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January, 2004 Archives

January 30, 2004 - Doctors operating within Canada ascribe to a different set of principles than those who work within for-profit environments, although after listening to the selfish and unreasonable demands of Dr. John Turner, President of the BC Medical Association, one would never know it. (click here to continue)

January 29, 2004 - Maher Arar finally gets an investigation, and too little, too late with Paul Martin's latest offer to Sheila Copps. (click here to continue)

January 28, 2004 - Ralph Goodale is now telling the provinces that the $2 billion promised for health care last year is not a "done deal," which after a sudden retreat on the guaranteed gas tax for municipalities, then begs the question as to which promises from the past, if any, can be counted on.  (click here to continue)

January 27, 2004 - The BC Liberal train wreck, and Raymond Chan's disgusting incitement of racial intolerance in the federal Liberal nomination battle of Richmond. (click here to continue)

January 26, 2004 - UPDATE - A major cabinet shuffle will be announced at 2:30 PST today.   

January 26, 2004 - The question is not whether BC Premier Gordon Campbell is going to shuffle his cabinet, but rather how soon.  (click here to continue)

January 23, 2004 - Whistleblowers need protection, cities need a commitment, and Howard Dean needs a vocal coach. (click here to continue)

January 22, 2004 - To characterize yesterday's RCMP's raid of the home office of Ottawa Citizen reporter Juliet O'Neill as precedent setting would be an understatement.    If the images of the RCMP exiting a journalist's house with seized documents weren't enough of an indication that the Maher Arar case needs a full public inquiry, then it is likely the collective Canadian media community will fill in any gaps towards that outcome. (click here to continue)

January 21, 2004 - State of the Union address, 2002??? and Paul Martin loses a key political aide. (click here to continue)

January 20, 2004 - Passion in politics, the kind that allows elected members and candidates to show true human emotion in front of an electorate, is a rare commodity these days.  Nonetheless, two figures, each from a different side of the 49th parallel, are demonstrating that some still do have a fire in their belly, and not just from the usual fast food diet that politicians and their crazy schedules are accustomed to.  (click here to continue)

January 19, 2004 - Topical Thoughts of the Day: (click here to continue)

January 16, 2004 - What happened to the "debate" that had once been existent within this country regarding Canada's participation in the US missile defence shield?  One moment George W. Bush is making nice with Canada (although every foreign leader seems to be "a good, straightforward fella") when just days later, one letter from Defence Minister David Pratt kills off any doubt about Canada's position.  Something smells mighty fishy. (click here to continue)

January 15, 2004 - In recent years, if an MP decided to cross the floor and risk the wrath of his or her constituents, the governing Liberal Party has generally been the destination of choice.  Joe Peschisolido, Bill Matthews, Diane St. Jacques, David Price, Rick Laliberte, Robert Lanctot and Scott Brison have all joined the Liberal caucus from other parties since 2000.  That is why the possibility of seeing Sheila Copps join the NDP before the next election is so very intriguing. (click here to continue)

January 14, 2004 - Reading this letter in the Vancouver Sun this morning brings to light many attitudes that are coming to the forefront in British Columbia, most of which are grounded in ignorance. (click here to continue)

January 13, 2004 - Credit must be given where credit is due, and so in spite of genuine and valid fears that had arisen regarding the maintenance of Canadian sovereignty, Paul Martin's first meeting with George W. Bush this morning turned out to be quite productive for Canada as a nation. (click here to continue)

January 12, 2004 - The Democrats' biggest fear in the coming year will not be the recovering US economy, nor whether more than 4 in 10 Americans can even identify their eventual presidential candidate.  No, surprisingly enough, it might very well be George W. Bush's foreign policy, which in a truly baffling recent turn of events, has proven to be the most successful plank of the American President's record. (click here to continue)

January 9, 2004 - It is encouraging to see that the Canadian economy generated jobs at almost twice the rate originally expected for the month of December, with 45,500 full-time and an additional 7,600 part-time positions being created last month. (click here to continue)

January 8, 2004 - The Canadian public should get used to the new Prime Ministerial lexicon that will populate evening newscasts and newspaper coverage for years to come. (click here to continue)

January 7, 2004 - Well, no sooner did the TDH Strategies Op/Ed (found in the Past Projects section) that took a critical view towards the ambiguity surrounding a "New Deal" for municipalities and associated gas tax revenues get published, when this story emerges in the National Post this morning. (click here to continue)

January 6, 2004 - Please check the Past Projects section to read a newly published TDH Strategies Op/Ed in this week's Hill Times entitled "A new deal for cities, or a box office flop?"  (click here to continue)