Natural Resources minister affirms commitment to nuclear energy, say feds are examining path forward with small reactors
A new minister is at the helm and Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi, who took over from Jim Carr on July 18, is highlighting commitments to nuclear power, renewables, increased trade in the world and between provinces, and natural gas. In an email interview with The Hill Times, Mr. Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) said Ottawa is […]
Toronto mayor should leap at chance to set city to rights with smaller council
Re: “Ford’s Toronto city council shakeup is a vote-winner, at least for now” (The Hill Times, Aug. 1, p. 10). This shakeup is long overdue and should have been part and parcel of amalgamation in 1998, but, as Tim Powers puts it, referring to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s democratic reform initiative, “it was chucked in the […]
Ottawa advocate carrying NDP banner in ‘crucial’ Outremont byelection, hopes to wield local progressive winds to pull off upset
A familiar Ottawa face is running as the NDP candidate in an upcoming byelection in the Montreal-area riding of Outremont, where one pollster said “the Liberals have all the winning conditions and the NDP have all the losing conditions.” But Julia Sanchez, who was president and CEO of the Ottawa-based Canadian Council for International Co-operation […]
PC propaganda Ontario News Now is news no one can use
From a purely theoretical standpoint, there’s nothing wrong with Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative messaging machine. It’s rare to find any political operative, at any level, who doesn’t use all the digital means at their disposal to communicate with their base. This includes in-house produced videos, social media posts, podcasts—you name it, someone is doing it. […]
The more the merrier, says Equal Voice head, as party-specific programs sprout to boost women in politics
Party-specific initiatives to draw women into politics are necessary and welcome, especially by members of the Conservative Party, which has fallen behind other major parties when it comes to putting women on the ballot, says the head of a national organization aimed at promoting women’s involvement in politics. In the 2015 federal election, the Conservatives […]
Ford’s Toronto city council shakeup is a vote-winner, at least for now
OTTAWA—Ontario Premier Doug Ford has given new meaning to starting with a bang. Out of nowhere, except perhaps the deep recesses of his mind, he announced last week that he was cutting the size of Toronto’s city council from 44 members (which was to become 47, after a planned expansion this fall) to 25. Anyone […]
Northern Ontario offers insight into Canadian paradox
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT.—For the past two weeks, I have been fulfilling a longtime dream, to cycle from Dryden, Ont., in the province’s northwest, to Toronto. When I arrive in the Toronto area at the end of this week, I will have cycled 1,700 kilometres. But it will also signify the last link in my […]
Ontario Minister MacLeod wants Ottawa to foot $200-million bill for province, cities
The Ontario government is demanding that Ottawa foot a $200-million bill for the province and its two largest cities to cover costs associated with the supporting migrants who have made asylum claims after crossing into Canada from the U.S. In a hearing before the House Immigration Committee on Tuesday, Lisa MacLeod, the province’s minister in charge […]
There’s no one-size-fits-all sex-ed policy
OTTAWA—Ontario’s hot, steamy summer just got warmer, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford fulfilled his campaign promise to cancel the sex-education curriculum that was introduced in 2015 and to revert to a dated, 20-year-old version. That reversal lasted one entire weekend because as of Monday the Ford government had flipped to a 2014 plan. The Ford […]
Circumpolar Inuit gather for historic assembly in Alaska
UTQIAGVIK, ALASKA—Inuit from four circumpolar nations are gathered on the shores of the Beaufort Sea this week for the quadrennial general assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). They include Canada, Alaska (United States), Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia). The meeting is taking place in the birthplace of the international Inuit organization, founded 41 years ago […]
