What we Canadians need are better banks, not bigger banks
A busive and unaccountable financial institutions cause serious problems for many Canadians, businesses and communities daily, problems the previous Liberal government failed to solve before calling the early fall election. The massive and much-delayed reform Bill C-38 was, like many other important bills, derailed by the election. Bill C-38 contained some measures to address Canadians’ […]
Martin’s tax plan not enough to prevent a downturn in economy
Finance Minister Paul Martin said recently that he is confident his five-year tax plan announced in last October’s mini-budget would be enough to prevent our economy from slipping in spite of talks of a recession south of the boarder. U.S. President George W. Bush stated early in the new year that the United States is […]
Central bank should assess its policy on the Canadian dollar
The transition taking place in the Bank of Canada, because of the resignation of Governor Gordon Thiessen, gives the Central Bank an opportunity to assess its policy on the state of the Canadian dollar. The present board and governor seemed to focus on inflation to the detriment of examining other policy issues that affect the […]
Parliament to deal with largest bill in history, the Banking Bill
[Graph Not Transcribed] This session of a new Parliament will begin with a major bill on financial legislation. It will in all likelihood be a full version of Bill C-38 which died on the Order Paper due to the fall election. With 900 pages of text and consequential changes which affect about 4,000 pages of […]
PM Chretien should sharpen up his US diplomatic relations
In the past several weeks following official recognition of the “president elect” status of Governor Bush, who was sworn in last week as U.S. President, there has been a flurry of articles examining the prospects for Canadian-U.S. relations. Some of them have been silly navel-gazing; frankly, even if the Pakistanis phoned the governor before Prime […]
Wanted: eager young professionals to lead future public service: demographics require young civil servants to be fast-tracked into federal government big leagues [Report]
Night clubs could soon replace the Rideau Club as the place to be for the government’s senior managers, as demographics require young civil servants to be fast-tracked into the big leagues. Creative strategies need to be looked at to fill the huge management gap that will be created in the public service as the baby […]
Millions of surfers in America and Britain logging off! Yipee
The cheeriest note of the recent holiday season was struck by The Guardian Weekly with the story that millions of surfers in America and Britain are logging off the Internet. My Spencerian optimism for the future of the human race has been once more sustained and renewed. And no, madam, I am not a Luddite. […]
CBC TV Starowicz’s A People’s History a little one-sided
It’s not easy to agree with Robert Fulford, but his recent “Notebook” column in The National Post concerning the CBC’s impressive series — Canada: A People’s History — made a valuable point. While praising the series as “superb,” he wrote: “The winners write history, and they make damn sure it depicts them as admirable fellows […]
House Speaker hopefuls campaign on standing up for the little guy: campaigning candidates bank on “the power of the secret ballot,” will speak to Liberal caucus on Sunday
Frustrated MPs who want to send a powerful message to the PMO will be offered one of the most potent opportunities to do so when they cast their secret ballots for the new House Speaker next week. At least that’s the campaign slogan coming from House Speaker candidates who hope to win the secret ballot […]
Sun News Service shakes up its Parliament Hill bureau as Sean Durkan departs and Greg Weston signs on
It’s war out there… After 20 years with the Sun News Service, 12 of them on Parliament Hill, Hill bureau chief Sean Durkan left the chain after signing his separation agreement last Monday. Mr. Durkan, an affable hack with a Brit accent, had served as the deputy bureau chief for six years before he was […]
