Grit MP Mills’ billion-dollar solution
OTTAWA–The federal Liberal Party is “in the midst of a major crisis” because young people no longer care about the political process, says Liberal MP Dennis Mills who is proposing to fix the problem with an ambitious new national program that rewards students who get involved in politics by paying them government-funded credits. Mr. Mills […]
Drouin hires a new executive assistant
OTTAWA–Claude Drouin, Secretary of State for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, has hired a new executive assistant for his ministerial political office. Pierre Lacoursiere started his new job as executive assistant last December, replacing Serge Gosselin. Prior to coming to the Hill, Mr. Lacoursiere, a native of Quebec, earned […]
Save the people, don’t kill them
The U.S. Pentagon has recently been quoted as saying that a war with Iraq will cost a minimum of $60-billion. I find it absolutely shocking that any country would spend this much invading a country and killing people! I suggest that instead of killing people, some of the world’s wealthier nations such as the United […]
Martin made right choice
Further to my letter-to-the-editor in last week’s issue of The Hill Times “Martin must make a choice,” (March 10). I now think Paul Martin has succeeded in developing a proper divestment plan for his Canada Steamship Lines. He gave the realization that the job of Prime Minister is unique, and that running Canada should be […]
This week
The House is back for a four-week stint before it breaks again on April 14. Two days have been set aside to complete debate on the budget, and two more on opposition days. The Alliance is tilting toward making the gun registry the subject of its opposition day, but has also expressed interest in debating […]
Former Hill staffer on Post’s list of 50 most influential women
The National Post recently published its list of 50 of the most powerful women in Canada, “The Powerful 50,” and the list included women from a variety of fields such as politics, academia, the civil service and included such powerful names as the Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin, prominent novelist and writer Margaret Atwood, […]
Pollster Graves is in ‘the house’: Ekos pollster Frank Graves talks about sensational transformation of polling
OTTAWA–During the past two decades Frank Graves has built EKOS Research Associates into one of the premier public opinion survey firms in the country. Rarely do federal departments or agencies bring forward major public policies without first doing extensive public opinion polling. The testing of the waters is done ahead of time, so that an […]
An alternative industrial path and Innovation Strategy: Canada has one of most generous R&D tax credits in the world, but it’s not working
Allan Rock has been vocal in recognizing the fact that Canada’s poor productivity record is a threat to Canada’s economic health. The statistics speak for themselves. Our world competitiveness ranking is 8th. Canada ranks 14th in the OECD in terms of innovation performance. The income gap with our largest trading partner, the United States, is […]
Goodbye Girl, Grey to leave politics
Grey Power… In a sense, Deb Grey’s decision to quit politics at the next election is even more of an end of an era than the departure of Reform founder Preston Manning – at least as far as the Reform-Canadian Alliance’s history in Ottawa is concerned. It is hard to believe it was 14 years […]
Lack of leadership defines government’s online: strategy: Newly-released report portrays anxious community of high-tech workers
OTTAWA–Some of the federal public servants responsible for driving the Liberals’ ambitious e-government strategy have sent a clear message to the government that the bureaucracy lacks the leadership, qualified help, and funding to get the job done, a newly-obtained document reveals. The lengthy report, drawing on feedback gathered from officials in 12 major departments, is […]
