Liberal changes to foreign aid bill raise ‘red flag,’ say Grit MP, critics, aid groups
A Liberal MP says he’s “skeptical” a provision tucked in the government’s massive budget implementation bill that makes changes to a law governing foreign aid accountability is as harmless as it appears. Opposition critics and foreign aid groups also say the proposed change to the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act found in Bill C-86 is […]
Despite initial ‘disappointment’ over make-up of pharmacare advisory council, pharma industry content with consultations
After initial concern over not having a direct representative on the advisory committee for the implementation of a national pharmacare plan, industry stakeholders say they are pleased with their level of involvement in the consultations. When the advisory council was formed last June, the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) said in a press release that it […]
Senators who max out living-expense budget could get new top-up
Senators who find themselves nipping nickels at the end of the year, or even paying out pocket, to cover their living expenses because of extended Ottawa stays will have more breathing room in their budgets next year. Changes are being made following a study by a Senate Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee subgroup that […]
Inequality in system no reason to criminalize paying for fertility services, says Grit MP Housefather
The ability to pay surrogates as well as sperm and egg donors for their services will largely benefit wealthy and middle class people seeking to be parents, and not those of less financial means, but that’s no reason not to move forward with decriminalizing payments to surrogate mothers and donors, says the author of a […]
Another Clinton run for the presidency? Say it isn’t so
OTTAWA—Say it isn’t so. According to a former top aide, Hillary Clinton is supposedly going to try for a third run at the United States presidency. Somewhere, Donald Trump has a mile-wide grin. Mark Penn, a former counsellor to Hillary and Bill Clinton, co-wrote an op-ed in the Nov. 11 Wall Street Journal where he […]
Milestone MacAulay: minister marks 30 straight years as an MP
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is celebrating a rare parliamentary milestone this month—one that only 26 other known MPs in Canada’s 151-year history have reached. On Nov. 21, the Liberal MP will reach 30 consecutive years as a sitting MP without having lost his seat. First elected on that day in the 1988 general election, the representative […]
Revisiting the Florida recounts
For anyone who lived through the Florida presidential-election recounts of 2000, just the words “Florida recounts” can conjure dizzying flashbacks of lawsuit blizzards, paid sideshow protesters, and hanging chad overload. As former George W. Bush aide Matthew Dowd, who was there for the Mother of All Recounts, quipped ruefully during an ABC interview on Nov. 10 on the latest […]
Carbon pricing must be credible, says Sudbury reader
Re: “Grits should ‘stick to their guns’ on climate plan or risk losing message to Tories: politicos, experts,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 31, p. 1). With regard to the Liberal carbon pricing plan, credibility is what’s on the line. If Canadians are going to support a fee, tax, or price on carbon, and vote for […]
Canadian actions in First World War weren’t always glorious
OTTAWA—We have just commemorated the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, which brought hostilities to an end on the Western Front of the conflict known as the First World War, the Great War, and, by those who fought and survived its horrors, the war to end all wars. With the passage of time, the horrors […]
Feds face test in developing ethical standards for AI use
Every second, there are 8,262 tweets posted, 879 Instagram photos uploaded, 3,462 Skype calls made, 64,187 GB of internet traffic, 76,254 YouTube videos viewed, and 2.7 million emails sent. By the time you finish reading this, there will have been approximately 41 million Google searches. According to a 2016 estimate from IBM, 90 per cent […]
