In a few minutes, Conservative MP Russ Hiebert, NDP MP Wayne Marston, and Liberal MP Irwin Cotler will hold a joint news conference about the following: Continue reading MPs "sound the alarm" on Camp Ashraf
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Alberni Valley News: B.C. a playground for eco-stunts
Do continue on to the comments where there is a robust discussion by readers on this issue:
VICTORIA – If the propaganda flowing over “tar sands” crude shipments across B.C. were oil, the province would be out of deficit by now. Continue reading Alberni Valley News: B.C. a playground for eco-stunts
Daily Brief Video Gallery: Environment Minister Peter Kent "Absolutely" we can do something about global warming
WTO analyst says Harper, Hitler and Mussolini now in the "wreckers club"
Canada’s decision to pull out of Kyoto has sparked a great deal of sharp reaction on all sides but a Canadian working as a policy analyst at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland makes the case that we are a “nice country” gone very, very bad… Continue reading WTO analyst says Harper, Hitler and Mussolini now in the "wreckers club"
Iranian terrorists or refugees? Either way, MPs say those at Camp Ashraf are in danger
They are half-a-world away and there are only seven of them, but the members of Parliament on a House of Commons human rights committee are doing whatever they can for the 3,400 refugees at Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, who, the MPs believe, are in imminent danger.
There are two Canadians among that group. They remain at Ashraf voluntarily despite offers from Canadian consular officials to get them out of what could, within days, become a very dicey situation. Continue reading Iranian terrorists or refugees? Either way, MPs say those at Camp Ashraf are in danger
Speaker's ruling on the Cotler privilege motion/Conservative dirty tricks
Hot off the presses, the ruling from the Speaker of the House of Commons on the complain from the member for Mount Royal, Irwin Cotler, that his privileges were breached after the Conservative Party blanketed his riding with a push poll that suggested he had retired or was retiring. This was read into the record in the Commons a few minutes ago: Continue reading Speaker's ruling on the Cotler privilege motion/Conservative dirty tricks
Quebec says it will sue to maintain gun data
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.]
News flash: Canada and Quebec ministers meet, shake hands …
Verbatim: Environment Minister Peter Kent pulls Canada out of the Kyoto Protocol
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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
Obama meets Maliki amid concerns Iraq's politics are degenerating
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