Once again the Prime Minister misses the point: ‘They were attacked. We are part of their coalition against terrorism’: Jean Chretien
WASHINGTON, D.C.–In the midst of the current hissing match between Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the U.S. Administration there is no comment that more epitomizes our differences than Chretien’s off-hand rebuttal of criticism, “We are part of their (emphasis added) coalition against terrorism.” Not “our war against terrorism” or even “the war against terrorism” but […]
MacKay has all it takes to be a phenomenal leader: But he doesn’t need party’s dead wood on his back to build party
TORONTO–Will Peter MacKay be the Conservative leader who will turf the Liberals from government? It’s a good question. Too many federal pundits have already quickly dismissed MacKay. Most answered this question by giving the thumbs down to the newly-elected leader. But I think the jury’s still out. Most of the smarty-pants pundits were caught off […]
Radwanski hauled before Government Ops
Members of a House of Commons committee have hauled Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski before them to figure out if he tampered with evidence he provided to their committee, something which could put him in contempt of Parliament and possibly cost him his job. The Privacy Commissioner is set to appear before the Government Operations Committee […]
Air India is Canada’s enduring shame
It is to Canada’s enduring shame the way successive Canadian governments have displayed political cowardice in the face of the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history, 18 years ago later this month, when Air India Flight 182 blew apart over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, a date that […]
Masters of their own proceedings
Tory Leader Joe Clark raised a good point last Tuesday in the House of Commons when he said it’s absolutely ludicrous that MPs can’t get the minutes of Commons committee meetings, or the blues, in both official languages, and, promptly. This is a huge problem and it’s been escalating over the past several weeks. It […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Alliance MP James Moore, 27, June 10, 1976 *Liberal MP Mark Joseph Assad, 63, June 14, 1940 *Independent Sen. Doug Roche, 74, June 14, 1929 *Liberal MP Mauril Belanger, 48, June 15, 1955 *Liberal MP Lucienne Robillard, 58, June 16, 1945 *Ind. Sen. P. Michael Pitfield, 66, June 18, 1937 *Liberal Sen. Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, 66, […]
PM’s pretty well perfect, eh?
TORONTO–So Jean Chretien wants to be a newspaper columnist. To begin with, assuming that his writing style is equal to his convoluted verbal style, he’d certainly need a good editor. Chretien, as you likely know, was spouting off recently on this and other issues aboard the prime ministerial Airbus enroute to a Canada-E.U. summit in […]
Harper to talk cities this week
PCO Clerk Himelfarb to talk to APEX on Tuesday MONDAY, June 2 House Sitting–The House is sitting this week and is scheduled to remain in session until Friday, June 20. For more information on the House calendar, please call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. Alliance Leader’s Speech–Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper will […]
Federal government lacks political will to use fuel tax revenues: Ottawa’s reluctance to break its dependency on fuel tax as a general revenue supplement
CALGARY–Organizations as diverse as the TD Bank, Canada West Foundation, Van Horne Institute and the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation all point to the lack of federal infrastructure funding for cities as a major threat to the continued economic health of our major cities and, by extension, our country. The federal government has at its disposal the […]
Canada only G-7 country without a national transit investment: Federal dollars for transit are scarce, rhetoric overflowing: Ottawa Mayor Chiarelli
OTTAWA–Rapid transit is the City of Ottawa’s No. 1 priority. Ottawa’s main roads and highways are clogged at most hours of the day and with a projected population increase of 400,000 people over the next 20 years, there’s fear traffic gridlock will only get worse in the nation’s capital — as it has in so […]
