Martin’s on the road to Sussex Drive
Regarding the recent story in newspapers about Paul Martin slamming New Brunswick Tories in his bid to boost Liberal election prospects, I just want to say, as Finance Minister Paul Martin cut federal transfer payments and initiated the healthcare crisis without consulting the provinces. Is his conversion to preaching that “political leaders have to be […]
Good for Whelan
Most Canadians are still in shock from being targetted recently by the World Health Organization as a country to avoid due to SARS. Luckily one of our federal ministers is bang on with her response to the increasing global problem with serious diseases. Susan Whelan, our Minister of International Cooperation, has announced that CIDA is […]
One out of two ain’t bad…
Well, not when it comes to rumours. The hot talk over in the National Press Club, meanwhile, last week had Globe and Mail bureau chief Shawn McCarthy heading off to Washington, D.C., as the paper’s new correspondent in Power Town. He was supposed to be replacing Paul Koring, who was said to be leaving D.C., […]
Whelan does some good
We have heard a lot of criticism recently about our government’s role in the SARS health crisis in Toronto. But, let’s not forget to celebrate when our elected officials get something right. Yesterday, Susan Whelan, Minister of International Cooperation, made an announcement that will save half a million children’s lives. Our long-cherished, but rather faded, […]
Tories and elephants — neither forget…
New Brunswick Tory MP Elsie Wayne, who with Jean Charest kept her party alive in the Commons after the Great Conservative Wipeout of ’93, was quick to point out last week what many may not recall – or are too young to remember. Responding to the Canadian Alliance white paper on defence policy – and […]
McSweeney, Goldenberg, Hartley, Munson, Wackid, Macerollo, Armour, Prest, Yanover and Murphy are the tops
Drum roll, please. The No. 1 Terrific Twenty-Five Staffer on Parliament Hill is the Canadian Alliance’s Eastern Ontario outreach coordinator Colin McSweeney. Really. The outgoing Hill staffer, easily took top spot in total votes cast in the all-around terrific category in the third annual “The Hill Times Terrific Twenty-Five Staffers” third annual survey. Colin McSweeney […]
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: Part 6
Mr. Anderson: I cannot, really. However, the more information you provide, the better off you are. There will be journalists who will pick up this aspect; salesmen will use it as a selling point for a stove or fridge or, indeed, a vehicle. Having said that, it is true that it is not the only […]
God bless America
Many of the Canadian opinions on the “Iraqi intentions” of my country are sadly inappropriate and are now being proven wrong by the overriding positive support of the liberation of Iraq by Iraqi citizens. It has been quite popular to be anti- American. But it is much more intelligent to be informed with facts. We […]
“Was Sheila Copps just playing leadership politics when she publicly criticized Anne McLellan’s lack of leadership on SARS, or is there something deeper going on here we should all know about?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “Look, during leadership races — as with the Alliance’s race last year, the NDP’s a few months back, and the Tories’ ongoing one — candidates disagree with each other. They criticize each other, as well as the policies of the party they seek to lead. That’s normal. “Sheila Copps had no […]
What Canada can do: fair trade for hungry farmers: Canada can support poor farmers without damaging Canadian agriculture
OTTAWA–Nothing seems more distant from the famine threatening wide swaths of Africa than the plush halls of the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva. But negotiations there on new rules for agricultural trade will either offer a future to the hungry people of Africa and other poor regions, or they will seal their fate. The […]
