Most Canadians are not anti-American
Every time an international crisis erupts, most critics on the left/liberal of the political spectrum either come out to vilify the United States for being selfish and isolationist if it doesn’t do anything or arrogant and unilateralist if it does something. Most of them criticized the United States when it took a long-due military action […]
Senate votes down C-10B changes
An all-party Senate committee rejected several amendments made to cruelty to animal legislation by the House of Commons last week, giving the government another nosebleed over this controversial bill which has been lobbed back and forth between the two Chambers several times since last December. The latest disagreement between the MPs and Senators over Bill […]
Some 92 Liberal ridings vulnerable
The still-to-be-worked out relationship between the Canadian Alliance and the Conservatives can influence the outcome in the next federal election in almost 100 ridings currently held by the governing Liberals and mostly in the vote-rich province of Ontario where the Grits hold 98 of the 103 ridings. The influence of this relationship changes from riding […]
Ukraine, not the Ukraine
Thank you for an interesting article on the Ukraine-Canada Parliamentary Program (“Ukranian students say it’s a ‘lifechanging’ experience, The Hill Times, Monday, June 9, 2003). I would, however, like to bring your attention to one, but grave, grammar mistake you made: … the Ukraine… It is incorrect to have a definite article “the” before “Ukraine.” […]
Pomposity is in NYT’s DNA
TORONTO–For many people in the newspaper business — although not many who have been paying close attention — The New York Times has long been the ultimate arbiter of the business, a publication routinely referred to as “the gold standard” of American journalism. Well, even those who have long ignored its consistent small “l” liberal […]
PCO Clerk Himbelfarb, Judd draw audience of two Liberal MPs
The country’s two most senior bureaucrats got the cold shoulder from the Commons Government Operations and Estimates Committee last week, when only two MPs bothered to stick around for the bulk of a hearing on making the federal public service more accountable to Parliament. Alex Himelfarb, clerk of the Privy Council, and Jim Judd, secretary […]
Combating international corruption pandemic
PARLIAMENT HILL–After being convicted of electoral corruption, the late Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi attempted to justify herself by arguing that corruption is a global phenomenon. She was right. Over 3,000 international partner firms and thousands of employees across the globe were implicated in the Enron scandal. Within memory, some developed nations’ tax laws considered […]
Globe’s McCarthy off to NYC
See, we knew something was up… A few weeks back I mentioned that the gossips had got it wrong with a story about The Globe and Mail Ottawa bureau chief Shawn McCarthy heading off to Washington, D.C., but suggested that McCarthy’s somewhat cryptic “I’m still bureau chief — for now” suggested there was fire behind […]
Nutty complaints dominate Military Watchdog report: National Defence Ombudsman tables his annual report
Being allergic to Brazil nuts could make you ineligible to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces. At least it could up until last year when a private was nearly let go for that very reason but managed to save his job at the last minute by appealing to military ombudsman Andre Marin. The case was […]
The most vulnerable governing Liberal ridings in the country: Grit MP Joe Jordan holds most tenuous riding in governing Grit caucus
Grit MP Joe Jordan holds most tenuous riding in governing Grit caucus Last Name First Riding Prov Majority Maj% Votes Voters % Vote Political Party 1.Jordan Joe Leeds– Grenville Ont. 55 0.1 18,594 47,060 39.51 Liberal 2.Bagnell Larry Yukon Yukon 70 0.5 4,293 13,219 32.48 Liberal 3.Savoy Andy Tobique– Mactaquac N.B. 147 0.5 10,897 32,436 […]
