Ontario Liberal Party boat cruise in Toronto this week
MONDAY, AUG. 14 Arctic Change and Coastal Communities-The Coastal Zone Canada Association, a national society of coastal zone professionals and others interested in promoting coastal zone management, holds an international conference. The conference will examine the large-scale and pervasive changes taking place in the Arctic Ocean. Aug. 14 to 18. Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. For more information […]
Women in politics on front burner for Liberal Party
Liberal MP Belinda Stronach met recently with the women’s caucus of the Liberal Party to start drafting a “Pink Book” to identify policy areas where women can make a difference in the party and in Parliament. The goal is to connect women and the party bureaucracy to encourage more female participation in politics. Seems like […]
Reuters deletes 920 photos from database after finding two were doctored
Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by Lebanese photographer Adnan Hajj from its database last week following an inquiry that found two of his photographs of the current Middle East conflict in Lebanon had been doctored. The news agency ended its relationship with Mr. Hajj on Aug. 6 after it determined that Mr. Hajj had used […]
The political left continues to duck the toughest health care questions facing Canada’s public system: Sen. Kirby
In my July 17 article in The Hill Times, I called for an “open national debate on sustaining Canada’s health care system.” In his reply, Guy Caron of the Council of Canadians erroneously places me in the camp of advocates for a parallel private insurance system. As well, and more importantly, Caron, like many on […]
G-8 leaders substituted illusory consensus for much-needed progress
Remember the G-8 summit and its pious commitments to peace and world trade? It’s been only three weeks since a self-congratulatory conclusion and the wreckage is everywhere. A conditional signal that Hezbollah and Israel should cease fire turned out to be a green light from the U.S., endorsed by me-too Canada, for the worst Middle […]
Former Sun Media bureau chief Bill Rodgers joins Prentice’s staff
Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Jim Prentice has hired a new director of communications for his ministerial political office. Bill Rodgers, former Ottawa bureau chief for Sun media joined Minister Prentice’s (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) ministerial political staff recently. Mr. Rodgers, 54, who was laid off by Sun Media two months ago along with 120 […]
Foreign Affairs committee meeting is a matter of accountability
In the week preceding last week’s meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, four members of Parliament, New Democrat Alexa McDonough, Liberal Bernard Patry and Bloc Québécois members Francine Lalonde and Diane Bourgeois, sent letters to the Conservative chair of the committee, Kevin Sorenson. The letter writers requested that the committee be recalled for an […]
The Spin Doctors
Mike Storeshaw Conservative Strategist “Whether it’s principled or strategic, it’s a decision-a foreign concept to previous Liberal governments, who were content when it came to the Middle East to hesitate and equivocate under the guise of neutrality and ‘nuance’. “The government under this Prime Minister isn’t neutral between a democratic state and a terrorist organization […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Give Tories benefit of the doubt: Conservative Re: “‘Federal Accountability Act’ doesn’t contain 21 promised measures” (The Hill Times, July 31). I think there is too much pessimism in Mr. Conacher’s view of the Conservative government. I am more of a optimist type of guy. I like to think that the Conservatives have accomplished more […]
Intellectuals, politicians gather for Couchiching conference in Orillia
TUESDAY, AUG. 8 Algonquin Basketry Techniques at the Canadian Museum of Civilization-Join Algonquin artist Catherine Cayer for a demonstration of traditional basketry techniques. 12 noon to 4 p.m., Aug. 8 and 9. Grand Hall, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Que. Free with museum admission. For more information, call 819-776-7000 or 1-800 555-5621. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9 […]
