HEARD ON THE HILL
Last week, HOH delved into the dining habits of the current crop of ministers and political staffers-not, she stresses, as one of those lazy “gotcha” expense account stories, but to see what’s changed since the Tory takeover earlier this year. Call it a hard-hitting socio-cultural politico-gastronomical analysis of the shifting trends in the rituals of […]
More than 13 regions in Québec want the government to honour the Kyoto commitments: Bigras
In the throne speech of October 2004, on page 12, we read that the Government of Canada will respect the commitments on climate change that it made in signing the Kyoto Protocol. In October 2004, the government clearly and solemnly affirmed before this House and the people of Quebec and Canada that it intended to […]
More public transit will reduce GHGs: Ambrose
Our new government is very proud to support the Canadian Urban Transit Association Clean Air Day Sustainable Transportation Campaign. This initiative shows how important sustainable transportation, more specifically public transport, can be in our effort to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. This year’s theme-“Give the World Some Air”-says it all. Canadians can take […]
Tories had no firm policy on the Mid-East conflict: critics
Under criticism for apparently forming its Middle-East policy on the fly, Tory MP Peter Goldring (Edmonton East, Alta.) told The Hill Times that the Conservatives’ pro-Israeli stance in the current Middle East conflict is consistent with a party stance against terrorism that they’ve held since coming into power. Mr. Goldring’s comments echoed Foreign Affairs Minister […]
Canadians need to understand that climate change poses ‘risks at all levels’: NRTEE
As the global climate continues to warm, real estate with an “oceanfront view” is likely to lose some of its appeal. Global warming has been linked to rising sea levels and more intense hurricanes and other severe weather events that are lashing coastlines around North America and elsewhere. The significance of these trends was made […]
Liberal leadership donations are down, but what do they mean?
Kinsella: Lots of political tongues are wagging about the Liberal leadership donations-because they seem so small- but it’s much ado about diddly-squat, if you ask me. The relatively-paltry figures are all about the tough new fundraising rules that all of the political parties must now observe. If you were to dig into the financial returns […]
Former B.C. Liberal Cabinet minister changes his mind about joining the Conservative Party
A former B.C. Liberal Cabinet minister who recently mused about joining the Conservative Party and running as a Tory candidate in the next federal election is now saying that he has changed his mind, and if he leaves his party, he’d be seen as an “opportunist.” In an interview last week, Gulzar Cheema, a former […]
Water pollution and ecological impacts of climate change the top environmental concerns in MPs ridings: HT survey
Most MPs say water pollution and ecological changes due to climate change are the most important environmental problems in their ridings, according to a riding-by-riding survey of 51 MPs conducted by The Hill Times. The survey, conducted by The Hill Times between June 20 to July 21, polled a range of MPs from various parties […]
Following the arrest of 17 ‘Al Qaeda-inspired’ terrorist suspects, the media have failed to ask one critical question: Why?
That long, awkward silence you hear is the blush of journalistic embarrassment. Two months after joining in an al-Qaeda witch burning, media have quietly dropped the story. Newsrooms will not even ask questions that now must be asked. It is our way of hoping the public forgets. Prompted by a June 3 police news conference […]
GOPAC to hold its second conference in September in Tanzania
Conservative MP John Williams announced last week that that the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC), “an international network of parliamentarians dedicated to good governance and combating corruption throughout the world,” will hold its second GOPAC Global Conference in September. Mr. Williams, a well-known and well-liked MP who in the past chaired the high-profile […]
