With enemies like this, who needs friends?
OTTAWA—Growing up in a political family in Leeds-Grenville, I knew from an early age that there was a high probability that Gord Brown and I were eventually going to face off in the political arena. We were both political junkies, active in our respective associations, close in age, and had learned our craft from the […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau meets Prince Albert II of Monaco; Hussen, Goodale, Garneau in Montreal to update on irregular migration; O’Regan marks Mental Health Week with presser at Royal Ottawa; Bains participates in panel; Jason Kenney at House Finance Committee; and new RCMP commissioner at House Public Safety Committee
Good Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Prince Albert II of Monaco at 12:30 p.m. (EDT) in his Centre Block Office and will attend Question Period at 2 p.m. At 5:30 p.m., the prime minister will attend and deliver remarks at the Canada’s Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference at the Hilton Lac […]
Canada must call out Afghanistan’s poor human rights record, seek justice for persecuted minority Hazaras
In 1998, at the height of their barbaric rule, the Taliban issued a fatwa, a religious declaration, against the innocent Hazaras of Afghanistan, accusing them of being infidels worthy of being killed wherever and whenever. Killing Hazaras, by the Taliban’s interpretation of Islam, would guarantee a front-row seat in paradise. “Wherever you go, we will […]
Senate picks new post-Phoenix payroll provider
The Senate has signed a contract with a new payroll administrator for more than $902,000 over five years, taking a substantial step in ditching the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system. Ontario Liberal Senator Jim Munson (Ottawa-Rideau Canal), a deputy chair of the powerful Senate Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee, broke the news Wednesday at a media availability […]
Universally liked on the Hill, Tory MP Gord Brown never let partisanship overtake decency
Shock and sadness rippled through Parliament Hill Wednesday following the news that Conservative MP Gord Brown had died suddenly at the age of 57. Mr. Brown (Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Island and Rideau Lakes, Ont.) reportedly suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning in his Justice Building office. The husband and father to two sons, Tristan and Chance, Mr. Brown was remembered by […]
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Can young voters break out of the trickle-down trap?
OTTAWA—Assessing the way the rich and the corporate-CEO class have reshaped the distribution of income in their favour, contributing to today’s glaring wealth gap, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz put it like this: “Those at the top have learned how to suck out money from the rest in ways that the rest are hardly aware […]
Conditions gloomy in Afghanistan as October election approaches
Afghanistan will hold a parliamentary election this October despite the normal security issues within the country. Earlier this year, President Ashraf Ghani offered political recognition to the Taliban, but so far the group has yet to say yes. This leaves the Taliban continuing to fight, since they aren’t likely to participate in the election. The […]
Brison’s $7-billion budget vote weakens parliamentary scrutiny of spending: current, ex-PBO
The Liberal government’s effort to align the budget with the main estimates has weakened an already broken system by creating a “massive central vote” that hands $7-billion to the Treasury Board with no scrutiny and nothing to compel promised spending, say Canada’s current and former parliamentary budget officers. Critics have said the “budget implementation vote” […]
Little wonder Dion and Trudeau didn’t get along
It is little wonder that Stéphane Dion and Justin Trudeau did not see eye to eye, according to Quebec author Jocelyn Coulon’s recent book, Un selfie avec Justin Trudeau, given Mr. Dion’s past behaviour. According to a previous speechwriter for Mr. Dion, who reluctantly tweaked Mr. Dion’s address following delivery to an audience in the […]
