Lobbyists stir up heat on controversial Endangered Species Bill
NCC says Bill C-5 a threat to land owners, while environmental lobbyists fight for more habitat protection It may have been mired in the House of Commons for more than four years in one form or another, but the government’s proposed Endangered Species Legislation is still expected to generate fierce lobbying from both its advocates […]
Lobbyists: split contract big problem
Billion-dollar helicopter contract gets even hotter for ‘Big Three’ One hot issue this fall for some industry heavy-weights will be the long-awaited Maritime Helicopter Replacement project. The Libs are expected to release the final draft of specifications for companies looking to bid on the contract to replace Canada’s aging Sea King helicopters — and the […]
We Americans have acted too proud for gutter fight: protracted conflict begins, the struggle against terrorism will define us now and forever more
[Graph Not Transcribed] WASHINGTON, D.C.–It was like scenes from the 1996 pop science fiction film Independence Day with great buildings collapsing and crowds fleeing in terror. But they were very real World Trade Center buildings falling on Sept. 11 and yet uncounted thousands of Americans are dead not in momentary fantasy but in crude reality. […]
Epp flashes onto both religious and political radar screens
Jake Epp is a bridge between past and present, Alliance and Tories, evangelical Christian world and the rest Periodically, Jake Epp’s distinguished white-haired image flashes onto both the religious and political radar screens. At 61 he is seen as a bridge between the past and present, the Alliance Christian and the Conservatives, the evangelical Christian […]
Question period: “Where were you when you heard about terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and how did you react?”
[Graph Not Transcribed] “It was about 9:50 a.m. when I heard about these terrorist attacks. I was in my office at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and getting ready to meet my first class. My first reaction was disbelief. Like everybody else, I was shocked. After my class, I went home and turned […]
Lobbyists stir up heat on controversial Endangered Species Bill
NCC says Bill C-5 a threat to land owners, while environmental lobbyists fight for more habitat protection It may have been mired in the House of Commons for more than four years in one form or another, but the government’s proposed Endangered Species Legislation is still expected to generate fierce lobbying from both its advocates […]
NATO meeting on Parliament Hill to attract heavy-hitters from US
Parliamentarians from around globe to get first change to discuss terrorism after attacks on WTC, Pentagon [Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] Next month’s meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Ottawa will be the first opportunity for Parliamentarians from aroudn the world to hold discussions in the wake of last week’s tragedies in the […]
Sen Spivak wages jet-ski battle with Bombardier, friends of Libs
Liberals have been undeniably Bombardier-friendly, company receives billions of dollars from Federal Grits [Graph Not Transcribed] As politicians return from their cottages this fall, with the buzzing of jet-skis on the lake still fresh in their minds, they can find relief in a bill by Manitoba Conservative Senator Mira Spivak. The bill would allow local […]
The Craig and Eddie Show and more for political junkies this fall
CTV’s Question Period promises to set agenda, CBC Radio’s Anthony Germain has first The House under belt Tune in. Be savvy. News junkies will have plenty of new political coverage to keep them plugged in this fall. The two biggest changes will be from CTV and CPAC, which both have new political shows this fall. […]
Lobbyists: split contract big problem
Billion-dollar helicopter contract gets even hotter for ‘Big Three’ One hot issue this fall for some industry heavy-weights will be the long-awaited Maritime Helicopter Replacement project. The Libs are expected to release the final draft of specifications for companies looking to bid on the contract to replace Canada’s aging Sea King helicopters — and the […]