Tony Clement

MacKay, Clement in Afghanistan for Remembrance Day

Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Industry Minister Tony Clement attended Remembrance Day ceremonies in Kandahar on Wednesday.

Clement Conducts "Pre-Cabinet Review" of Globalive Decision

Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

The Globe reports that Industry Minister Tony Clement has sent a letter to the telecom industry asking for comments by November 18th on the CRTC's Globalive decision. The request is described as a "pre-cabinet review" of the issue.

Industry Canada: Margaret Lefebvre Reappointed to the National Research Council Canada

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the National Research Council Canada (NRC), today announced the reappointment of Margaret Lefebvre as a member of the Council.

• Margaret Lefebvre Reappointed to the National Research Council Canada - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Margaret Lefebvre Reappointed to the National Research Council Canada - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Government of Canada and Province of Ontario: Ministers Clement and Pupatello Congratulate General Motors of Canada Limited and Cami Automotive Inc. for Their Investment

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

INGERSOLL, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Sandra Pupatello, Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Trade, were in Ingersoll, Ontario, today to congratulate General Motors of Canada Limited and CAMI Automotive Inc. (CAMI) on a $90-million investment. The investment adds capacity to CAMI's operations in order to meet the strong demand...

• GM throws laid-off staff a $90M lifeline - atHome Top Story
• GM ramps up Ingersoll plant - atHome Top Story

Auditor General Wields Crown Copyright To Demand Takedown

Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Crown copyright concerns were raised repeatedly during this summer's copyright consultation as many groups expressed the view that government works should be treated as public domain. The issue generated some surprise from Industry Minister Tony Clement, who asked for examples about why crown copyright was a problem. This morning, the Auditor General provided a helpful example as her office has sent...

The Commons: Questions, assurances, innuendo and a man named Donald

Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Iggy asks why, Layton does some digging and Tony Clement takes a break

The Commons: Swallow this impressive-sounding number and call your doctor in the morning

Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Read Tony Clement's lips: "six million doses"

Ottawa sees no quick decision on Globalive

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

OTTAWA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement said on Tuesday he would take his time in reviewing a regulator's ruling against start-up wireless company Globalive, delaying a competitive threat to the Big Three carriers.

Clement on the State of Canadian Copyright Law

Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

The Hill Times runs a special section on copyright in its upcoming issue. I've contributed a piece on the lessons we can draw from the copyright consultation that I'll post shortly, but in the meantime there is an important interview with Industry Minister Tony Clement. Of particular note is his perspective on the current state of copyright law in Canada. Notwithstanding the persistent fear mongering,...

Industry Canada: Minister Clement Introduces Changes to Automotive Innovation Fund

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Today at a meeting of the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council (CAPC), the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, introduced changes to the Government of Canada's Automotive Innovation Fund (AIF) in order to increase investment in automotive research and development (R&D). The total investment threshold required to qualify for AIF funding has been lowered...

Canada's Economic Action Plan: Government of Canada Supports the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, the Honourable James Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today announced the Government of Canada's investment of more than $1.4 million to support the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair as part of the Marquee Tourism Events Program.

The Globalive Decision: Time To Pick Competition Over Canadian Ownership

Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

The CRTC this afternoon issued its decision on whether Globalive, a new wireless competitor about to operate as Wind Mobile, complies with the foreign ownership restrictions currently found in the Telecommunications Act. While Industry Canada previously concluded that Globalive met the Canadian control requirements for the purposes of the Radiocommunications Act in its bidding for spectrum, the CRTC...

[LINK] "'News junkie' politicians question PM's claim he doesn't peek"

Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

I wonder what a Canadian prime minister who engages with Canadian news media would be like. Say it ain't so, prime minister. Even Stephen Harper's own cabinet seems to be having trouble accepting that the man with the famously frosty relationship to the national news media doesn't consume Canadian news. "I tend to watch American news," Harper said this week during a question-and-answer session...

Anti-Spam Bill Passes Committee Without Copyright Lobby Spyware Provision

Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Bill C-27, the anti-spam bill, passed through the Industry Committee late Monday with the bill largely intact. Indeed, Industry Minister Tony Clement was true to his word as the several provisions that would have watered down the legislation were dropped (third party referrals, exceptions for survey companies and self-regulated industries) as was a provision promoted by the copyright lobby that would...

More Tony Clement hilarity.

Scott's DiaTribes (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

A hat tip to Steve V on his excellent blogpost on this new bit of partisan pork barrel hilarity and hi-jinks from Industry Minister Tony Clement. After reading this and finding out that Clement has engaged in more pork barrel partisan shenanigans for his riding, I really want to know – did Clement secretly [...]