Lobbyists want government to break log-jam in procurement
Ottawa lobbyists and government suppliers says the aftershocks of public outrage over perceived corruption within the contracting process are having a profound effect on the procurement process. Ottawa lobbyists and government suppliers says the aftershocks of public outrage over perceived corruption within the contracting process is having a profound effect on the procurement process, where […]
Disagree with ‘puff piece’ on new Grit Sen. Campbell
Re: the puff piece on Senator Larry Campbell (“Look out for new Liberal Senator Larry Campbell,”(The Hill Times, Sept. 19), it’s my view as a journalist in B.C. that you would be rendering your readers a disservice by leaving them with the impression, as writer Jonathan Ross did, that Larry Campbell is going to be […]
Advice to Harper: tell your MPs to get with the program buddy, straighten up and fly right
Canadian voters are willing to look for an alternative, but for some reason the federal Conservatives refuse to give them one. TORONTO – Canadians want a change. But the change implies two steps. First, you must be convinced that what you have, in this case, a Liberal government, is not good, and I believe you […]
Conservatives say they ‘don’t want to win the battle and lose the war’
Publicly, everyone saying there’s no fall election coming, but it ain’t over until it’s over, which means the first week of November. The federal Conservatives say they don’t want to defeat the minority Liberal government this fall because they say an autumn election would likely yield the same results as the last federal election, say […]
Correction
Re: “Cue the Jaws movie theme music: Frank Magazine is back, online,”(The Hill Times, Oct. 3). Glen McGregor was not an editor at Frank and was not responsible for the Caroline Mulroney prank that appeared in Frank in 1991. It was conceived and written by another contributor. R
Paying protection money to Access Copyright Act not legitimate
Re: the opinion piece by Chrisopher Moore of Access Copyright (The Hill Times, Oct. 3) should sound familiar: pay us money and we will remove the threat that we represent. The article contains considerable misinformation.The educational community isn’t asking to get for free something that should be legitimately paid for. While the language of “exceptions”is […]
House Heritage Committee members vow to ask CBC management some tough questions on seven-week lockout
Liberal and opposition MPs say they all have some probing, difficult questions for the CBC’s top brass later on Oct. 27. Government and opposition MPs on the House Heritage Committee say they will ask the senior management of the CBC some tough questions on Oct. 27 when they appear before the committee about the way […]
Libs afraid of ‘honest’ Stephen Harper: reader
Re: “Liberals still talking about a fall election,”(The Hill Times, Oct. 3). I thought the Liberals anointed rather than elected their leaders.They do not even do internal politics democratically. Liberals stink of the corruption, lies and opportunism and this stink pervades our current government. I think the Liberals desperately want to replace Conservative Leader Stephen […]
More Copyright Act feedback
Re: “Licensing will solve the schools’ copyright challenge,”(The Hill Times, Oct. 3). Has Christopher Moore ever driven past a billboard? Did he look at what was posted there? Would he be upset if he received a bill for doing so? Because that’s the offline equivalent to his proposal. Yes, if you want to charge for […]
Ibbitson on ills of Canadian polity
The Globe and Mail’s political affairs columnist John Ibbitson’s just-released book The Polite Revolution: Perfecting the Canadian Dream takes a wry look at the ills of the Canadian polity and it’s a bit of a slap in the head. Mr. Ibbitson says two great global migrations are underway: from poorer countries to richer countries and […]
