the federal government passes a piece of legislation but never bothers to bring it into force, should it be allowed to sit there in suspended animation for years on end? This is a question that has been preying on the mind of Alberta Liberal Senator Tommy Banks who was astonished to learn recently that […]
Martin’s choice
Originally, when the Ottawa Citizen, to its credit, broke the story on Feb. 17 that multimillionaire and Liberal leadership candidate Paul Martin had been briefed over the years by the Prime Minister’s ethics counsellor while he was finance minister on his multinational shipping company, Canada Steamship Lines, The Hill Times thought the story said more […]
Cyrus Reporter is leaving the building as of March 24.
It’s time we formed a club… As you may have noticed in F. Abbas Rana’s Hill Climbers last week (March 3), Industry Minister Allan Rock’s long-time right-hand man Cyrus Reporter is leaving for new pastures. What you may not have heard is a key consideration in making the move is that he and wife Joanne […]
