Tory leadership convention on May 29 in Toronto
Former PM Brian Mulroney to address the Tory delegates at the convention on May 30 MONDAY, May 26 House Sitting–The House of Commons is back and will sit straight through until June 20. For more information on the House calendar, please call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. Senate Standing Committee on Official […]
Whistleblowing to get statutory footing: ‘It moves us closer to a statement of protection for people who do legitimately raise issues’
The government’s two-year-old policy that’s given whistleblowers formal channels to expose wrongdoing within the public service is about to be finally enshrined into law, provided a key amendment added to the Liberals’ massive Public Service Bill gets the green light by the House of Commons. The move is expected to give legal protection to public […]
Policy on the Internal Disclosure of Information Concerning Wrongdoing in the Workplace
Effective: Nov. 30, 2001 Definition of wrongdoing in the Internal Disclosure Policy is defined as an act concerning: *a violation of any law or regulation, *misuse of public funds or assets, *gross mismanagement, or *a substantial and specific danger to the life, health and safety of Canadians or the environment. The policy provides employees with […]
PMO’s Quebec staffer working hard on Campaign Finance Bill
One of the Prime Minister’s new and top Quebec assistants is working hard behind the scenes to get the controversial Campaign Political Finance Bill moving through the House of Commons before the summer break. Pierre Brodeur, who started his new job on March 31, told The Hill Times last week that one of the most […]
Bloc wants environmental assessment mechanisms: But things fall apart when government proposes creating a federal coordinator
PARLIAMENT HILL–I would like to remind the House that for Quebec, environmental assessment is a very important matter. Why? It is of course because Quebec adopted its own legislation back in the early 1990s. You must realize that it is perfectly legitimate for the Bloc Quebecois and the various successive governments of Quebec to ensure […]
Cutting GHG ‘most important challenge facing the world’: Environment Minister David Anderson pushes for a 50-year plan in Canada
Environment Minister David Anderson says cutting greenhouse gas emissions is “the most important challenge facing the world today,” and that the 2003 budget represents “the cornerstone of this government’s commitment to making a global contribution to addressing climate change.” But Mr. Anderson (Victoria, B.C.), who considers his No. 1 accomplishment in all his years as […]
It’s time to take action on air pollution: NDP MP Comartin: Government needs to enact a Clean Air Act, standards for air pollutants and emissions
In less than one month, summer officially begins and with it the prospect of increased “smog days.” In Canada 16,000 people will die prematurely as a result of air pollution and 5,000 of those directly from smog. Last year, there were record number of smog days throughout Canada with the bulk of those days occurring […]
Alliance would massively increase fines for illegal oil dumping: Fines should be equal to the fines imposed in the United States: Alliance critic Bob Mills
PARLIAMENT HILL–The most powerful force for improving our environment is people. It’s every Canadian’s aspiration to make our environment cleaner, healthier and safer for our future. To that end, the Canadian Alliance environment policy is based on experience, science and wisdom. It affirms that people are the most important natural resource and that we must […]
A tribute to Joe Clark that’s who: New leader will inherit a party on the rise
Joe Clark has been accused of being a man ahead of his time. Now, as he enters his final week as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, the verdict is in – he is guilty as charged. The evidence is simply overwhelming: *Youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history (age 39). *Appointed first woman […]
Parliamentary sovereignty
Regarding “Opposition attacks Paul Martin’s use of privilege,” (The Hill Times, May 19). The issue of the Parliamentary privileges of MPs is not an issue dealing with, as the Canadian Alliance’s John Reynolds would have it, Paul Martin’s campaign to become leader of the Liberal Party. Rather, Parliamentary privilege are the rights and immunities given […]
