International diplomacy is a two-edged sword: U.S. would not now want to push its two friendly neighbours too far
Following his speech to the Toronto Economic Club last week, U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci engaged in some unusual diplomatic activity. Usually, as guests in another countries, diplomats do not comment on the domestic affairs of the host country. Recently, when Lebanon’s Ambassador Raymond Baaklini made remarks about media ownership in this country, the same Canadian […]
Iraq still could have been disarmed: French Ambassador
OTTAWA–Iraq could have been disarmed of weapons of mass destruction without resorting to the use of force by the United States and Great Britain, says the French envoy to Canada. Moreover, Philippe Guelluy, France’s Ambassador to Canada told CPAC’s The Diplomatic World, last week that the United States, Great Britain and the coalition of the […]
No Canadian grit there
Regarding “America is becoming unhinged,” (The Hill Times, March 17). It is you liberals who are becoming “unhinged.” Your view of how the Cold War was won is intellectually dishonest at best. The final line of your article made me burst out laughing…” Canadian grit?” Not sending in Canadian troops to help liberate Iraq, you […]
Stairway to heaven…
Sometimes the more serious stories do earn responses. Last week’s item on John Manley being slow to pick up membership forms in Alberta and B.C. is one such case. Examples of the comments – which blame the problem on stalling and other sneaky tactics by Paul Martin supporters who control the provincial wings and the […]
‘Deepening crisis’ grips Canadian democracy: Kingsley launches ambitious plan to get young Canadians to start voting
OTTAWA–Jean-Pierre Kingsley, the chief electoral officer, says that Canadian democracy is in the midst of a “deepening crisis” because of the steady decline in the voter turnout, particularly among youths, which reached an alltime low during the last general election in 2000. On March 21, at a conference at Carleton University in Ottawa, Mr. Kingsley […]
Strongly rejects Jones’ column
Regarding “Don’t blame the French,” (View From Washington, D.C. column, The Hill Times, March 24). My eyes just could not believe what I read in the article by David Jones. After a long list of poor “arguments” (which are more feeble opinions than facts or rational), the author finishes his paper by a sentence that […]
Parliament’s e-mail system clogged
Farmers, war and e-mail log jams… Ongoing woes with the parl.gc.ca e-mail system came to a head again this month when many MPs and staffers found their computers freezing up upon the return of the Commons from its two-week March break. Incoming e-mails were bouncing back to senders as “undeliverable” and many recipients were unable […]
Why anti-Americanism is as Canadian as maple syrup: We Canadians have a serious inferiority complex
There have been two recent, widely-reported examples of anti-Americanism by Canadians of some official stature. According to Francie Ducros, then director of communications for Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.S. President George Bush is “a moron.” Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s condemnation was far wider: “Damn Americans. I hate those bastards.” These comments are not isolated, but […]
Disappointed by Canadian behaviour
It saddens me that the country of my origin would demean itself so much, by booing the American national anthem at a hockey game. I have always thought that Canadians would hold themselves to a higher standard in behaviour. What has changed since I left Canada over 30 years ago? We used to be a […]
Citizen Canned?
There’s talk bubbling of a strike at the Ottawa Citizen this summer when the current newspaper guild collective agreement expires. It is being fuelled by lay-offs and consolidations at other CanWest-Global papers and, closure to home, the departure two weeks ago of Citizen opinion page editor Christina “Tina” Spencer, a 20-year-plus veteran at the paper. […]
