CPAC probes Governor General selection process in documentary
More Canadians think the Governor General should be elected, according to an SES Research poll in a CPAC documentary by Holly Doan released this week. But some say the idea is wacky and politically explosive. “I’m sure a lot of Canadians think the office should be elected but when you start thinking about that isn’t […]
Finley defends government’s childcare plan as more lobby against it
Amid a national grassroots childcare lobby on Cabinet and the Conservative caucus, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley says the government will be spending double what the Liberals promised for 13 years while in power. “We campaigned on this, we offered it to Canadians, they chose it, and we’re going to deliver it,” Ms. Finley (Haldimand-Norfolk, […]
Derek Burney, Senator Hugh Segal to speak this week
MONDAY, APRIL 10 IHCMD lecture-The ninth lecture of a public lecture series from the Institute for Human Conceptual and Mental Development will discuss “Managing, Planning, Organizing and Directing: From the Inside Out and From the Bottom Up.” 7 p.m. in the Glebe Community Centre in Ottawa. For more information, please call (613) 233-8354. IRPP Luncheon-Stephan […]
Recently-released books
Recently-released books: So what does world opinion look like these days? Léger Marketing has taken on that ambitious question in its new book, Voice of the People 2006: What The World Thinks of Today’s Global Issues, which polled 53,749 people in 68 countries. It is “an essential tool for anyone intent on knowing the latest […]
Naqvi organizes meetings with Grit leadership contenders
A young professional Liberal is organizing informal meetings between dozens of other like-minded Grits and declared and potential Liberal leadership candidates to hear about their visions of Canada in 2050. Yasir Naqvi, a lawyer with Lang Michener and an executive member of the federal provincial riding association of Ottawa Centre, told The Hill Times that […]
Critics concerned Federal Accountability Act being rushed by new Harper government
On the heels of Treasury Board President John Baird’s promise to introduce and move swiftly on the federal government’s promised Federal Accountability Act, lobbyists and critics are saying the omnibus legislation is being rushed and fear it may not see adequate consultation and analysis. Some observers watching the accountability proposals are quietly expressing that the […]
PM Harper has another top priority: National ID cards
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has placed the issue of ID cards for Canadians back on the table. That’s without any announced plans for extensive public debate or any contemplated legislative changes whatsoever to existing privacy legislation. This happened recently in Cancun, Mexico, where Harper pledged to get in line with U.S. President George W. Bush’s […]
Liberal Party of Canada has no central organization anymore, it has organizations
TORONTO-It’s the organization, stupid, as James Carville might say, and it’s always been about organization when you talk about leadership campaigns, especially federal Liberal campaigns. And the person who has realized this political reality is Liberal MP Belinda Stronach who, last week, gave the Liberal congregation and most of the media on the Hill that […]
Boudria’s is back
Former five-term Liberal MP Don Boudria is back on the Hill-this time, as an unpaid adviser to the national Liberal caucus. Mr. Boudria who won six consecutive federal elections and represented the Ontario riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell from 1984 to 2004 and did not seek reelection in the last federal election is advising Liberal MPs on […]
Conservatives operating on GG warrants to run government
The newly-elected Conservative government is operating on GG Special Warrants until the federal budget is unveiled this spring and has so far released $2.3-billion for 25 departments, including spending on the Privy Council Office, the House of Commons, the Library of Parliament and the Governor General’s Office, acording to the Canada Gazette. Meanwhile, the new […]
