Tension is mounting between Canada’s public broadcaster and Quebecor Inc. over access to information requests made to the CBC, and what Quebecor Inc. President and CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau is calling a “smokescreen” around how the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation spends its tax-payer funded budget of $1.1B. Peladeau and others have been calling for the CBC … Continue reading »
Tag: Federal Politics
the reeves report: Canadian government to cut funding for environmental network
Canada’s Ministry of the Environment has announced that it will no longer renew the $574,000 in annual funding to the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN), an umbrella organization that represents 640 disparate environmental groups from across the country. RCEN acts as the common voice for all of Canada’s environmental groups in Ottawa, synthesizing opinions and relating … Continue reading »
Here and there for a rainy Friday…
Geez, this weather sucks, especially when I’m riding the bicycle on a full-time basis. Anyhoo, some random nonsense for a grey and gloomy Friday afternoon – at least until I can hit the Huron Club… First off, so far, haven’t been able to spark enough interest in an Occupy Collingwood event; I thought with town […]
the reeves report: Supreme Court of Canada to help clarify what constitutes hate speech
The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to draw the line between what constitutes free speech and what crosses the faint line into hate mongering. The case against William Whatcott, an unabashedly anti-homosexual Lutheran proselytizer in Saskatchewan, will have lasting implications about where Canadians and Canadian courts should draw the line between protecting what … Continue reading »
the reeves report: Ontario Votes 2011: Getting back to the Meat and Potatoes of Governing
Well, here we are. The Ontario provincial election is two days away, and the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives are locked in a dead heat, continuing to make election promises at the 11th hour; the House of Commons in Ottawa has been in session for weeks now with Stephen Harper’s Conservative majority firmly in power; and … Continue reading »
the reeves report: New study indicates global warming could cost Canada billions
A new study from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is arguing that the effects of a warming world may cost Canada upwards of $5B by 2020, and will increase dramatically afterwards. The economic toll could rise anywhere between $21B and $43B annually by the 2050s. Paying the Price: The … Continue reading »
the reeves report: Conservative MP warns abortion debate has been reopened in Canada
Conservative backbencher for Saskatoon-Humboldt Brad Trost has indicated that the abortion debate in Canada has been reopened after Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared in May that the issue would remain closed. Trost’s statement comes on the heels of an announcement made last week that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has approved an application to … Continue reading »
CalgaryLiberal: There Are Liberals in Rural Alberta: Lets Build With Them, a guest post by Zack Siezmagraff
Zack Siezmagraff, past federal candidate and long time Albertan Liberal, has written the below letter to Ralph Goodale, member of parliament for Wascana, on the issue of building a western fortress of support for Liberals. You can follow Zack on twitte…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Manning Centre releases 2011 State of Canada’s Conservative Movement
The Manning Centre, founded by former Opposition and Reform Party Leader Preston Manning, released its second annual State of Canada’s Conservative Movement report. The study is comprised of three parts, examining the attitudes of Canadians across the political spectrum on various topics like welfare and immigration; comparing the electoral map in Ontario from the 2008 … Continue reading »
the reeves report: Feel Safer Post-9/11? Feel $92B Safer?
Earlier this week, the non-partisan (but left-leaning) Rideau Institute released a report on Canada’s defence spending since 9/11 entitled The Cost of 9/11 and the Creation of a National Security Establishment. It was written by economist David Macdonald, and it calculated that $92B ($69B adjusted for inflation) has been spent on ‘security’ in various forms … Continue reading »
CalgaryLiberal: WANTED: A Liberal Leader
Wanted: A Leader Must be willing to travel across the country, sleep 5 hours a night, and be willing to shake hands of more than a half a million Canadians. French and English are mandatory.There is no on the job training and you are expected to star…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: A Post-Jack NDP: If the NDP were a stock I’d be shorting them
Jack Layton, long time NDP leader, died on August 22nd. He brought the NDP from 13 seats and 8.9% of the vote under Alexa McDonough to his stupendous 2011 results of 103 seats and 30.63% of the vote. He pulled the party from a million Canadians voting …
Continue readingthe reeves report: Jack Layton: Our Politics are Poorer for the Loss
The unthinkable happened twice this year for the federal New Democrats: their charismatic leader Jack Layton took them as close to the Holy Grail of Canadian politics as you can get as a ‘third party’ in doubling their historic seat count to form the official opposition. And then, as the euphoria proved short-lived, the NDP … Continue reading »
the reeves report: Are the NDP too dependent on Jack Layton?
I’ll be brief this time, because I know every pundit and their brother will be covering this story and making this speculation. But it’s worth asking – are the NDP too dependent on Jack Layton for their success? True, this success has been incredibly recent, and it is an exception in Canadian politics that the … Continue reading »
the reeves report: Long-term thinking needed in the fight for Ontario’s Green Energy future
While in Vancouver last week as part of a First Ministers meeting, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made a direct link between subsidies paid out to the oil and gas industry in Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan, and the need for greater subsidies from Ottawa for Ontario’s green energy sector. According to the Vancouver Sun, McGuinty claimed … Continue reading »
the reeves report: Ontario and Equalization Payments: ‘have-not’ actually means ‘has-no-oil’
In the two years since Ontario officially joined the ranks of the ‘have-not’ provinces, the volume of equalization payments received has jumped 534%. That’s right – 534%. From the first payment of $347M to this years whopping $2.2B – Ontario is officially suffering through a massive downturn brought on by the loss of almost 300,000 … Continue reading »
CalgaryLiberal: Usage Based Billing and the Liberal Approach: Andrew Moore’s Appearance at the CRTC 2011-77 Public Consultation
Rarely does one hear politeness, somber, and well versed folks speak in politics. This–this here–is a video of a talent person that encapsulates the need for change in the CRTC and the regulations that can make our information systems the b…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Lessons in Organization in the Calgary Region: Three Things We’re Doing Right
As per rule #9 of my 10 Rules for Liberal Debate, I’m going to spend this post complimenting and bragging about what Calgary is doing on the federal Liberal scene. Here are just three of the many things that the Liberal Party of Canada is doing…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Something to Watch: Federal Liberals in Calgary
With the new seats coming federally in the House of Commons to the economic seat of Canada–Alberta–the province will finally get a more reasonable level of representation. No longer will each of our votes matter less than Ontario or Quebec …
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