Tobacco firms sticking with one for one, none for all
One lobby force that won’t be back in action this fall is the Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers Council — despite last week’s announcement by health Minister Allan Rock (Etobicoke Centre, Ont.) that he would be seeking to ban the use of the terms ‘light’ and ‘mild’ to describe brands of cigarettes. Up until last spring, the […]
Goodale encourages his cabinet colleagues to think regionally: Liberals must represent all Westerners
[Graph Not Transcribed] With the governing Liberals holding a mere 20 per cent of the 81 western seats, all cabinet ministers must learn to look at issues through a western lens, says Natural Resources Minister Ralph Goodale. “The government needs to work very hard to make sure that those areas of the country that may […]
RCMP needs help to keep organized crime out of booming North
Environmental impact of development, drilling and shipping must also be a priority for new industries Challenge and opportunity might best describe the nature of the issues confronting the north and west of Canada over the next decade. A recent Canada West Foundation Research Report, “Looking West: A Survey of Western Canadians,” indicated that Western Canada […]
Ottawa’s MPs are enjoying summer tours of duty in military [Canadian Forces Parliamentary program]
Manitoba NDP MP Bev Desjarlais says copters are safe, Canadian Alliance MPs designing their own trips Summer is usually an idle time, but this summer MPs are keeping busy by land, sea and sky as volunteers in a Department of National Defence program. Shortly after Defence Minister Art Eggleton (York Centre, Ont.) introduced the Canadian […]
Deadmonton story overblown
[Graph Not Transcribed] In his recent Globe and Mail column, David Macfarlane joined the long line of Canadian writers who have made it a game to dump on Toronto. Macfarlane — who hails from Hamilton, for heaven’s sake! — wrote about his daughter commenting on a tour of Toronto that there really is nothing to […]
More changes at the top for busy DIAND: Marie Fortier becomes ADM in the middle of hot talks with AFN
[Graph Not Transcribed] [Graph Not Transcribed] Hot on the heels of Indian Affairs DM Shirley Serafini being replaced with Marc Lafreniere, there’s been yet another change at the top even though the department is in the middle of tense negotiations with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). The department’s second in command, Associate Deputy Minister […]
Premier Kakfwi puzzled by Yukon’s support of Alaska pipeline
Northwest Territories pipeline means more long-term jobs and continues the Canadian vision, he says The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) has abundant, proven, oil and gas reserves at a time when North American demand for natural gas is on the rise. Future supplies must be found, which means that the timing is right for the continued development […]
Payback time: tax US movies
[Graph Not Transcribed] I have been thinking about John Manley — off and on — and remembering his early promises, on succeeding Lloyd Axworthy in our foreign affairs office, that he would be nice to the Americans so they would know we value their friendship as much as we value their business. And I have […]
Tobin rumoured to want Marchi as TO mayor: personal friend would give him a key foothold
As if rumours of Canadian WTO Ambassador Sergio Marchi’s interest in running for mayor of Toronto weren’t juicy enough, a number of Liberal strategists are now saying the story has a connection to Brian Tobin’s federal leadership campaign. Last week, The Hill Times reported that the same coalition of Liberal and Conservative organizers that secured […]
Environment, health care and trade to dominate fall agenda
‘Liberals more consumed with who is going to replace Chretien,’ says NDP leader McDonough Environmental issues and softwood lumber will be at the top of the agenda this fall, predict MPs, as they gear up for their return to Ottawa next month. The Hill Times contacted several MPs from all parties last week in order […]
