Lib MP Sgro says Canada’s urban strategy all about cooperation: Developing strong urban partnerships between all orders of government key to transportation concerns
In the 2001 Throne Speech, the Liberal government committed to a dialogue with partners across Canada about the opportunities and challenges facing urban centres. The Prime Minister’s Caucus Task Force on Urban Issues was mandated to conduct this dialogue and suggest how the federal government can improve its role and relationship with urban Canada. The […]
Journalists should ask how existing rules were brazenly broken: Hoy asks why just fire Eggleton? Granted, can’t expect Chr tien to fire himself but he set tone on sleaze
Here’s the deal. Context, as we know, is everything. So when recently-deposed defence minister Art Eggleton insisted, as he did in an interview this week with The Toronto Star, that, “I did nothing wrong,” he has a point. Not that handing out an untendered contract to a former girlfriend is appropriate. But — and here […]
There’s a storm a brewin’ ’round here, run for hills
A little pathetic fallacy perhaps… It’s not every day that the wheather provides a perfect backdrop to what’s going on inside Parliament. Last Thursday evening, CBC was reporting that after weeks of scandals, the Liberals were slipping in the polls. At the same time, CTV’s Craig Oliver was reporting that Prime Minister Jean Chretien had […]
Dear Paul Letter: Read Chretien’s letter to Martin
Dear Paul: It is with sadness that I confirm that you are leaving the cabinet. As I told you, I will always be grateful to you for your remarkable work as Minister of Finance. There are very few Canadians who have ever served in a cabinet with such distinction. Together we have achieved a great […]
Listen up, NATO has a role to play in preventive diplomacy: And preventive diplomacy can sometime only be effective if one is carrying the proverbial big stick, Canada
The new National Defence Minister John McCallum’s success will be judged on how much more money he can secure for the department, according to Liberal MP David Pratt. Mr. Pratt’s committee last week tabled a report “Facing Our Responsibilities” that calls for the defence budget to be increased from $12-billion to a hefty $18-billion. While […]
House history on conflict studies
*July 17, 1973–The Green Paper entitled “Members of Parliament and Conflict of Interest” was tabled in the House of Commons. *July 18, 1973–Prime Minister Trudeau revealed additional guidelines for Cabinet Ministers in a statement in the House of Commons. Ministers would be required to resign certain corporate positions, sever business associations, and dispose of certain […]
Auditor General II
A few days after Ken Dye retired as the colourful Auditor General of Canada in April 1991, he told to The Hill Times: “I like Ottawa, but what I won’t miss will be the overly sophisticated responses to some things. They make things overly complicated here at times and there’s a certain deviousness to the […]
No one talked to me [Response to Rumours start on MPs’ swan songs, Kilger possibility, May 27/02]
Regarding last week’s Heard on the Hill item (The Hill Times, May 27). Imagine my surprise when the page two article, “Rumours start on MPs’ swan songs, Kilger possibility,” in your May 27 issue was brought to my attention. While you have correctly identified same as “strongest bits of gossip,” if you felt the matter […]
Radwanski’s personal fiefdom [Response to Radwanski under political fire, May 27/02]
Regarding “Radwanski under political fire,” (The Hill Times, May 27). Good article. Thank you for taking the time to write on such a difficult personal matter. It is, however, a matter of public interest and it ought to be discussed out in the open. For your information, I too have been at the receiving end […]
Mr. Prime Minister are you staying on?
Jean Chretien, a Liberal Prime Minister who set political history records when he won three consecutive majority governments, is starting to feel the heat. The party that once promised honest government is dropping in public opinion polls over the ongoing ethics scandals as the RCMP investigates three advertising contracts worth $1.6-million dished out to a […]
