Liberal Party’s membership drive numbers in, but race still unclear
With the membership drive now over, the Liberal leadership race has turned the first page of a thick book to elect a new leader but, more importantly, to a new mentality. Before again becoming “the winning party,” the Liberals need to first be a party. “At the present time,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper told The […]
Environmental Defence basks in successful PR campaign
Rick Smith, director of Environmental Defence, an environmental advocacy group in Toronto, said he “likes to think” that the organization’s campaign against harmful toxic agents had an impact on the government’s recent decision to ban two of them. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Health Minister Tony Clement published a notice in the Canada Gazette on […]
‘This is very much a wide open race’: Bevilacqua
Liberal leadership candidate and seven-term Grit MP Maurizio Bevilacqua, 46, says the leadership race is still “wide open” with four months to go and that it’s a mistake to assume the winner will be one of the current perceived media front-runners. “What I’m finding is that the grassroots support for me is quite strong across […]
Energy efficiency: What will it take?
Here is the new Triple-E: Energy-Efficient Economy. Energy is the cornerstone of any modern society that hopes to survive, let alone thrive. We are just beginning to understand that Canada does not have an unlimited supply of energy or other resources; that we must learn to be less profligate than we have been in using […]
Stormy weather doesn’t dampen southern spirit at U.S. Ambassador’s party
Despite a stormy afternoon of weather as volatile as recent Canada-U.S. relations, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins put on a heck of a good Independence Day party last Tuesday in Ottawa. The legendary South Carolina hospitality was also on display throughout the afternoon. When the Ambassador’s opening remarks were cut short by a sudden downpour that […]
Flirting with the left could spell disaster for Liberals
Asked once what he liked most about his job, former prime minister Jean Chrétien replied that “the most enjoyable thing is to win an election.” And win he did; 12 elections as a member of Parliament and three as prime minister before retiring undefeated after 40 years in the business of elected politics. The success […]
Engaging the Americans is key to a successful long-term solution
When I was appointed to this position I was new to this process-I arrived without the preconceived notions and the silo mentality that exists all too often in this debate. I now know what an advantage it is to approach these challenges without preconceived notions and without the fear to question the status quo and […]
Harper made it crystal clear the federal government’s first priority is an open America
WASHINGTON, D.C.-What’s on Stephen Harper’s mind is now on his lips. Anyone who bothers to listen will learn what’s worrying the Prime Minister and where his government will lead Canada this fall. In conversation here with George W. Bush and later with the press, Harper made it crystal clear the federal government’s first priority is […]
A Michael Ignatieff could not happen in the United States
WASHINGTON-Michael Ignatieff could not happen in the United States. Or, to be more precise, the Ignatieff political phenomenon could not occur. As an intellectual, commentator, writer, financier/entrepreneur, scientist, athlete or virtually any member of society, an “Ignatieff” by whatever name would be easily welcome and highly successful in the United States. But not as an […]
Korksi’s candidates for ‘Worst Column To Appear in Print’ awards
Journalists like to receive awards but don’t often give them out. That seems ungenerous. So, in the spirit of public service I’m naming my candidates for the Worst Column To Appear In Print. Ho-hum media are a dime a dozen, but awful journalism is a national treasure. I used to collect bad headlines, a lively […]
