Game on over the gun registry…
Quebec wants to set up its own registry, but says the federal data is crucial because creating a registry from scratch would cost a fortune.
“I find it unjust and unfair … that the data will be destroyed without first offering the Quebec government the possibility of recuperating it,” Dutil told a news conference.
[Read the full story at: Quebec says it will sue to maintain gun data | Canada | News | Ottawa Sun.]
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Here is the text of the statement Environment Minister Peter Kent (left) delivered in the House of Commons foyer late this afternoon:
I have just returned from Durban, South Africa where countries of the world, Canada included, made it clear: Continue reading Verbatim: Environment Minister Peter Kent pulls Canada out of the Kyoto Protocol
Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House today.
President Barack Obama on Monday pledged that Washington would remain a strong partner for Iraq as U.S. troops exit by year-end, and played down the risk this departure creates a power vacuum Iran can exploit. Continue reading Obama meets Maliki amid concerns Iraq's politics are degenerating
As colleague Mark Dunn reported this morning, Continue reading Facing up to Canada: Notes on veil-lifting
Danger signs. David Kirkpatrick reports from a village outside of Cairo in today’s New York Times:
In the aftermath of the vote, Egyptian liberals, Israelis and some Western officials have raised alarms that the revolution may unfold as a slow-motion version of the 1979 overthrow of the shah of Iran: a popular uprising that ushered in a conservative theocracy. With two rounds of voting to go, Egypt’s military rulers have already sought to use the specter of a Salafi takeover to justify extending their power over the drafting of a new constitution. And at least a few liberals say they might prefer military rule to a hard-line Islamist government. Continue reading In Egypt, will it be a military dictatorship or an Islamist dictatorship?
| Australia’s Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet (left) speaks with Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent during a break in plenary session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 10, 2011. REUTERS/Rogan Ward |
The international conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa was supposed to wrap up on Friday but without a deal, all countries kept going and, early Sunday morning, came up with what they’re calling the Durban Platform. Here, for the record, is Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent’s statement on Durban Platform:
Continue reading Kent on Durban Platform: "fair and balanced framework"
Earlier this week, MPs in the House of Commons voted on the motion you’ll see in the poll question below. I’m not going to tell you right now who tabled the motion, what party the MP belongs to, or what the results were (and if you already know, don’t play the spoiler!) but, in a post I hope to put up later today, I’ll touch on all of that in some notes I hope to make about about free votes in the House of Commons.
In the meantime, here is the exact wording of the House of Commons motion. As the Speaker, says, all those in favour? Opposed?:
Continue reading Poll: Canada, Kyoto, climate change, Durban, jobs and so on
The federal government today said it had acquired 15 mobile homes for the beleaguered community of Attawapiskat, Ont. The community’s chief, Theresa Spence, says they need 22. And, in any event, the homes won’t get there until after Christmas when the roads are frozen solid enough for transport.
Continue reading Who do you blame for the crisis in Attawapiskat?
Tonight on The Daily Brief on Sun News Network:
