Reform MPs tell why they opted in and out of pension plan
As the MP pension issue threatens to do some political damage to the Reform Party caucus, two Reformers told The Hill Times why they opted in and out of the so-called “gold-plated” plan. For second-term Reform MP John Duncan (Vancouver Island North, B.C), 49, who decided to opt into the controversial pension plan recently after […]
House players set strategy [Dhaliwal wants Bill C-43 to go to the House Finance committee by November]
As the House prepares for a highly-partisan and nasty fall session, the nation’s top tax collector, Federal Revenue Minister Herb Dhaliwal hopes his bill to set up a new super-tax collection agency will move off the floor of the House of Commons and through committee. National Revenue Minister Herb Dhaliwal (Vancouver South, B.C.) told The […]
Public entitled to know issues of public morality
Regular readers will know that your correspondent has serious reservations about the veracity of public opinion polls. That having been said, however, polls often serve as an easy measure by which to compare — albeit not as accurately as pollsters would have you believe — public sentiments at a given moment in time. I’m thinking […]
Senator Lynch-Staunton floats wild trial balloon [Parliamentary reform]
The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada, John Lynch-Staunton, addressed the Rotary Club of Calgary yesterday on the need for Parliamentary reform, as he saw it. In other words, reform other than Senate reform. It was a very good speech, and one that must have fallen on receptive ears. While Sen. Lynch-Staunton […]
Industry tops lobbying efforts: top 20 departments most lobbied
Top 20 Departments Most Lobbied: 1. Industry Canada 2. Finance Canada 3. Foreign Affairs/International Trade 4. Environment Canada 5. Revenue Canada 6. Transport Canada 7. Health Canada 8. Natural Resources Canada 9. Privy Council Office 10. Public Works 11. Treasury Board Top 20 Departments Most Lobbied: 1. Industry Canada 2. Finance Canada 3. Foreign Affairs/International […]
[Taking stock: assessing public sector reforms]
Taking Stock: Assessing Public Sector Reforms is the second of three volumes on the subject of governance and public management produced by the Canadian Centre for Management Development. It contains the reflections of 13 academics, including five from the U.S., four from Canada, one from the U.K., one from France, one from Sweden and one […]
A just-the-facts-ma’am site
From time to time I come across a site that I can’t wait to tell others about. It reeks of tangible matters well-presented, well-linked, and free of graphic clutter, a Just-The-Facts-Ma’am kind of place that you know will excite others. Here is one, hosted by the Media Awareness Network. I was recently turned on to […]
Why Clark and Segal cancelled televised debates
CBC Newsworld offered the five candidates for the Tory party’s national leadership a half-hour of free time for a debate to be carried both by Newsworld and CBC National. The debate was to be held before a live audience in Toronto, with Nancy Wilson as moderator; the subject was to be economics. The date, Sept. […]
Rookie MP shakes up senate [Chairship of Greater Toronto Area caucus]
Senate block vote…Meanwhile, rookie Ontario Liberal MP Bryon Wilfert is vying for the chairship of the Greater Toronto Area caucus but he’s going to have to face off with Ontario Senator Lorne Milne before it’s over. Sen. Milne, who co-chaired the Liberals’ Ontario election campaign in the last federal election, said she’s not too pleased […]
Rookies take shot at Ontario caucus chair
Make me your leader…The class of 1993 is turning its back on the largest provincial caucus. As the 156-member Liberal caucus gets ready to hold their annual caucus elections, the race to lead the monster 101-member Ontario Caucus is so far only being fought by rookie and outspoken Mississauga West Liberal MP Steve Mahoney and […]
