Mobina Jaffer first senator to take oath on Koran
[Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] From a refugee to a Senator!… Hill Times columnist Bhupinder Liddar, who is the editor of Diplomat Magazine, reports that new Liberal Senator Mobina Jaffer, whose family was thrown out of Uganda almost 30 years ago, by then President Idi Amin, celebrated a milestone last week in the Senate. […]
Government backbencher McCallum says “No” to common currency
‘Rather than copy U.S. taxes, we should reform our system and do better than the U.S. in selective areas’ Those advocating a common currency with the United States are pursuing a path that flies in the face of Canada’s founding principles, says the new Parliamentary Secretary to federal Finance Minister Paul Martin. Grit MP John […]
CA MP Jaffer, only Muslim in the House, rises to tragic occasion
Rahim Jaffer has arguably played a more valuable role as candid, credible representative for visible minorities [Graph Not Transcribed] Last spring, in the aftermath of his embarrassing “appearance” on a national radio program, the Canadian Alliance’s Rahim Jaffer struggled through the most trying experience of his political career. Now, as all of us endure one […]
Leadership tips for times of deep crisis
Ignore the show-boating, bellicose posturing and the shallow banalities Numbed by the images of mass mayhem and unfathomable personal tragedy, I try to escape from the horror of it all by reflecting on another, more abstract phenomenon — such as leadership in times of crisis. Now there’s a concept getting a strenuous workout this last […]
PQ’s in trouble with Landry [Four by-elections]
[Graph Not Transcribed] Quebec City–One week from now, voters in four Quebec ridings will go to the polls and for all three political parties here, these byelections are extremely important. The four ridings are PQ strongholds. Former ministers held three of the ridings, including Jonquiere, where Lucien Bouchard himself gathered a majority of some 15,000. […]
D’Aquino warns Libs to fix border delays
Tighter restrictions on the Canada-U.S. border following the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks have the potential to cripple Canadian exports, warns Thomas d’Aquino, President of the Business Council on National Issues. The attacks on the U.S. have had a negative effect on the global economy and the financial picture will continue to get worse before it […]
Deputy ministers meeting daily in the Langevin Block: Cappe chairs mandarins’ group
[Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] While Prime Minister Jean Chretien is attempting to project an image of calm by keeping his weekly cabinet meetings on their regular Tuesday schedule, the same can’t be said for the government’s senior mandarins. Since the tragic terrorist attacks hit the U.S. on Sept. 11, top […]
MP says dangerous lack of emergency preparedness on the Hill
Alliance MP Goldring, his party’s Public Works critic, says more should be done in Ottawa, security needed In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States, Alliance Public Works critic Peter Goldring is ringing the alarm about what he sees as a dangerous lack of an emergency preparedness strategy for Parliament Hill. Mr. […]
Brutal dispatch of Post staffers
[Graph Not Transcribed] Sometimes, the headline really does say it all. Last Tuesday, the day Canadians learned that the money-losing National Post had unceremoniously dumped 130 employees, here was the headline in the Financial Post section of the paper: “CanWest cuts dividend, Post staff.” Following up on the same theme, and underscoring the fact that […]
D’Auray: government to roll out secure channels in early 2002: Canada’s information officer Michelle d’Auray scouts for IT and IM skill sets in evolving federal bureaucracy
A full year into her new job, Canada’s Chief Information Officer, Michelle d’Auray is in thick of one of the government’s biggest projects. As the person responsible for putting all of the federal government’s services online by 2004, Ms. d’Auray’s job involves coming up with creative and new ways for the government to interact with […]
