I have received hundreds of e-mails and phone calls both for and against the Senate Committee’s amendments to Bill C-25, and many voicing confusion about both the Bill and the Senate Commitee’s procedures. I hope the article below provide some clarification or additional perpective. Also, trascripts from committee meetings can be accessed at http://www.parl.gc.ca/.
As always, I look forward [...]
The following letter was sent to the editor of the Vancouver Sun:
I am writing in response to Kim Bolan’s article published on July 23rd concerning the so called Senate hold-up of Bill C-15, which would impose mandatory jail terms for drug producers and traffickers.
The Conservative government has a field day every time a bill [...]
Today marks the one year anniversary of the Indian Residential School system apology from the Government of Canada. This apology was made by Prime Minister Harper in the House of Commons, and followed by apologies from each of the leaders of their parties, and was received by members of first nations, Métis, and Inuit leaders, [...]
On May 7, I participated in the Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day on the Hill by volunteering to spend the day in a wheelchair while trying to go through my parliamentary duties as usual. From 8:30 in the morning, until 2:00 in the afternoon, I learned how important cracks in sidewalks can be; how steep [...]
http://www.harpernomics.ca/
Harper claims to be an economist. What economic theory holds that in a time of documented financial crisis you do nothing?
Harper has never, ever held a “real” job so how can he possibly understand the threat of losing a job, losing a house or suffering financial ruin?
Fiona Hughes
Vancouver Courier
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/opinion/story.html?id=b3153806-f17c-481e-b9b6-e199c3a2022b
Lacking charisma. A weak leader. Incoherent English accent. Feckless. A schlemiel.
The criticisms levelled at Liberal leader Stéphane Dion (the harshest words coming from the Canadian Alliance, er, Conservative Party) started soon after he won the leadership of the Liberal Party in 2006 after defeating Michael Ignatieff on the fourth ballot [...]
hyp·o·crite : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.
Health Minister Tony Clement wrote in a recent article that the research findings surrounding Insite (Vancouver’s supervised injection site) are “mixed”. He claims to be guided by science. This makes one wonder why he would ignore the recommendation of his [...]
As published in The Hill Times, July 16, 2007
If politics is supposed to lead the nation in debate, we’re being taken for quite a ride when it comes to pot and the law.
Discovering that in 2006, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Halifax experienced up to 50-per-cent increases in cannabis-related arrests is like walking backwards into a [...]
This year marks the 90th Anniversary of the capture of Vimy Ridge, one of
Canada’s greatest military triumphs.
I have tried to envision myself in a soldier’s shoes in the middle of a downpour at 5:30am on April 9th, 1917. Far from home, away from family and loved ones, these soldiers knew only too well that [...]
Last week the Conservative Government released their Budget. Once again the Government has shown it does not understand the issues facing
Canada’s cities and the millions of Canadians that make their lives there.
Canada’s cities have been calling for a long term solution to correct the infrastructure deficit that hobbles their progress and prevents them [...]