Bevilacqua discourages mega-projects [Preparation for fall budget]
Finance Committee Chair Maurizio Bevilacqua prepares for fall budget House Finance Committee Chairman Maurizio Bevilacqua is warning his own government not to go into a deficit, saying it would deal a significant psychological blow to the Canadian economy. “We must be vigorous in our fight not to return to a deficit position,” Mr. Bevilacqua (Vaughan-King-Aurora, […]
Manley sees even greater role: John Manley, PM can’t be out of country together [National Security Committee]
[Graph Not Transcribed] Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley was on a plane coming back to Canada from Germany when the Twin Towers collapsed and the world we were living in changed. Now Mr. Manley is playing a crucial role in the federal cabinet, so important that he and the Prime Minister can no longer be […]
PM golfs while war begins Afghanistan
War response planning moves from polished desks of PMO, to greens As 2,000 Canadian military prepared last Monday to help smoke Osama bin Laden out of his Afghanistan bunker, Prime Minister Jean Chretien was dealing with some bunkers of his own — at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. Mr. Chretien (Saint-Maurice, Que.), a well-known golfing […]
Parliament: who needs it, prime minister uses royal perogative
Prime Minister Jean Chretien used his royal prerogative to send Canada into U.S.-led war against terrorism While MPs and Senators spent the past nine days in their ridings meeting with constituents and eating leftover Thanksgiving turkey, Prime Minister Jean Chretien (Saint-Maurice, Que.) and some members of his cabinet were busy sending the country to war […]
Copps to give skivvy on broadcasting future before committee [Canadian Heritage Commons committee]
Canadian Heritage Minister Sheila Copps wants Parliamentarians to look deeper into multicultural television [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] Hit by sweeping technological innovations and challenged by a tricky demographic osmosis which is creating an audience full of ever-moving targets, the world of broadcasting is trying […]
Senators look to amend controversial immigration bill
For Elinor Caplan to put Immigration Bill in context of Sept. 11 is wrong, says Tory Senator [Graph Not Transcribed] Senators are looking at making amendments to the controversial Immigration Bill, C-11, in areas such as the 72-hour background check and the bill’s constitutionality, says Tory Senator Marjory LeBreton, the Vice-Chair of the Senate Social […]
NDP, “Progressives” and the battle to be the political alternative: lots of room in centre-to-centre-left, most hopeful sign is newly-hatched Progressive Policy Canada initiative
Maybe it was the sultry, late summer weather by lakeside. Or the comforting company of about a dozen long-standing friends. Or maybe it was just the way-too-much scotch that fuelled the talk. But there was one fascinating discussion on the Rideau Lakes a few weeks ago. The topic: what would it take for the NDP […]
Sovereignty iceberg slowly floats away
[Graph Not Transcribed] QUEBEC CITY–It has been a tough past couple of weeks for Quebec Premier Bernard Landry. Polls keep telling him he’s not as popular as his predecessor which is no big surprise and the sovereignty option he’s so trying to sell is not gaining any ground. In fact it is moving backward. The […]
Who are the Talibans? Mullah Mohammad Omar Akhund’s rise to power
Who are the Talibans? Talibans appeared on the international political horizon in 1994 in the midst of total anarchy inside Afghanistan. It was a time when different warlords were controlling various parts of Afghanistan. And in reaction to this chaos, common Afghanis embraced this newly-emerged movement and supported it in every way possible. There is […]
Free speech works both ways
Ever since the wretched Sunera Thobani displayed her awesome ignorance to a mob of cheering feminists by blaming U.S. foreign policy for the Sept. 11 attacks, many have tried to portray the outcry against her as an attack on free speech. They’re wrong. Unless they believe free speech means the right for them say what […]
