Liberals act upbeat, despite Conservatives outfundraising them by $9-million in 2005
Despite fundraising only half of what the Conservative Party did last year, the Liberal Party is doing well and is still financially healthy, claim Liberal MPs. “At the national level, our party is starting to build that grassroots base and over the coming year to, I’d say, three years I think we’re going to be […]
Need to know the finer details of the FAA? Call in high-ranking civil servants: Susan Cartwright and Joe Wild
Much has been written about the Prime Minister’s so-called No. 1 priority, the massive, 252-page, 317-clause, omnibus Federal Accountability Act. But what about the top bureaucrats who actually led the draft of the act? Meet Susan Cartwright, assistant secretary from the Accountability in Government section of the Treasury Board Secretariat, and Joe Wild, a government […]
Top five highlights and lowlights of the 39th Parliament
The highlights of the House Powers: Promise Made-Promise Kept. That goofy Martin line that he hoped to appropriate became a Harper reality. Love him or hate him the Prime Minister has been agenda-setting and doing so without creating a national stomach ache. Gravol is no longer a requirement for PM watchers. Strong Ministerial Performances. Of […]
Heritage Minister Oda finds a new policy adviser in Brown
Canada’s Heritage Minister Bev Oda (Durham, Ont.) has hired Jennifer Brown as top a policy adviser who most recently worked for Ontario Liberal Culture Minister Caroline Di Cocco (Sarnia-Lambton, Ont.). Ms. Brown, 25, will help with monitoring priority issues for the minister. Ms. Brown received a bachelor of arts with honours in political science at […]
Government looks into photovoltaic electricity and solar
Summer days are here again and along with them come great demand for energy as we power up the air conditioners and make every effort to beat the heat. As power shortages and blackouts start to occur with increasing regularity, Canadians are becoming acutely aware of how we use power and how that energy is […]
Hall Findlay to talk to Women’s Executive Network this week
MONDAY, JULY 10 Finnish Ambassador Hosts a Reception-Ambassador of Finland Pasi Pato-Kallio and Mrs. Raija Patokallio host guests at Ben Franklin Place in Nepean. TUESDAY, JULY 11 Belgian Ambassador Hosts a Reception-Ambassador of Belgium and Mrs. Daniel Leroy invite guests to a reception at their residence in Rockliffe. Preventing Fraud in the Public Sector-A two-day […]
NRCan’s ‘institutional inertia’ impedes renewable energy development in Canada: advocates
The federal Natural Resources Department is steeped in “institutional inertia” in its approach to renewable energy and its focus on developing conventional energy poses one of the greatest challenges to advancing renewable energy production in Canada, alternative energy advocates and critics say. “Part of the problem we run into sometimes is just a lack of […]
Alternative energy future: more than just wind turbines and solar panels
The wind, the sun and the trees are elements of the natural world we cherish and enjoy, especially in summer. In the decades ahead, they’ll also become a growing part of the solution to our energy and climate-change challenges. Alternate forms of energy from wind, solar and biomass sources have, for some time already, played […]
Entire FAA exempt from Sec. 126 of Criminal Code, protects deliberate violators from prosecution
To date, media and political reaction to the Federal Accountability Act (FAA) has focused on whistle-blowers, floor-crossers, and access to information. Little attention has been paid to the amendments to the Canada Elections Act (CEA). Those amendments promise to lower the ceilings on campaign donations, regulate political trust funds and tighten up the enforcement of […]
Government should play bigger role in fast-tracking alternative energy sources
The days of cheap and abundant oil are behind us. The new energy paradigm demands that we understand now more than ever that we must reduce our dependence on traditional fossil fuels. We must act for two important reasons-oil reserves are shrinking, with new finds increasingly more difficult and costly to get to, and, more […]
