Bloc says time for feds and Quebec to work together on greens
Bloc Quebecois critic Bernard Bigras is in favour of environmental harmonization with federal Liberals Now more than ever, we are all concerned about the environment. Evidence of this can be found in the Leger Marketing poll that appeared in The Gazette on Aug. 13: it found that 77.2 per cent of the population thinks the […]
Politico, read anything good lately? Sink your teeth into these [Short book reviews]
Ibbitson’s Loyal No More is an absorbing book about a self-absorbed province, and DePalma’s a good read Loyal No More John Ibbitson Harper Collins $30 At last, someone has written a book about the place of Ontario in Confederation, and the redundancy that Canada has become to its largest province. The math of Confederation is […]
Canada lobbying to influence US environment plan: Anderson
‘We have good contacts,’ in the United States White House, says Environment Minister David Anderson When U.S. President George W. Bush pulled out of the Kyoto agreement on global warming, the Americans promised to draft a policy of their own by October. But in an interview with The Hill Times recently, Canada’s Environment Minister David […]
Here’s an idea: make citizens partners, not enemies of the planet
This government’s approach to conservation persists in setting people against the environment, says Mills It has been eight months since I was given the role of environment critic for the Official Opposition. In that time, I have been consistently struck by the thought that the federal government could achieve so much more in protecting Canada’s […]
Mills had an epiphany in Rome, nun’s words “seared his psyche”
Dennis Mills was told Mother Teresa ‘never cared much for politicians, they did things for the love of power’ Seasoned Liberal MP Dennis Mills says he’s “mystified” by Industry Minister Brian Tobin’s apparent turn to the right and the indications he might be succumbing to a pack instinct. Mr. Mills (Toronto-Danforth, Ont.) was responding to […]
How’s Bubba? Former Hill reporter freezes when he meets Bill: Whig reporter Arthur Milnes pulls a Mike Scandiffio at New York State Fair
Whig reporter Arthur Milnes pulls a Mike Scandiffio at New York State Fair, despite months of prep work SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Don’t do a Scandiffio. Though William Jefferson Clinton, America’s 42nd president, is only metres away, and approaching, all I can think of is Mike Scandiffio. “Art,” I say to myself, “don’t repeat his mistake. […]
It’s time Liberals clear the air on global warming: McDonough
Grits pledged to be ‘part of the solution’ on climate change, but heartily endorsed Bush’s new energy plan If there were any lingering doubts, the summer of 2001 should serve as a stark reminder that the threat of global warming is real, immediate, and ominous. This summer in Canada we saw the sixteenth straight season […]
Captain Canada reinvents himself, now pro-business kind of guy. Day makes meaningless ultimatum
Brian Tobin now wants Canadians to be a little bit more American in the way that we sell ourselves abroad, eh? One day, Industry Minister Brian Tobin might be revealed as a brilliant political strategist for his efforts to reinvent himself on the national stage. But watching him right now, one has the sense that […]
Canadian Alliance fundraisers turned off by Day’s ultimatum
CA Leader Stockwell Day’s threat keeps Tory Leader Joe Clark’s leadership alive, says Alliance party fundraiser Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day’s ultimatum last week to the “dirty dozen” rebel MPs has not been welcomed by many people in the party and less so by the ones who hold the purse strings to the party’s finances. […]
Controversial omnibus justice bill to be hot this fall session: Pettigrew, Collenette to table most bills
Justice Minister Anne McLellan’s controversial Justice Omnibus Bill, C-15, the same one that threatened to bring the House to a crushing standstill before last June’s summer break, will be one of the hottest bills of the fall legislative agenda. Government House Leader Don Boudria managed to avoid a large-scale confrontation over the bill earlier this […]
