“Nightmare” in the Heritage Committee?
The copyright implications of Bill C-36 are actually even worse than Kady O’Malley described in her story of ambush in the Heritage Committee, (“Political nightmare’ awaits Libs on National Archives bill,” The Hill Times, June 23, 2003) Few have managed to parse the post-humous publication provisions of Bill C-36. Even the lawyer for the Montgomery […]
That’s Sen. Percy Downe to you, buddy
Less Pay, But Free Travel… Glad to see that sticking around to be chief of staff to the Prime Minister has paid off for Percy Downe, who last week was among what many expect to be a long list of appointments by Jean Chretien in his last months in office. Mr. Downe was set to […]
What’s Martin’s take on Radwanski?
Paul Martin must offer an opinion on George Radwanski’s disgraceful conduct as an Officer of Parliament. Since Martin was finance minister and responsible for approving the departmental budgets during the Privacy Commissioner’s expense account adventures, his silence is troublesome. Either Martin was complicit in the departmental mismanagement of the Privacy Commission’s Office, or was unable […]
Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill this week
Annual Liberal Summer Caucus meeting on Aug. 19-21 in North Bay, Ont. MONDAY, JUNE 30 House Sitting–The House has adjourned for the summer for a 12-week break and is scheduled to return on Monday, Sept. 15. For more information on the House’s schedule, please contact the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. TUESDAY, JULY […]
MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Alliance MP Deborah Grey, 51, July 1, 1952 *Liberal Sen. Jane Marie Cordy, 53, July 2, 1950 *Bloc MP Serge Cardin, 53, July 2, 1950 *Liberal Sen. Raymond Setlakwe, 75, July 3, 1928 *PC Sen. Marjory LeBreton, 63, July 4, 1940 *Alliance MP Deepak Obhrai, 53, July 5, 1950 *Liberal MP Helene Scherrer, 53, July […]
MacKay announces new appointments in the party: ‘It was essentially putting the ground team in place to deliver the victory for Peter’
Newly-elected Tory Leader Peter MacKay, announced several new appointments inside the party last week. Duncan Rayner, who worked as director of organization for Mr. MacKay’s successful leadership campaign, was appointed as the director of organization for the party. He worked on this position in the past from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Rayner started his new […]
Who were those masked public servants?
It was one of the most dramatic images that foreshadowed the final fall from grace of former Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski: dozens of his own officials protesting outside his office in downtown Ottawa. Even in a city with an activist public service union, sign-waving staffers calling on their boss to resign was an unprecedented spectacle. […]
“George Radwanski said he was a victim of a ‘political backlash’ by a government angry at his aggressive campaign to protect privacy rights. What’s your take on Mr. Radwanski’s resignation as Canada’s Privacy Commissioner last week?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal Strategist “George Radwanski, who I have known going back to 1990, is no victim. When some of your wounds are self-inflicted, it’s kind of hard to make out a case for victimhood. But there a few other sets of prints on the metaphorical murder weapon, here. “First off, the opposition needed something […]
Senate’s doing one of the most ambitious media studies in history
“Our principle focus is to see whether and if so how public policy needs to change in order help to ensure that Canadian media remains healthy and diverse and independent,” says Quebec Liberal Senator Joan Fraser, chair of the Senate’s Transport and Communications Committee’s media study. “In its own right, that’s a pretty big challenge […]
U.S. attacks counter productive, says a British intellectual: ‘Bombing this, bombing that is only going to increase sense of fear’: Karen Armstrong
The United States would have made more progress to solve the problems of terrorism after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., which killed an estimated 3,000, if it had reviewed its foreign policy to find out the elements “that lay at the root cause of this problem” rather than […]
