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 […]
Tories under pressure to release a credible climate change program
The Conservative government has come under intense pressure to come up with a publicly credible climate change program, and within the environmental lobby a widespread expectation has emerged that the government intends to subsidize clean coal technology and carbon storage to reduce toxic and greenhouse gas emissions. Bob Page, chair of Biocap Canada, an energy […]
Climate change the foremost environmental concern on the minds of many Canadians: Tory Sen. Ethel Cochrane
Since the Rio Summit in 1992, climate change has been the most talked about environmental concern in the country and foremost in the minds of many Canadians. At that time, Canada and 186 other countries signed the United Nations-Framework Convention on Climate Change and, in doing so, committed to the long-term goal of stabilizing greenhouse […]
Political Streeter on Climate Change
Conservative MP Harold Albrecht Kitchener-Conestoga, Ont. “Air pollution and smog. Especially the number of smog days we’ve had. We have more industry and more people driving cars than before. If we’re going to encourage people to take public transit we have to increase infrastructure.” Conservative MP Michael Allen Tobique-Mactaquac, N.B. “I would say sustainable forestry […]
‘Our climate is changing very rapidly and we better start treating it like a crisis’: Layton
NDP Leader Jack Layton doesn’t own a car, rides his bicycle to work on the Hill and recently installed photovoltaic solar panels in his 115-year-old home to go along with his solar-powered hot water heater, which cuts his $5,000 per year electric bill by 60 per cent. He also believes that climate change is “the […]
‘I was in love and still am’ with Centre Block, says Douglas Fisher
There should be little surprise that Douglas Fisher’s favourite place on the Hill is the Library of Parliament, where every once in a while he’ll steal peak up at the dome. Mr. Fisher began his career as a librarian. He switched to politics after the Second World War as an MP for the CCF, then […]
