IDRC strives to ensure research relevant to developing world. I’ve seen researchers in the South standing at the forefront, defining problems and developing solutions [International Development Policy Briefing]
Sharing knowledge, building capacity. Since the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) was founded in 1970, it has been helping developing countries use science and knowledge to find practical, long-term solutions to the problems they face. Research in the South, by the South, for the South has been the Centre’s credo for more than 30 years. […]
First Munson, now NewsNet anchor Jones leaves CTV
More bad news at CTV… What is going on at Canada’s biggest private broadcasting corp? Last fall it summarily dismissed popular veteran reporter Jim Munson from its Ottawa bureau — a move that still has most people scratching their heads. Now it has gone after former Ottawa bureau member turned NewsNet anchor Leslie Jones. Another […]
PM Jean Chr&ea;tien returns to very different political climate
Prime Minister Jean Chretien is back from his two-week Team Canada mission in Russia and Germany and the political environment in Ottawa is now very different from the one he left behind. The question is are the events of last week merely, as someone put it, “the action of children without adult supervision” or is […]
Government mandarins ‘feel the heat’ to modernize public service: debate taking place at highest levels on whether to hand PSC’s hiring responsibilities over to Treasury Board
Faced with cynical workers who are wondering whether the current push to modernize the federal public service will come and go like so many other “flavours of the year,” Deputy Minister Ran Quail is pledging that this one will be different. “If we don’t make the recommendations to the government, then the government can’t act, […]
Why is it acceptable for 30,000 children worldwide to die daily? For the cost of a cup of coffee in Canada, a child in Africa could receive needed oral rehydration treatment [International Development Policy Briefing]
On September 11, 2001, an appalling crime against humanity occurred. Thirty thousand children died. There were no media there to document it, there were no speeches made against it, and it was not followed by mass public outcry. It was not heralded as an event that would change the course of world events; indeed, the […]
MPs, take responsibility [Chief Government Whip]
The problem in government these days is no one is willing to take responsibility for their actions. So said fictional U.S. president Josiah Bartlet, a.k.a. Martin Sheen, on last week’s repeat episode of The West Wing. But the remark is powerfully true. Why can’t MPs take responsibility for their actions? Why is it that they […]
‘Our mandate: sustainable development, poverty reduction’. Rookie International Cooperation Minister Susan Whelan says aid effectiveness is critical issue in global village [International Development Policy Briefing]
Africa, poverty and international aid are suddenly at the top of the agenda in this global village and rookie International Cooperation Minister Susan Whelan, 38, has some impressive challenges ahead of her. Canada alots $2-billion a year for international aid, but critics are saying it’s not enough. More critics are saying Canada needs a new […]
He’s back, sort of
Joe Clark’s former chief of staff, Goldy Hyder, is back on the Hill. But it’s not what you think. Mr. Hyder, who quit as the Tory Leader’s top gun last fall to join the international lobbying firm Hill and Knowlton, is registered as a lobbyist on Bill S-26, a bill authored by Manitoba Tory Senator […]
Working on GOPAC
Canadian Alliance MP John Williams has hired a new Parliamentary assistant, Athena Elton, to work on an exciting project which will bring over 200 Parliamentarians from around the world to the nation’s capital. Ms. Elton’s first day on the job was Jan. 25. The 31-year-old, who hails from Lethbridge, Alta., will spend the bulk of […]
ALLIANCE MP OBHRAI RECOVERING FROM HEART BYPASS
Deepak fights back… Calgary East Alliance MP Deepak Obhrai faced the toughest challenge of his life last week — and it had nothing to do with politics. Before the Commons recessed on Feb. 8, it was told that Mr. Obhrai had undergone successful heart bypass surgery and was on the mend. Many MPs returning to […]
