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| March 1, 2010 There should be an independent commissioner of public appointments to greatly reduce the role of patronage in appointments to the vast array of public bodies—agencies, boards, commissions and Crown corporations—which, with the public service, | |
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| March 1, 2010 It looks like Ottawa is headed for a warm spring, and with MPs and Senators sitting for less than four months until the summer break, the heat is on to make the third session of the 40th Parliament count. | |
| February 15, 2010 It's time to start the process now as part of a series of reforms to limit the excessive powers of the PM.
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| February 15, 2010 The government relations professionals featured in this year's The Hill Times' "Third Annual Top 100 Lobbyists" for 2010 stand out from the rest. They build relationships, garner trust, anticipate pushback on any given issue and come up with a communications strategy, understand the machinery of government, have access to key decision-makers inside government, and are "sensitive to the 'politics' of decision making," say insiders in the GR industry. That's a lot. | |
| February 8, 2010 Parliament should enact legislation to create an independent Judicial Appointments Commission to nominate persons to be appointed judges by the GIC. The JAC should also select the members of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal since they are drawn from the | |
| February 8, 2010 Rex Murphy, who just left The Globe and Mail for the National Post, is critical of the 'politically correct' media pressure to fight climate change.
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| January 11, 2010 Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been able to bank roughly $722,000 since winning office in 2006, says tax specialist.
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| January 11, 2010 Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the CBC's Peter Mansbridge that he shut down Parliament in order to 'recalibrate' his government's agenda. He didn't elaborate.
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