MPs’ and Senators’ Birthdays
*Alliance MP James Moore, 27, June 10, 1976 *Liberal MP Mark Joseph Assad, 63, June 14, 1940 *Independent Sen. Doug Roche, 74, June 14, 1929 *Liberal MP Mauril Belanger, 48, June 15, 1955 *Liberal MP Lucienne Robillard, 58, June 16, 1945 *Ind. Sen. P. Michael Pitfield, 66, June 18, 1937 *Liberal Sen. Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, 66, […]
Privacy and access should come under one roof: ‘There is not much conflict between the Privacy Act and the Information Act’: John Reid
Information Commissioner John Reid urged a Parliamentary committee last week to consider merging his office with Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski’s, given that the legislation governing the two offices are “joined at the hip” and that no other jurisdiction in the world operates in this way. Mr. Reid made the comments before the Commons’ Government Operations […]
Anderson has no plan
Kate Malloy’s interview with Environment Minister David Anderson (“Cutting GHG ‘most important challenge facing the world,’” The Hill Times, May 26) shows that if the emperor had no clothes the minister has no plan. A plan, “noun: a way of making or doing something that has been worked out beforehand,” is more than just a […]
What Canadians need to know about mad cow disease: Over 2.8 million kilograms of potentially contaminated material was imported after 1996
Mad Cow disease, or its scientific name Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal brain-wasting disease in cattle which was first identified in the United Kingdom in 1986. No one knows for sure how the first cow (or cows) got BSE, but we know it spread throughout Britain and eventually the world through the cannibalistic […]
‘We must do more on long-term plan for sustainable system to protect our environment and build a transit/transportation’
TORONTO–Liberal MP Judy Sgro, a former Toronto councillor, and chair of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Urban Issues, says she is one of strongest proponents of a national strategy for transportation. The highly-anticipated final report released in November, 2002, recommended an urban strategy for Canada with three priority programs; housing, infrastructure and transit/transportation. During […]
Those darned Liberals
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t read letters from people complaining about the abhorrent Liberals, what with all the boondoggles and other wasteful schemes they have cooked up since they have been in power. I couldn’t agree more with those people as I am far from being a fan of the federal Liberals […]
Transit a crowbar cities can use to pry away from urban sprawl: Transit investment is one of the best ways for Ottawa to address transportation challenge
One of the wisest investments in cities the Government of Canada could make is supporting public transit. That’s one conclusion drawn in a recent report issued by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. Certainly, our cities are in need of aid from the senior tiers of government. While parts of their […]
Ottawa gets one message from business and labour: Putting a dollar figure on cost of Innovation Strategy’s engagement process would hardly do justice
Over the past two years, the federal government has made a commendable effort to highlight the human resource challenges facing our economy. An aging workforce, with growing skills shortages in critical areas as baby boomers begin to retire. Rising workplace skill requirements, outstripping our capacity to train and re-train workers. Tough global competition — a […]
Bolstering the nuclear welfare state: Nuclear’s time has long passed, allow this sunset industry to die a justifiable death
Pity the poor nuclear industry. The billions of dollars Canadian taxpayers have spent keeping it afloat just aren’t enough. Bill C-4, an Act to Amend the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, was passed in December. The new law will shield financiers and insurance companies from any potential liability that would result from a nuclear accident. […]
Paul Martin’s privilege
House Speaker Peter Milliken ruled last Monday that Paul Martin, the former finance minister, was well within his rights to evade a subpoena to appear as a witness before British Columbia Court of Appeal. In doing so, he upheld an obscure Parliamentary privilege exempting MPs from being subpoenaed while the House is in session and […]
