Politicians side-stepping growth of organized crime in Canada: Public Safety Department sound alarms on multi-billion-dollar activities in secret briefings
The impact of organized crime has hardly been mentioned in the current election campaign. This, despite the fact that “Canada’s international reputation is suffering,”since many countries now see it as a growing haven for such activities, according to the Public Safety Department’s own documents from 2005. The briefings were presented to Deputy Ministers sitting on […]
Civil servants warming up to Tories
But PSAC Union President Nycole Turmel says she definitely does not want to see a Harper Conservative government, especially a majority one. Conservative candidates in Canada’s National Capital Region are starting to look more “attractive”to civil servants, a senior official from the Public Service Alliance of Canada said last week. As it concludes meetings with […]
Conservatives signs all over the map [Canadian edition of the Book of Lists]
Losing zingers on Martin’s Liberals Endless lists… Scott Reid, the Prime Minister’s director of communications, might want to take a look at this one.The Canadian Edition of the Book of Lists has just about everything, including the top 10 list of election-losing zingers. Liberal strategist John Duffy compiled this list of lines guaranteed to bring […]
Corrections
In the Dec. 19 issue, The Hill Times incorrectly reported that the Carisse Cafe Studio is owned by Jean-Marc Carisse, the former official photographer to former prime minister Jean Chretien.The cafe is owned by Mr. Carisse’s wife, Patricia Penzin Carisse. * In the Dec. 19 issue of The Hill Times in the Ninth Annual All […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Incorrect use of word ‘racist’ When Lynn Truss became so fed up with sloppy and inaccurate punctuation, she transcribed her lamentations into a book (Eats, Shoots and Leaves). When letter-writers such as Walter Daschko and Richard Pearson (The Hill Times, Dec. 12) bandy about the word “racist”to describe comments made by Jean Augustine, I feel […]
For incumbent Prime Minister Paul Martin, the best-case minority scenario could also be the most dangerous
A minority Liberal government that had a bit of time ahead of it might be more tempted to change the guard quicker than one whose survival would hang by a thread. Will Paul Martin or Stephen Harper be Prime Minister of Canada at this time next year? Or will the PM be someone other than […]
Harper praises Trudeau
Paul Martin is no Pierre Trudeau, Conservative leader Stephen Harper told representatives from Toronto’s various ethnic community media outlets during a meeting last week. Mr. Harper said he cannot figure out why those communities continue to support the Liberals in large numbers. “I can’t answer to that question other than to say that the Liberal […]
Hold on a minute: a more balanced look at Whistleblower Bill: Conservative Sen. Oliver responds to Gualtieri’s criticism on Bill C-11, says Senate didn’t ram it through
In the Dec. 12 issue of The Hill Times,you carried an opinion piece by Joanna Gualtieri “Whistleblowers were sold down the river by Parliamentarians who publicly pledged to protect them, Senate rams it through,”in which she asserted that whistleblowers were not well-served when the Senate passed Bill C-11, last November, without amendments. In the spirit […]
Wiseguys’ take on: RCMP investigation and web bloggers: Political bloggers have had a pronounced impact on this election campaign 2005-2006, full stop
Income Trusts Powers: The Christmas break turned hectic when the RCMP announced it was launching a criminal investigation into the income trusts announcement. In law you are innocent until proven guilty. In politics you have a requirement to act responsibly when the activities of your organization are called into question and the subject of a […]
Expect more of the same in politics: C.D. Howe Institute
Canada’s political future will consist of more of the same embattled minority governments, concerns over national unity and further deterioration of Canada-U.S. relations, says C.D. Howe Institute president and CEO Jack Mintz. In a prediction of Canada’s state of affairs in 2006 for Canadian Business magazine, Mr. Mintz said that the election outcome will result […]
