Prime minister pushes every advantage
Regarding last week’s column, “Here’s a thought: PM not a dictator,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 4). What a fantastic column and what a real pleasure to read some plain speaking about the real problems of democracy in this country. Prime Minister Jean Chretien pushes every advantage to the maximum but I don’t know why we […]
CA house leader White stop blaming
Recent statements from a former Canadian Alliance fundraiser mystify me. In a recent Calgary speech that was reported throughout the national media, Peter G. White accused Joe Clark, the PC DR Coalition leader in Parliament of holding up the cause of conservative unity. Contrary to Mr. White’s assertion, it was Mr. Clark and DR Leader […]
Warm-hearted, gentle-humoured MacLeod dead at 69
Goodbye to one heck of a guy… Friends and colleagues will gather at Hulse and Playfair on O’Connor Street in Ottawa at 11 a.m. on Feb. 11 to say farewell to one of the Press Gallery’s best-known and loved member, Stewart MacLeod. The former long-time national columnist for Thomson News, who began his career 50 […]
‘We’re very committed to the Kyoto agreement’: Herb Dhaliwal. Natural Resources Minister Dhaliwal wants to ‘engage’ Americans on climate control, greenhouse gas emissions [Energy II Policy Briefing: part 2 of 2]
Canada’s biggest trading partner may have rejected the Kyoto accord but that doesn’t mean the governing Libs are any less committed to ratifying the 1997 agreement negotiated in Japan by over 160 countries aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, says new Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal. “Our policies should not be tied to whether the Americans […]
Jean Chretien’s new cabinet ministers take time hiring aides
Since PM’s big shuffle, new faces on cabinet have struggled to fill their ministerial offices with qualified help Maybe it’s the strange weather, or maybe it’s something in the water, but many of the 10 new ministers promoted to cabinet last month are having a hard time finding qualified help to work in their ministerial […]
So, why was the picture taken anyway? [Joint Task Force 2]
Just one question, how come a picture of our special forces JTF-2 was taken? It may just be me but covert operations are supposed to be just that…covert! So what were the circumstances under which a picture was taken of their activities that made its way back to Canada? Nobody in the House of Commons […]
Ablonczy should quit complaining, eh?
“If I don’t get what I want, I quit!” Such are the cries that arise from some of the finest primary school playgrounds and Parliamentary caucuses of our country. Canadian Alliance leadership hopeful Diane Ablonczy figures she will have difficulty remaining in her party if members reject a move to unify with the Tories. We […]
Ageism creeps into CBC, eh?
Now that the CBC has finally weaned itself off its excessive and self-indulgent coverage of Peter Gzowski’s unfortunate death, it seems that some of its internal pointy-heads are looking for even more ways to expedite the network’s ongoing decline. [Graph Not Transcribed] Chris Cobb’s piece in the National Post, said the CBC is planning to […]
Liberal backbenchers real opposition: outspoken Grits
Boisterous government backbenchers, who elected Stan Keyes as chair of the National Liberal Caucus last week, say they will continue to be more and more assertive in this Parliament. And one Liberal MP is warning the PMO to pay more attention to its backbenchers while another says the real opposition is in the government backbenches. […]
US wants our borders closed
I see our American allies have begun their hunt for Olympic gold by sealing the borders to Canadian Olympic champions trying to enter their country en route to Salt Lake City. The first victim of this nefarious unsportsmanlike scheme is our own Olympic champion snowboarder, Ross Rebagliati. It appears Rebagliati was turned away from the […]
