Conservative staffer to take on rookie incumbent Scott Simms
One Conservative Party Hill staffer is running in the next election. Aaron Hynes, legislative assistant to Conservative MP Guy Lauzon,who is running for re-election in Stormont- Dundas-South Glengarry, Ont., is running in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista-Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor. Mr. Hynes is facing off against incumbent first-term Liberal MP Scott Simms . The federal […]
Libs afraid to ensure sustainable development at forefront of natural resources and economic policies, say critics
The federal Liberals are afraid to move on ensuring sustainable development issues remain at the forefront of natural resources and economic policy, says the Sierra Club of Canada. “These guys are hiding under their desks,” Stephen Hazell, conservation director for the Sierra Club, told The Hill Times. “They’re afraid of Alberta and they’re afraid of […]
Some of the hottest races to watch in Election 2006: an update
N.W.T . Western Arctic, N.W.T. 2004 election results LIB Ethel Blondin-Andrew: 39.45% NDP: 39.06% CON: 17.17% Incumbent Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew has had a firm grip on this riding since 1988. She unseated three-term Progressive Conservative Dave Nickerson and has won the by large margins of victory until last year’s vote. She defeated NDP Dennis Bevington […]
Canadian natural resources should serve Canadians, say NDP
The Martin Liberals have never refused a takeover of a Canadian company in any sector, let alone in natural resources, no matter how bad it is for the public interest. The following is an edited speech delivered by NDP natural resources critic Peter Julian in the House on Nov. 22 on motion-321. That, in the […]
Kilgour leaves House after 26 years, disenchanted by politics
After 26 years in federal politics, David Kilgour says he wants to go and climb mountains in Kenya. When outgoing Alberta Independent MP David Kilgour began his political career as a Progressive Conservative MP 26 years ago, he says he thought it was a respectable occupation. He doesn’t think so anymore. Mr. Kilgour is quitting […]
Rogue riding executive stirring up trouble for Ignatieff: MP
Outgoing Liberal MP Jean Augustine defends her successor and denies she was pushed out. Despite rumours that she was pushed out by senior Liberal strategists, former MP Jean Augustine is rushing to defend the party’s new star recruit who is getting off to a rough start in his bid to replace her as Member of […]
McCallum on government’s $1.5-billion injection into Canada’s natural resources over next five years: ‘Approximately half of that or a little less is money to transform this industry, to move it to the next’
The following is an edited excerpt of Natural Resources Minister John McCallum’s speech he delivered to the Ontario Energy Association Breakfast in Toronto on Nov. 25, three days before the government was defeated on a non-confidence vote in Ottawa. In The Economist magazine a couple of months ago, it was written that the resource sector […]
Recent government appointments before the Liberals were defeated
In the last two weeks before the Liberals were defeated, there were a number of government appointments worth noting. On Nov. 24, Industry Minister David Emerson appointed Christiane Germain and Gordon MacInnis to the Canadian Tourism Commission for a three-year term. On Nov. 23, Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew appointed Nancy Riche and Michael Small […]
Polls, Lewinsky aside, are the sex and cigars of politics: Polls to skulking backroomers like us are beautiful, shiny things: lavish attention and love
Kinsella: I just returned from a CBC Radio taping, and the question was: “Do polls really matter?” My answer: “Do they matter? To political hacks like us? They matter only in the way that heroin matters to heroin addicts!” Clumsy attempt at humour, sure, but it’s the truth, just the same: polls – to skulking […]
Some facts on Canada’s natural resources industry
* In 2004, the total value of all mineral commodities mined in Canada was $24.2-billion, an $3-billion increase from 2003. * Coal production increased to $1.6-billion in 2004 from $1.5-billion in 2003. * The value of gold production, Canada’s second most valuable mineral commodity in 2004, declined by 4.4% to $2.2-billion and the volume of […]
