Copps, the pundit, is back in national political action on the Hill
Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps is now writing a column for Quebecor and Sun Media newspapers and her Sunday Sun column is a must-read. Sheila Copps is back in action in national politics.This time as a newspaper columnist. The scrappy former Rat Packer, Jean Chretien Cabinet minister and deputy prime minister says she has […]
MPs taking advantage of new flexibility in travel budgets: It’s common sense to extend privileges for trips to the U.S. capital, says NDP MP Pat Martin
NDP MP Pat Martin went to Washington, D.C., on April 1 this year, the U.S. day for asbestos awareness, and didn’t have to pay for it thanks to a new provision in travel allowances for MPs. As of Dec. 6, 2004, the House Board of Internal Economy approved the reallocation of trip allowances for MPs […]
Some facts on post-secondary education in Canada
* Revenue for Canada’s universities and colleges in 2004-2005 was $27.7-billion. * Federal, provincial and municipal government funding, including funding for research, accounted for 55.6 per cent of the revenue. This ranged from 43.6 per cent in Nova Scotia to 70.5 per cent in Quebec. * Student fees accounted for over 20 per cent of […]
Journalists love a good stunt, an eye-catching novelty
It is with deep feeling we mourn the passing of the timeworn Indignant Man With A Prop routine, to the sorrow of ex-Mint president David Dingwall. It’s sad, really; this is what it must have been like the day vaudeville died. Journalists love a good stunt.They’ve invented a few of their own. But a stunt, […]
WOMEN’S WATCH: Candidates Nominated For The Federal Election
Party Total Women Men Percentage of Women NDP 173 57 116 33% Libs 164 53 111 32% Bloc 24 7 17 29% Cons 278 34 244 12% Source: Equal Voice P
Thirty years ago federal public servants were respected, today they rank below pollsters, and even journalists
The upper levels of the federal public service need to be depoliticized because politics is hurting morale in the government and damaging Canadian confidence in public servants, generally, says Allan Cutler the original whistleblower on the Public Works and Government Services Sponsorship Scandal. “It’s really about what the political masters want now rather than what […]
PCO and Justice overworked: can’t meet ATI response times
PCO, Justice, Foreign Affairs, International Trade all received an ‘F’ on complying with access to information responses. They deny any political interference. The Privy Council Office, the Department of Justice, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Department of International Trade, which all received an ‘F’ or a “Red alert,” from Canada’s Access to Information […]
Bennett says preparing for avian flu ‘a bit like studying for an exam’
The WHO says Canada is ‘relatively well-prepared as a country’ for avian flu, but the government is facing some criticism over its preparations to protect the Canadian people. The World Health Organization says Canada is “relatively well-prepared as a country,” to deal with an anticipated influenza pandemic, and Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh says he and […]
Is there a future for public service broadcasting in this country?
At the very least, we are long overdue for a serious discussion of what Canadian public service television ought to look like in the 21st century. Well, that’s over. After seven bleak, Peter Mansbridge-less weeks, the CBC and its employees have settled their dispute, and life at the Mother Corp’s downtown Toronto bunker can return […]
Dingwall goes to Parliament Hill
Dave Dingwall blew into Centre Block on Parliament Hill last Wednesday, escorted by his lawyer, and quickly proceeded to throw a few verbal bombs at members of the Government Operations Committee, at opposition MPs, at government backbenchers and, oh, at the Paul Martin government, in general. The star chamber committee hearing was immediately dubbed one […]
