Good for Comartin
Regarding NDP MP Joe Comartin’s column, “Time for nuclear debate,” (The Hill Times, May 5). I would like to support your efforts to have some open dialogue on nuclear energy and its side effects. Jean Leahy Toronto, Ont. Regarding NDP MP Joe Comartin’s column, “Time for nuclear debate,” (The Hill Times, May 5). I would […]
New York Times folly
TORONTO–Jayson Blair is not the first journalist to be exposed as a fake. But the former New York Times reporter could be the first to keep his scam going for so long and for such a prominentsome argue the most prominent — newspaper. Blair, of course, is the 27-year-old reporter who resigned last week in […]
Chief Dorey doesn’t speak for First Nations
So-called Chief Dwight Dorey of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), most definitely does not speak for me as a First Nations person living in an urban setting. CAP is seen by most Western Aboriginal people as a divide-and-conquer tool by which Indian and Northern Affairs may ensure that there is no unity or solidarity […]
Europe is so passe
It’s not etiquette, normally, to return the favour of an agreeable dinner by being disagreeable to your host. Yes, it’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. Along with three other pundit-type journalists, I dined this week in Ottawa with a crowd of Canadian ambassadors back from their posts in Europe and then […]
Only Coon speaks for chiefs
Regarding the article, “Showdown on Governance Act expected,” (The Hill Times, May 5), by F. Abbas Rana and Paco Francoli. I find your reporting of the FNGA to be flawed. You do not seem to grasp that the First Nations Governance Act (FNGA) is an attack on our relationship with the Crown. Have you ever […]
Love is in the Air…
It may not have been the best spring so far when it comes to the weather, but the season is still having its traditional effect on young lovers. Recently-departed deputy PM0 press secretary Duncan Fulton and girlfriend of two years Annie Cuerrier, bought a house two weeks ago and a couple of days later decided […]
Happy Auditor General [125th anniversary]
MPs celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada last week in Ottawa, not bad for an office that uncovers millions of dollars in waste and accountability each year in its regular reports to Parliament. Canadian Alliance MP John Williams, chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, told the House […]
Firearms-related deaths dropping
Regarding the letter to the editor, “Health pros support gun control,” (The Hill Times, April 14), written by Ottawa’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Cushman. This letter is yet another example of a person who thinks that because he is a doctor he is qualified to speak on any topic with authority. He is quick […]
Time for Martin to answer questions
Paul Martin garners 124 to 127 MPs for support. These same elected Liberal MPs have either been brain washed, or promised greater things for this support. I cannot imagine anyone supporting the new “emperor,” when Martin has little or no opinion on any subject. He has not spoken out about his stance on gun control […]
Missile defence: Copps and Axworthy get it wrong: Some Liberals want safety and sanctimony, snuggling under U.S. blanket
WASHINGTON, D.C.–In 1995, with the impending departure of foreign minister Andre Ouellette from DFAIT, thoughts at the U.S. Embassy turned to his replacement. It appeared as if Lloyd Axworthy, the Liberals’ foreign affairs critic during the Mulroney era, was to be anointed. Having served diligently, if unmemorably, in the purgatory of the Human Resources Development […]
