Rob Cottingham (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
MPs from all parties professed to support the idea, including then transport minister Lawrence Cannon.But behind the scenes, his office was pleading with the airlines to launch a lobby campaign to defeat the motion, according to documents obtained by Canwest News Service.While Cannon was promising to bring in a travellers’ bill of rights, a key [...]
The Gazetteer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
SellingCanadiansDownTheirOwnPrivate CrazyRiverVille From the Big Willbowski: The story starts in 2008. Liberal MP Gerry Byrne prepared a motion calling on the government to introduce an airline passenger’s bill of rights. Travellers would be guaranteed remedies for lost bags, unreasonable delays or overbooked flights. The model was similar to protection in Europe... {snippety-doo-dah} ...MPs...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Good for Canada to show continued leadership on the world stage... Iran claimed effective victory over Canada at the United Nations on Friday as a majority of world countries refused to support a Canadian-led bid to censure the Islamic republic over its human rights record. The vote in a key 192-member committee of the UN General Assembly passed with 74 countries in favour, 48 against with 59 abstentions....
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Just a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged that respect for women's rights is among his top agenda items, Afghan diplomats at the United Nations will oppose a Canadian-led bid to highlight serious human rights abuse in Iran. As if that's not enough, Afghanistan and other states will side with Iran's bid to avoid censure after votes in another part of the UN Thursday saw Arab and Muslim...
Accidental Deliberations (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Shorter Lawrence Cannon : My main concern about the apparent reality that the Con government is complicit in torture is the quality of evidence supporting the accusation. And I've got self-serving hearsay to prove it.
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
More from Lawrence Cannon. The commanding Canadian general takes a slightly different position. The Canadian general who commands all forces overseas said Thursday in Kandahar City that he was not able to speak to Mr. Colvin’s specific charges because he was not in charge at the time. “What for me is important is that there is due [...]
Another Point of View (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Back there, Transport Minister John Baird (yes - this same John Baird) was caught privately encouraging Canada's big airlines to step up their lobby campaign in order to kill a proposed "passenger bill of right" while his predecessor, then-Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon, publicly supported such legislation - in the name of the Harper government, of course.Like the true incompetent that...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Jane Taber on Lawrence Cannon's response to explosive Afghan detainee allegations and what they mean for Stephen Harper's Beijing visit next month
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
This story reflects, perhaps, a reality of politics. Sometimes Ministers have to be publicly support policy that privately they disagree with. As a reality that is as reality but when the duplicity is revealed it looks awful: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html'id=2229584 Transport minister tried to kill passenger rights bill despite publicly supporting it Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News...
Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first-ever official visit to India are Foreign Affairs minister Lawrence Cannon, Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day and Parliamentary Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Deepak Obhrai.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first-ever official visit to India are Foreign Affairs minister Lawrence Cannon, Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day and Parliamentary Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Deepak Obhrai.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is scheduled to visit India next week, will be accompanied by Foreign Affairs minister Lawrence Cannon, Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day and Parliamentary Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Deepak Obhrai. "Such a high powered delegation should speak volumes that we, our government, are laying all emphasis possible on our relations with...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says lingering confusion over Canada's inspection system is to blame for South Korea's longstanding beef ban — and he's calling on the country to put science ahead of blind emotion.
Dawg's Blawg (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Ottawa's workers at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the War Museum have been on strike since September 21, with a 92% strike mandate from the membership. Wages (which lag behind those of other museum workers in the region) and contracting-out are in dispute. The union position is set out here , and it seems entirely reasonable to me: the workers want wage parity with other museum employees...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Canada will host the foreign ministers meeting of the G8 countries in March 2010 to prepare for a G8 summit later that year, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon announced Friday. The meeting will be held on March 29-30 in the city of Gatineau, which is located on the opposite side of the Ottawa River overlooking capital Ottawa and belongs to Quebec province, Cannon announced at a press conference in Gatineau....
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