This town is getting really weird
The waiting game… Everyone has his theory about how and when the next federal election will come about, but if it comes earlier than later – as in the next month – it seems pretty clear to me that Prime Minister Paul Martin will have to call it himself. My Conservative friends tell me they […]
Federal government ‘dragging its feet’ on electoral reform: NDP MP Ed Broadbent
The government says it can’t meet the House’s deadline to bring in major reforms to Canada’s electoral system. And the government snuck its response in through the Commons Clerk’s Office, not through the House of Commons. The government says it can’t meet the House’s deadline to bring in reforms to Canada’s federal election system, which […]
Dingwall affair highlights needs for changes to lobby law
The lobbying industry, accustomed to operating in secret, has always successfully resisted reforms. But without them, the next lobbying scandal is just a forensic audit away. David Dingwall might be wishing he had read up on the rules governing his former profession when he acted as a pharmaceutical lobbyist four years ago. For his work […]
University of Quebec professor wants to bring in more creativity into the federal public service
Fostering creativity in the public service is important, says University of Quebec en Outaouais professor Larisa Shavinina. “Nothing is being done to develop the creative and innovative abilities of public servants,” said Prof. Shavinina, a professor in the Department of Administrative Sciences and founder of Innocrex, an organization specializing in developing creativity.”Employing creative people is […]
The Liberal government is so barren of ideas that its Parliamentary initiatives are Mike Harris hand-me-downs
The federal Liberal government’s so tired, it’s reduced to scalping a 1930s funny-money scheme and packaging it as a new initiative. We’re all getting older, but nothing ages quite so badly as a four-term government. Cabinet is adrift. The Minister of Foreign Affairs told reporters he takes policy advice from his chauffeur. The Minister of […]
Industry Canada’s Look at Automotive Industry: 2005
Canada has grown steadily into one of the largest automotive producers in the world. Our industry shipments have risen from $44.6-billion in vehicles and $17.4-billion in parts in 1994, to $72.4-billion in vehicles and $33.0-billion in parts in 2004. We have a proven, global reputation for innovation, research and development, expertise, quality and productivity. And […]
Conservatism vs. neo-conservatism
With reference to “Harper’s bum rap is starting to look like a game of dog pile,”by Tom Korski (The Hill Times,”Political Reporting,”Sept. 26), it may be pointed out that the biggest challenge facing conservatism in Canada is from neo-conservatism or neo-liberalism as it is called in Europe. In the United States, this tussle between neoconservatives […]
La Presse Canadienne Hill reporter pens book on politics behind same-sex marriage bill
Sylvain Larocque, a Parliament Hill reporter for La Presse Canadienne, recently wrote a book on same-sex marriage entitled Marriage gai: Les coulisses d’une revolution sociale,which is loosely translated in English to Gay Marriage: Behind the Scenes of a Social Revolution. In his book, Mr. Larocque explores the behind-the-scenes politics at play involved in a public […]
Access Copyright and more
Re: “Licensing will solve the schools’ copyright challenge,”(The Hill Times, Oct. 3). Christopher Moore accuses educators of “lobbying hard for a free ride on the backs of those who create and make learning material available.” Indeed it is not educators, but Canadian copyright collectives and Access Copyright itself who is guilty of this.To require schools, […]
Public Accounts Committee to compare Sponsorship Scandal witness testimonies
The integrity of evidence heard at the Public Accounts Committee’s probe into the Sponsorship Scandal prior to Justice John Gomery’s Commission is “exceptionally important,”says Liberal MP Mark Holland,which is why the committee will do a formal analysis of witnesses’ testimonies to see if there are any discrepancies between the one the witness gave to the […]
