Hillites adjust to age of security
No more pizzas and taxis, I.D. tags worn all the time Hill denizens are getting used to sacrificing the convenience of quick pizzas and taxis for peace of mind as they adjust to the heightened security of a post-Sept. 11 Parliament. While the Hill community is overwhelmingly supportive of the beefed up security, it’s taking […]
Many prime ministers have been obsessed with vista to the Hill
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was first PM to take an active interest in enhancing Ottawa’s role as a national symbol The powerful National Capital Commission will hold a public meeting this week on its controversial plan for the core of Canada’s capital and one of the most controversial items up for discussion is the expansion of […]
Commons debate on sunset clause is a complete waste of time
Do we need this law, or not? My personal answer is yes, but either answer is acceptable in a democratic society [Graph Not Transcribed] Some say that politics is the art of turning the possible into the impossible and adding the useless. The debate on Bill C-36, Justice Minister Anne McLellan’s sweeping anti-terrorism bill, is […]
Experts say US should now encourage peace talks in Middle East
‘Under Clinton, they came very close to putting together a peace package but now it looks they have gone’ Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat should be encouraged to return to the negotiating table and the United States must play a major role in making these talks successful, says a leading […]
A hissy fit going on between Ontario federal Libs and Tories: Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli says it’s a “political vendetta” between Harris Conservatives and federal Liberals
An escalating war and bad blood between Ontario federal Liberal MPs and Conservative provincial MPPs is one of the major stumbling blocks to solving public transit problems in cities across the country, says Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli. Mr. Chiarelli, who has described the relationship between the federal Libs and provincial Tories as a “political vendetta,” […]
Gray fails to recognize urgent need to streamline federal regulatory process [Letter]
The Hill Times letter to the editor, from Herb Gray “Regulations are a good thing, don’t only impose costs, says Deputy PM,” (Oct. 29) does not address the many issues relating to regulations and fails to recognize the urgent need to “streamline” the federal regulatory process. I highly value and appreciate the diligent and demanding […]
How “doing the right thing” figures in government decision-making
[Graph Not Transcribed] I had my annual lunch with teachers last week. Among about a dozen other notorious Ottawa lobbyists, I was a guest of the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy, an excellent initiative of the Library of Parliament. It provides about 70 social studies teachers from across the country with a week-long first-hand […]
Hillites adjust to age of security
No more pizzas and taxis, I.D. tags worn all the time Hill denizens are getting used to sacrificing the convenience of quick pizzas and taxis for peace of mind as they adjust to the heightened security of a post-Sept. 11 Parliament. While the Hill community is overwhelmingly supportive of the beefed up security, it’s taking […]
Foth’s peculiar eulogy to Collins
[Graph Not Transcribed] Principles are pretty straight-forward. The devil, it seems, is in the practice of them. Take Doug Collins, for example. Collins, the controversial — many would say Jew-baiting — columnist from British Columbia died last month at age 81. Maclean’s columnist Allan Fotheringham, a long-time friend, wrote what was essentially a eulogy of […]
Many prime ministers have been obsessed with vista to the Hill
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was first PM to take an active interest in enhancing Ottawa’s role as a national symbol The powerful National Capital Commission will hold a public meeting this week on its controversial plan for the core of Canada’s capital and one of the most controversial items up for discussion is the expansion of […]
