Canada disappoints
Regarding “France criticizes boycotts of French boycotts,” (The Hill Times, April 14). Canada has shown no class on this topic. The U.S. and France are friends and allies. You’d think somebody in the Cabinet would have said a few words on CNN in favour of France. As usual, Canada disappoints. John Stark Richmond, B.C. Regarding […]
The true threat is global
It has been remarked often that the reason Iraq’s Saddam Hussein is a goner (wherever it is that he’s gone to) is that he didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction while North Korea’s Kim Jong-il is still doing fine in Pyongyang because he’s armed himself to the nuclear teeth. This week, small, poor, bankrupt […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 2
There are many ways in which the utilities can get involved. Some have a different challenge from others. Some utilities are Crown corporations and some are in the private sector. It varies, but they will all have to do their share to reduce greenhouse gasses, although they will have to use different methods. Senator Spivak: […]
Interaction with Arab people and nations is now essential: Unfortunately, some leading Canadian politicians follow ideological perspectives
OTTAWA–Canadian interest in the Middle East is heightened by the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in the region and the cultural and religious differences of the peoples of the area. Canadian foreign policy has, in the main, been guided by international law and the desire for lasting peace and security. However, the general public’s understanding […]
Bush’s bent on resolving Israeli-Palestinian conflict
OTTAWA–The most recent roadmap for resolution of the Middle East conflict, presented on April 30, is yet another on the road already littered with peace proposals. As with previous such plans and agreements — from Camp David I and II, the Madrid Conference, the Oslo Accord, the Crown Prince Abdullah plan, to name some, this […]
Bush’s wee bit of hubris
Regarding “Chicken Little meets the Little Red Hen,” (The Hill Times, April 14). In his epistle to the Canadians of April 14, David Jones recounts the parables of Chicken Little and the Little Red Hen and trumpets that the latter has, for now, triumphed over the former with respect to the invasion of Iraq. I […]
Dhaliwal vows to launch new negotiations in fall with auto industry to improve fuel efficiency of new vehicles by 2010
My department also supports research into wind energy with a focus on Canadian needs like the impact of extreme cold on turbines and synchronized wind and diesel generation for off-grid communities. HILL TIMES: How about other alternative sources of energy? MR. DHALIWAL: Alternative energy is playing a major role in helping us diversify our energy […]
SARS story wildly exaggerated
TORONTO–The age-old practice of shooting the messenger is still alive and well, and anybody who has worked in the media can attest to it. Still, given the reality of feeding the maw of the current 24-hour-a-day media mania, there is something to be said in support of those who feel the media is, if not […]
Unmasking our shaky health keeper’s image
OTTAWA–Canada has had its highest international profile as peace-keepers, not as health-keepers making the world a safer place. But now, Canada is also trying to market itself overseas as a country with super special health care, now that the World Health Organization has lifted its travel advisory telling the world to avoid non-essential travel to […]
Correlation doesn’t equal causation
Regarding the letter to the editor “Health pros support gun control,” (The Hill Times, April 14). After reading Dr. Robert Cushman’s reasons for defending the Firearms Act, it occurs to me that if the propaganda he and his kind spew were not so damaging to public safety, it would be amusing. I confess I studied […]
