The Prime Minister did good [Governor-General’s appointment]
What is remarkable is that it was an appointment by Prime Minister Paul Martin, based on his gut instinct, something he should evidently do more of. No? Michaelle Jean’s selection for the post of Governor General was greeted with surprise, but reasonably good press back in early August. And then her separatist friends struck and […]
Michaelle Jean steps out
Last week’s newspaper headlines said it all. Michaelle Jean was a hit.The 48- year-old refugee from Haiti and former Quebec journalist dazzled the crowd on and off the Hill.The Ottawa establishment and the Prime Minister’s Office were pleased. Not bad, considering all the earlier reviews from the monarchy abolitionists, conservative talk radio hosts, some newspaper […]
Pallister: the Conservative MP who took down David Dingwall
At 6’8″ Conservative MP Brian Pallister is the tallest drink of water in politics. He’s also getting skilled at uncovering excessive Liberal spending. At 6′ 8″Conservative MP Brian Pallister is the tallest drink of water in politics. He towers over everyone.To scrum him is to feel lilliputian. Mr. Pallister (Portage-Lisgar, Man.) ,who is an athlete […]
CBC doesn’t need increased funding: Global’s Peter Kent
While I believe, passionately, that Canada needs a strong, publicly-funded national broadcaster, CBC TV does not need increased funding. The sorry state of the corporation today is a direct result of a chronic, misdirected fixation on its original 1950s-era mandate to provide a spectrum of local and regional television services that are irrelevant in today’s […]
Correction [Warren Kinsella on punk rock, his new book and the real Liberal Party, in Ontario, September 26, 2005]
Regarding last week’s story, “Warren Kinsella on punk rock, his new book and the real Liberal Party, in Ontario,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 26). Warren Kinsella says he has never called any Liberal MP a “neo- Nazi.” Said Mr. Kinsella: “I’ve met the real ones for Web of Hate, and that’s not an allegation I’d […]
Missing Newsworld’s Politics
Re: “House is back, but Newman and Lessard won’t be on the air,”(The Hill Times, Sept. 26). I think that it is terrible that we won’t be able to watch Politics because of the CBC lockout; it’s one of my favourite shows on Newsworld. Judi Johnny Whitehorse,Yukon Re: “House is back, but Newman and Lessard […]
PM should step in for CBC
Re: “House is back, but Newman and Lessard won’t be on the air,”(The Hill Times, Sept. 26). I’ve heard these cleverboots trying to replace the CBC workers. I’ve heard management types say “hunnert”for “hundred,”and “pitcher”for “picture,”which told me all I needed to know about their standards of education. When I heard them refer to Smokey […]
Boot the Liberals out
Re: “Commons legislative agenda to be dominated by election call,”(The Hill Times). It isn’t just the official opposition members who want this corrupt Liberal government defeated. It’s every Canadian who has an ounce of honour, integrity and ethics. I have had American and British friends email me articles written in their newspapers about how corrupt […]
Why so much suffering in Iraq?
I am puzzled; there was far too much death and suffering when the Twin Towers were hit on 9/11; there was, and is, far too much suffering because of the hurricanes. Why then all that added suffering and death of Iraq? Stan Penner Landmark, Man. I am puzzled; there was far too much death and […]
Coffin’s light sentence
As a result of the lenient sentence handed down to Paul Coffin, it sure begs the following question: How many wrong messages did the judge send in sparing him from jail for defrauding Canadian taxpayers of more than $1.5-million? So let me get this straight. According to the results of the trial, I should be […]
