Facing up to Canada: Notes on veil-lifting
As colleague Mark Dunn reported this morning, the federal government will move to force anyone who wishes to become a Canadian citizen to show their faces at the citizenship swearing-in ceremony. That...
View ArticleOn the subject of those fake new Canadians at the citizenship ceremony
Well, I must say, that story that moved on the CP wire this morning by Parliamentary Press Gallery colleague Jennifer Ditchburn sure had us talking in our Sun Media newsroom in Ottawa. (And in other...
View ArticleJason Kenney refuses to talk about Conrad Black. And he refuses to talk a lot...
According to sources our newsroom spoke to, Conrad Black’s application for a Temporary Residency Permit (TRP) was pretty straightforward and he got one. So, when my former boss gets out of jail in...
View ArticleMessage to journos from Minister Kenney: Call us before writing sob stories...
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney this evening released what is to me, at least, a remarkable statement that takes direct issue with some reporting in La Presse and also takes on the claims of a...
View ArticleThe courts vs the Harper cabinet: This time it’s over refugee health care
This morning, Federal Court of Canada Justice Anne Mactavish delivered a sharply worded judgement slamming a decision, made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet, to deny some refugee claimants...
View ArticleA test for Trudeau? Canada’s Liberals split on Iraq combat mission
Justin Trudeau is facing the first serious test of his leadership of Canada’s Liberals in the wake of a parliamentary vote to send Canadian fighter jets to Iraq. Trudeau and most Liberal MPs voted...
View ArticleHow much to spend to create one job? Kenney’s benchmark different than...
Last week in the House of Commons, Employment Minister Jason Kenney was asked why his department did not renew funding for a Halifax agency that helps at-risk young people find and hold on to jobs. The...
View ArticleDalhousie prof: Kenney’s ideological rhetoric on failed refugees obscures truth
Carrie Dawson, (left)an English professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, was watching and reading how Jason Kenney talked about the problem of failed refugee claimants who land on our shores while...
View ArticleFacing up to Canada: Notes on veil-lifting
As colleague Mark Dunn reported this morning, the federal government will move to force anyone who wishes to become a Canadian citizen to show their faces at the citizenship swearing-in ceremony. That...
View ArticleOn the subject of those fake new Canadians at the citizenship ceremony
Well, I must say, that story that moved on the CP wire this morning by Parliamentary Press Gallery colleague Jennifer Ditchburn sure had us talking in our Sun Media newsroom in Ottawa. (And in other...
View ArticleJason Kenney refuses to talk about Conrad Black. And he refuses to talk a lot...
According to sources our newsroom spoke to, Conrad Black’s application for a Temporary Residency Permit (TRP) was pretty straightforward and he got one. So, when my former boss gets out of jail in...
View ArticleMessage to journos from Minister Kenney: Call us before writing sob stories...
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney this evening released what is to me, at least, a remarkable statement that takes direct issue with some reporting in La Presse and also takes on the claims of a...
View ArticleThe courts vs the Harper cabinet: This time it’s over refugee health care
This morning, Federal Court of Canada Justice Anne Mactavish delivered a sharply worded judgement slamming a decision, made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet, to deny some refugee claimants...
View ArticleA test for Trudeau? Canada’s Liberals split on Iraq combat mission
Justin Trudeau is facing the first serious test of his leadership of Canada’s Liberals in the wake of a parliamentary vote to send Canadian fighter jets to Iraq. Trudeau and most Liberal MPs voted...
View ArticleHow much to spend to create one job? Kenney’s benchmark different than...
Last week in the House of Commons, Employment Minister Jason Kenney was asked why his department did not renew funding for a Halifax agency that helps at-risk young people find and hold on to jobs. The...
View ArticleDalhousie prof: Kenney’s ideological rhetoric on failed refugees obscures truth
Carrie Dawson, (left)an English professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, was watching and reading how Jason Kenney talked about the problem of failed refugee claimants who land on our shores while...
View ArticleThe Conservative narrative on defence: Against ISIL, Canadian soldiers doing...
Canada may not have the military capacity to combat the forces of terror and evil in all parts of the world but it must, Defence Minister Jason Kenney said Tuesday, speak forcefully on behalf of the...
View ArticleWe got a defence spending debate: Me, Kenney, Murray & the Prime Minister
Earlier this month, I wrote a column for our papers in which I argued that Canada has done a lousy job of living up to the commitment we made t4o our NATO allies to spend at least 2 per cent of our GDP...
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