“Was Sheila Copps just playing leadership politics when she publicly criticized Anne McLellan’s lack of leadership on SARS, or is there something deeper going on here we should all know about?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “Look, during leadership races — as with the Alliance’s race last year, the NDP’s a few months back, and the Tories’ ongoing one — candidates disagree with each other. They criticize each other, as well as the policies of the party they seek to lead. That’s normal. “Sheila Copps had no […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 6
Mr. Anderson: I cannot, really. However, the more information you provide, the better off you are. There will be journalists who will pick up this aspect; salesmen will use it as a selling point for a stove or fridge or, indeed, a vehicle. Having said that, it is true that it is not the only […]
God bless America
Many of the Canadian opinions on the “Iraqi intentions” of my country are sadly inappropriate and are now being proven wrong by the overriding positive support of the liberation of Iraq by Iraqi citizens. It has been quite popular to be anti- American. But it is much more intelligent to be informed with facts. We […]
Showdown on Governance Act expected
OTTAWA–In what promises to be revealed as a showdown, Roberta Jamieson, chief of the Six-Nations reserve, says Bill C-7, the government’s First Nations Governance Act is “fatally flawed,” it “violates” native peoples’ rights, and that the only way it can be fixed is by withdrawing the increasingly controversial piece of legislation. “We take that position […]
What Canada can do: fair trade for hungry farmers: Canada can support poor farmers without damaging Canadian agriculture
OTTAWA–Nothing seems more distant from the famine threatening wide swaths of Africa than the plush halls of the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva. But negotiations there on new rules for agricultural trade will either offer a future to the hungry people of Africa and other poor regions, or they will seal their fate. The […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 4
[Translation] First, commitment. The Climate Change Plan is the cornerstone of this government’s commitment to making a global contribution to addressing climate change. The Budget 2003 investment of $2 billion over five years brings our total investment in climate change action since 1997 to $3.7 billion. This is in addition to a number of other […]
Grit caucus divided over finance bill
OTTAWA–The Liberal caucus is divided over Prime Minister Jean Chretien ‘s proposed legislation to ban corporations and unions from donating to political parties, says the chair of the large and powerful Liberal Ontario caucus. “There is still a fairly serious group within caucus that can’t fathom why this is a necessary bill,” said Ontario Liberal […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*International Cooperation Minister Susan Whelan, 40, May 5, 1963 *Alliance MP Diane Ablonczy, 54, May 6, 1949 *Liberal Sen. Maria Chaput, 61, May 7, 1942 *Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, 63, May 8, 1940 *Alliance MP Gary Lunn, 46, May 8, 1957 *Liberal MP Eleni Bakopanos, 49, May 10, 1954 *Tory MP Scott Brison, 36, May […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 5
Mr. Anderson: That is one reason we excluded the automotive sector from the group of large emitters. There is that improvement. Also, you are quite correct in saying that per dollar of GDP the energy intensity has dramatically improved. Ours has been one of the most successful economies over the last few years. That is […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 7
Mr. Nault: I would not take the credit for that. More precisely, it was Yukoners themselves who wanted to take the time necessary to move in this direction. The umbrella final agreement triggers a process between Yukon First Nations and ourselves. As I said earlier, a number of different processes will need to be put […]
