Opposition attacks Paul Martin’s use of privilege: Everything else warrants absenting from the House, but not a court subpoena: Alliance
Alliance House Leader John Reynolds has called on the House of Commons to review whether Paul Martin, the former finance minister, abused his Parliamentary privileges to get out of testifying as a witness in a million dollar tax case before the British Columbia Court of Appeal. “If the former minister of finance was formally charged […]
Byelections in two Quebec ridings on June 16
Third of a series of the six Liberal leadership debates on May 24 MONDAY, May 19 House Sitting–The House of Commons is not sitting this week but will resume its session again on May 26. For more information on the House calendar, please call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. TUESDAY, MAY 20 […]
The 36,000 disappeared
Let’s not tell Americans they don’t have to worry about the 36,000 individuals who have been ordered deported from Canada who are nowhere to be found. Tell them instead they should worry first about the more than 300,000 individuals who have been ordered deported from the U.S. who are nowhere to be found. They have […]
Lobbyist handlers extraordinaire
On a sunny Wednesday in March, at Toronto’s Rosewater Supper Club, a richly-furnished three-tiered restaurant which advertises itself as “pleasure palace,” about 100 select guests paid $1,000 each to munch on mini lamb chops, sip good wine and get the ear of Prime-Minister-in-waiting, Paul Martin. According to lobbyist Paul Pellegrini, who organized the event, it […]
Nuclear subsidies should end now
I’d like to commend NDP MP Joe Comartin’s column for calling a debate on Canada’s nuclear energy policy, “Time for nuclear debate,” (The Hill Times, May 5). It’s amazing that after 50 years and $17.5-billion in subsidies to AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), we have never had a national democratic debate about continuing to […]
‘Time to give Paul Martin the keys to party’: Mills
TORONTO–Toronto veteran Liberal MP Dennis Mills, who at one time contemplated running for the Grit leadership and then dropped out, is now throwing his support behind the party’s juggernaut, Paul Martin. In an exclusive interview with The Hill Times, Mr. Mills said he also now wonders what the point of the Liberal leadership race really […]
“Should changes be made to the eerie, high-school council format used for the Liberals’ leadership debates? And should the candidates be taking their cues from the livelier Tory TV debates?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “This one’s easy. Answer: yes, changes are needed, and pronto. “That ‘debate’ was as boring as a box of bran flakes. As boring as being an aircraft controller in Antarctica. As boring as your neighbour’s wedding pictures. As boring as non-alcoholic beer. As boring as [Enough already! – ed.] “Anyway, you […]
Gun registry deceptive
Dr. Robert Cushman’s letter “Health pros support gun control,” (The Hill Times, April 14) is yet another attempt to take taxpayers off the true issues facing the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP). Simply put, the entire program has been presented to Canadians in a cloud of deception. The federal government knew from the beginning that it […]
You call this a leadership race?
Commentators covering the Liberal leadership debate in Edmonton last weekend unanimously decreed that it was boring and bland, if not comatose and constipated. Except for one shot by Deputy Prime Minister John Manley at former finance minister Paul Martin over who had contributed how much to Martin’s campaign, nobody said anything much about anything or, […]
Prime Minister’s Dinner in Montreal this week
Tories televised debate on Tuesday on CBC’s Newsworld MONDAY, May 12 House Sitting–The House of Commons is sitting Monday to Friday until Friday, May 16, at which time it will take a week-long break. The Commons will then return on Monday, May 26 and is supposed to sit every consecutive week until Friday, June 20. […]
