Breaking Nunavut’s oil addiction: Environmental damage of fossil fuel use has a direct impact on Arctic ecosystem
IQALUIT, NUNVUT–The wise use of resources has long been a trademark of Inuit. Inuit hunters have always harvested animals in order to sustain their families. The meat is used for food, while by-products of the animals are used for clothing, tools, shelter, heat and light. The oil from marine mammals provided the precious fuel to […]
Canada must act now in the Congo: It remains to be seen what Canada will do to take lead to help bring order, avoid genocide
Canada must act and act now in the Congo. For all its talk of wanting to be there when it counts, the time is now for Canada to take the lead and muster an international response to the daily killings and impending genocide in the Congo. Prime Minister Jean Chretien seemed to realize the urgency […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Liberal MP Claude Drouin, 47, May 26, 1956 *Tory Sen. Pat Carney, 68, May 26, 1935 *Liberal MP Brent St-Denis, 53, May 27, 1950 *Liberal MP Andrew Telegdi, 57, May 28, 1946 *Liberal Sen. Jack Wiebe, 67, May 31, 1936 *Liberal MP Claude Drouin, 47, May 26, 1956 *Tory Sen. Pat Carney, 68, May 26, […]
Court judge as editor
TORONTO–Author Stephen Williams has written two books already about the infamous murderers/rapists Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. I haven’t read either one, and have no interest in reading a book about those monsters. That having been said, however, Williams has every right to publish as many books as he wants to on Bernardo and Homolka, […]
PM’s ethics bill headed for roadblock: ‘I don’t sense that a majority of the caucus agree with him’: Sen. Grafstein
Another major plank of Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s legacy agenda risks being derailed by members of his own caucus, as several Liberal Senators gear up to challenge new legislation to create an ethics officer for the Red Chamber. The introduction of Bill C-34 last month has been met with near visceral disdain by a number […]
Cities say government stalled on urban agenda: Some waiting for Martin to take over for action to start
When it comes to urban issues, Canada’s mayors are keeping a close eye on candidates in the Liberal leadership race. The annual meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which will be held in Winnipeg, Man., later this week, has long been a favourite speaking venue for Cabinet ministers and opposition politicians alike. Federal Cabinet […]
Silly season has come, mother
Countdown to summer…We’re just back from a week off and already the talk is turning to when the next break will beand for how long. We are now into the final stretch of the spring session, during which the Commons is scheduled to sit for five weeks until June 20, when it is scheduled to […]
Blues backlog
Getting transcripts of House of Commons committee proceedings in a timely fashion has become a major pain for Hill reporters, MPs and staffers who find the minutes invaluable. That’s in large part because of the marathon sessions the Commons Aboriginal Affairs Committee has been holding over the past month to get through its review of […]
Comuzzi’s committee
The Globe and Mail recently described Liberal MP Joe Comuzzi’s House Transport Committee as one of the most independent on Parliament Hill, which in a world of the “democratic deficit” is a good thing. Mr. Comuzzi, who has represented Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont., since 1988 also told The Globe that he tends to get into […]
The Long Goodbye…
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is under growing pressure to announce his future plans. Some of his longest and most ardent backroom supporters are privately saying King Ralph should be preparing for abdication and should make up his mind this summer. Some of the talk is not so private. Art Smith, the former long-time head of […]
