Gomery, the movie to air on RDI [Gomery, le film]
The Sponsorship Scandal inquiry will be turned into a documentary for RDI watchers this week, just in time for the release of Justice John Gomery’s first report, due out on Nov. 1. The documentary, called Gomery, le film, will be a three-part series of one hour each and will be aired over three days on […]
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 […]
Liberals ramp up election preparation
The powerful Ontario wing of the federal Liberal Party is holding a campaign college and a series of workshops about how to run a successful election campaign on Oct. 29 for all Ontario riding candidates and MPs seeking re-election. The campaign college, to be held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Hamilton, Ont., from 1 […]
Governing Liberal lobbying scandal is 11 years old: And all this reveals is how the glacially slow-changing and still fatally flawed government accountability system is actually the real scandal
Canadians will finally get the honest, ethical, open, representative and waste-preventing federal government they need, and deserve, if the government does three things. Many federal government observers are claiming that the recent scandals involving questions about Liberal government-connected lobbyists David Dingwall, Richard Mahoney, John Duffy and others have revealed cracks in the federal lobbying regulation […]
Canada must improve its OECD ranking on a broad range of environmental indicators, says Grit backbencher
Canada is often touted as an economic leader among OECD countries. Northern tiger is one term that has been used to characterize Canada and its economy. Given Canada’s recent strong economic performance, especially in comparison to previous decades, this may be a fair description.The list of Canada’s economic achievements includes a steep reduction in debt, […]
