We should start charging airline travellers a safety tax of $10
We must start using modern technology to dispel fears our fighter jets are going to knock us out of the sky With the image of jetliners smacking through high rise buildings planted like a bomb in all our heads, it isn’t surprising that the public is shying away from flying. But that image was only […]
Senate’s rare pre-study on anti-terrorism fuels hot debate
Government Senate Leader Carstairs says business as usual, Boudria expecting speedy passage [Graph Not Transcribed] Parliament’s rare decision to bring back the abandoned practice of pre-study in the Senate last week has led to much confusion over how it affects the role of the Upper Chamber. Senators started studying the Anti-terrorism Bill, Bill C-36, last […]
System needs serious consideration for long-term sustainability
Growing recognition that solutions must go beyond maintaining status quo to include broad range of options [Graph Not Transcribed] The desire to provide a forum for debating how best to reform the healthcare system was the motivation for the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to undertake a multiphase study of the […]
Only one degree of separation between Canadian MPs and NYC
‘My son witnessed the events from his office, not a mile away,’ says Metro-Toronto Grit Senator Jerry Grafstein Canadian federal politicians on Parliament Hill needed less than six degrees of separation to make a personal link to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Many MPs and Senators had immediate […]
I’m wary of Pentagon briefers
[Graph Not Transcribed] While our allied air forces continue the redistribution of the rubble in Kabul, the objectives and purposes of this “new war” become, like the dust rising from that battered city, more difficult to comprehend. Historically, there have been necessary wars and wars fought whether necessary or not. But it is a futile […]
Media scaring our pants off
[Graph Not Transcribed] Here’s the scoop: “Poll finds rising fear and stress in Canada.” Is it any wonder? Add to the ongoing efforts of the media to scare the pants off of everyone — which ignores the fact that in the scheme of things, you know, Canada is hardly anybody’s idea of a major target […]
DFAIT asks for military help at G-8 summit [Kananaskis]
Deployment could hurt summer training season Foreign Affairs is laying the groundwork for a major security presence at next June’s G-8 Summit in Kanaskis, Alta., and has asked the Canadian Forces to play a security role. The RCMP and the Department of National Defence are also in the very early stages of planning. DND would […]
MP Myron Thompson’s soldier son on high alert in Seattle, Wa
‘Moms and Dads always worry about their children no matter how old they get,’ says Myron Thompson [Graph Not Transcribed] With his signature cowboy hat, Alliance MP Myron Thompson typically displays a bravado that’s as Western as a bolo tie — but when the MP speaks of his 28-year-old son, he’s not so tough. Mr. […]
Coon Come’s Durban speech a sweeping indictment [United Nations World Conference Against Racism]
AFN’s Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come places all blame on a malign Canadian government [Graph Not Transcribed] I know it’s been two months, but it’s time to deal with the outrageous statements made by Matthew Coon Come, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, who played the raging Rotweiller with his address to the […]
House boosts security by $1.8m: more staff, more security technology on the Hill
In response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on United States, the House will spend an extra $1.8-million on Parliament Hill security for the 2001-2002 fiscal year. The powerful Commons Board of Internal Economy, which approved the spending on Sept. 25, has also earmarked another $1.4-million to be spent, on an ongoing basis, once the […]
