Archive for the ‘In The News’ Category

Order of Canada on Sale on eBay!

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

The Order of Canada is a very special, very rare honour bestowed on very few Canadians who have served their country well - or are married to the Governor General. Right now, one of the earliest emblems of this honour is on sale on eBay. The current bid, ...

Canadian Senate Reform : Harper Plans Fake Elections

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

The term that the bill will use for the fake elections is plebiscite, which is actually a referendum. I have long been a proponent of Senate reform, and have written about my ideas for Senate reform and just been a general blow-hard before. I think that it is something that is ...

It’s Time To 86 Zaccardelli!

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Okay, so apparently Canada's so-called Top Cop doesn't understand the concept of a timeline. On Monday he gave a very different telling of the Maher Arar tale than the one he gave in September in front of Parliamentary Committee. This new (fictitious) timeline has Zaccardelli coming in to the Arar ...

New Liberal Leader : Stéphane Dion

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Firstly, congratulations to the gentleman from Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, the Honourable (soon to be Right Hon.) Stéphane Dion. With 54.7% of the delegate vote on the final ballot, Stéphane Dion edged out Michael Ignatieff to become the Leader of Canada's Official Opposition party. My guy, Gerard Kennedy, didn't make it a win. ...

TV Broadcasters Want to Make More Money; Look To CRTC For Leeway

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

In Ottawa this week there is a meeting taking place between the television broadcasters and their regulator, the Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission. The broadcasters will be asking for a loosening of the rules and policies that guide their money-making options. The broadcasters' contention is that it is harder, these ...