If the Prime Minister has an announcement, let’s hear it
Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters last week that the International AIDS Conference in Toronto had become too “politicized,” and that “this is probably not the time” for the government to make a significant policy announcement on the international fight against HIV/AIDS. The Prime Minister, who was on a tour of the North to promote […]
We can succeed even in a fiercely competitive industry: Sen. Bacon
The vitality of our aerospace industry is essential to the prosperity of the Canadian economy. The aerospace sector generated revenues of almost $22.5 billion in 2005, and contributes $9.2 billion to Canada’s GDP, according to the March 2006 Grands forums de l’aérospatiale, Compte-rendu des actes du Forum. The industry is represented in every province and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Why can’t Harper make the AIDS Conference? I find it interesting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has chosen not to attend the International AIDS Conference, which began in Toronto last week. Other heads of state and important leaders are making the trip from all over the world, yet Stephen Harper can’t make it from Ottawa. […]
Strength in numbers: Cooperation between governments and industry is key to competitiveness
It’s been two years since Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and Aerospace Industries Association of Canada President Peter Boag called on Canada’s aerospace and government leaders to establish a national forum-the Canadian Aerospace Partnership-to concentrate on ensuring the industry’s competitiveness. Global realities are such that there is strength in numbers. The solution requires industry and governments […]
The ‘un-politician politician’: Elizabeth May
What the Green Party needs now is a leader with national name recognition who can give the party an enhanced profile, Green Party leadership candidate Elizabeth May told The Hill Times in an interview last week. And as the former executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada and an officer of the Order of […]
TPC ‘a very important’ program to aerospace industry in Canada: Industry groups
The following is an edited excerpt of evidence from a meeting of the House Standing Committee Industry, Science and Technology, which disussed the aerospace industry on June 8, 2006. Liberal MP Mark Holland (Ajax-Pickering, Ont.): Thank you for all the presentations today. I want to start on the issue of Technology Partnerships Canada, which I […]
The Green Party: Quickly becoming somebodies
The new Green Party leader will be elected on Sunday, Aug. 27, the final day of the Green Party of Canada’s leadership convention beginning Thursday at the Ottawa Congress Centre. Elizabeth May, David Chernushenko, and Jim Fannon are the three candidates in the running. The Green Party of Canada has run a full slate of […]
Grits gave up strategic approach to Khan appointment
Recently Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited Liberal MP Wajid Khan to serve as his Middle East adviser. Having consulted with interim Liberal Party leader Bill Graham (and obtained his agreement), Khan agreed. This was as close to a mea culpa as you are likely to get from PM Harper. The outreach to Khan reflects Harper’s […]
Parliamentarians should use their power of speech to create a groundswell of support for U.N. action on Mideast crisis
When I was a law student at Osgoode Hall in the late 1950s, I recall being very sympathetic to and readily supportive of the passionate position of the Jewish students in mock Parliaments and discussions about the conflict in Israel and Palestine. Like everyone else, it seemed, my thoughts centered solely on the Jewish people […]
Others do not share the Prime Minister’s version of history
Where does Middle East history begin? Is it before or after the Old Testament, the exodus of Jews from Europe and Arabs from Palestine or, pick one, the bombing of civilians in a Tel Aviv nightclub or a Beirut suburb? This isn’t an academic exercise or one of those annoying quizzes that make fools of […]
