Senate committees: not just for party folk anymore
[Graph Not Transcribed] So if you’re an Independent, do you have to whip yourself?… Word from the Upper Chamber has it that Independent senators could soon be allowed on committees. That hasn’t happened since the great beer man Hartland Molson sat on a temporary National Defence Committee in 1989. But the numbers are getting tight […]
Canada needs “stable, sound, efficient” financial services sector
[Graph Not Transcribed] Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilacqua, chair of the well-regarded Commons Finance Committee, says the new Financial Services legislation, which died on the Order Paper in the last Parliament, will be a top priority for his government. And he had a lot more to say about the highly-anticipated bill in an interview with Angelo […]
Desautels to set record straight on Food Inspection Agency [Report covering the last 10 years]
[Graph Not Transcribed] Pushed back because of the fall election, Auditor General Denis Desautels will finally release his December report next week, with a focus on hot government issues like the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the Post-Secondary Recruitment Program and Parliament’s access to results-based stats. The report will be released on Tuesday, Feb. 6 and […]
House doesn’t need more free votes, it needs open discussion
It’s the most exclusive club in the country, and only 301 Canadian citizens can join it. It is so exclusive that the members don’t pay a membership. We, the taxpayers, pay for them to join and to serve. We all know how they get there, but how they serve is the complicated part. There are […]
After 31 years, House’s top bureaucrat exits Parliament stage [House of Commons clerk]
[Graph Not Transcribed] In this bloody game of federal politics, and in parts here on Parliament Hill, the so-called “stars” are the ones who get elected. But behind the scenes, there’s some pretty powerful people who pull the lovers of the House administration and Commons procedure and are considered somewhat starlike in their own right. […]
Day gets smear job by media and liberal establishments
Last Monday, The National Post carried a column from Washington Post writer Charles Krauthammer about an unpleasant reality in American politics: “the notion that highly religious people are unfit for high office because they confuse theology with politics and recognize no boundary between church and state.” Krauthammer, of course, was talking about the deeply ingrained […]
Don’t underestimate brilliant Bernard Landry, he’s a smart one
He won’t be the new premier of Quebec until the beginning of March but he’s already the boss. Bernard Landry will finally achieve his lifelong dream, just in the nick of time we might add. At 63 — he will be 64 on March 9 — Landry could not afford to wait another turn. It […]
Challenging times lay ahead for the financial services industry
The financial services industry plays a vital role in the Canadian economy and has a direct and indirect impact on all Canadians. The nature of the sector requires some degree of formal overview with the primary purposes of consumer protection and economic stability. The purview of this sector is a shared federal-provincial affair. More competition, […]
Harris could lose two of his ministers
Ontario Premier Mike Harris, whom some would like to see as the next leader of the Canadian Alliance, could lose two of his cabinet ministers this week. Sources told The Hill Times that Al Palladini, minister of Economic Development and Trade, will step down Monday and there are also rumours that Ernie Eves, the provincial […]
Government house leader suggest “two-tier” House of Commons
Hot on the heels of a fact-finding tour of the Mother of all Parliaments and under pressure from the Opposition House leader, Government House Leader Don Boudria says House reforms are on the way, and he’s floating the idea of a creating a second Parliamentary Chamber. Mr. Boudria says he was interested in Britain’s Westminster […]
