Message to Conservatives: stop focusing on election talk and focus on issues that really matter to Canadians
Jay Hill ignores the fact that this government and this Prime Minister have already faced more than 40 confidence votes in the House of Commons. There will be more to come, on such important issues as the energy price relief bill. In recent days, I took the unusual step of providing opposition House leaders with […]
A look at MPs’ salaries and travel expenses for 2004-2005
Member of the Sessional Travel House of Commons allowances($) expenses($) Abbott J 141,000 140,584 Ablonczy D 141,000 105,091 Adams Hon WP 141,000 36,629 Allowance as Committee Chairperson 1,439 Alcock Hon R 141,000 77,236 Allard CM 34,075 9,909 Allowance as Committee Vice- chairperson 7,244 Allison D 106,925 49,551 Ambrose R 106,925 92,543 Anders R 141,000 94,928 […]
Harper’s OLO has more Quebec advisers than PM Martin’s PMO
The Conservatives have nine top Quebec advisers working in the OLO, which is more than the PMO. Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper’s Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition has more Quebec advisers than Prime Minister Paul Martin has working in the Prime Minister’s Office. The OLO confirmed it has nine top Quebec advisers. […]
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada speaks up on new Copyright Act, says it’s standing up for students
The educational community’s proposed amendment to the Copyright Act to address the educational use of “publicly available” internet materials has never included a demand that everything that can exist in digital form should automatically be available for educational purposes without permission or payment. In his opinion piece on Oct. 3 in The Hill Times, Christopher […]
Opposition parties could still defeat government on or after Nov. 14 and PM Martin could set longer 36-day campaign
The sponsorship scandal was the salient issue in the 2004 election. It’s up to the opposition parties to make it the salient issue of Election 2006. It’s a big political mistake to rule out that the opposition parties won’t defeat the government in the week of Nov. 14 or after because it’s the prerogative of […]
Conservatives threaten to defeat Liberals even if it means a cold Christmas federal election
Conservatives aren’t ruling out defeating the government late next month, in the seemingly neverending game of political chicken on Parliament Hill. The Conservative Party isn’t ruling out defeating the government, even if it means an election near Christmas, says Conservative House Leader Jay Hill,in the seemingly never-ending game of political chicken on Parliament Hill. “If […]
Germain tries out the funny guy schtick
Stand-up guy…The Parliamentary Press Gallery owes Anthony Germain one. When it booked the Museum of Civilization in Hull, sorry, Gatineau, on Oct. 22 for the annual Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner, it forgot to check if its emcee for the past 10 years was available. As it turned out, Dan Dugas,Broadcast News reporter and comical Impersonator, […]
MPs spent $25.99-million on travel costs last year
Liberal MP David McGuinty spent $35 on travel last year, but other local Ottawa-area Grit, Conservative and NDP MPs racked up bigger travel expenses. MPs like their travel. But local Ottawa Liberal MP David McGuinty spent only $35 on travel last year, while other local Liberal, Conservatives and NDP MPs spent tens of thousands of […]
Moving towards sustainable transportation: Environment Minister
Our goal is to make our production systems the cleanest in the world. Sustainable transportation is a key element in attaining this goal. The auto industry is one of the key sectors of our economy. It represents a large percentage of our international trade and produces hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the country. There […]
Whistleblower bill fatally flawed: Cutler
Re: “Whistleblower protection passed in House of Commons,”(The Hill Times, Oct. 10). Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch is correct that Bill C-11 contains fatal flaws. I approach the bill from a unique perspective while asking myself the question,”Would I have been protected?” I do not agree with NDP MP Pat Martin. While attempts were made […]
