Jim Prentice

ACTA: More Patent Trolls, Less Democracy

at 8:23 am by Roy Schestowitz “DRM is nearly always the result of a conspiracy of companies to restrict the technology available to the public. ACTA, a multi-lateral treaty currently being discussed secretly behind closed...

2008 Canadian Space Summit Update

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, November 3, 2008 Source: Canadian Space Society Space Focused Ventures Have Been Profitable for over 40 Years Businesses operating space related ventures have always been commercially viable...

Treaty consultation process snubs public

Earlier this year, many Canadians were taken aback by reports of a secret trade agreement that conjured up images of iPod-searching border guards and tough new penalties for everyday activities. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade...

Government Keeps ACTA Consultation Results Under Wraps

Earlier this year, many Canadians were taken aback by reports of a secret trade agreement that conjured up images of iPod-searching border guards and tough new penalties for every day activities. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade...

Flaherty and provincial finance ministers to meet to discuss ailing economy

OTTAWA - It couldn't be done in good times, but the prospect of impending bad times is being cited as the best opportunity for breaking the ideological logjam that has characterized inter-provincial n...

Flaherty and provincial finance ministers to meet

OTTAWA - It couldn't be done in good times, but the prospect of impending bad times is being cited as the best opportunity for breaking the ideological logjam that has characterized inter-provincial negotiations on the economy.

Swearing in and carving out

John Manley, the former Liberal deputy prime minister, is calling his contacts to gauge what support and money he would have for a Liberal leadership bid.''He is more than dipping his toe in the water,'' a Manley strategist says.

Harper team to focus on economic crisis

Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled a big, 38-member cabinet this week, but he will bring a lean agenda to a short preholiday sitting of Parliament.Money is tight and the government does not have time to push major...

Cabinet picks surprisingly risky

When Stephen Harper unveiled his second-term cabinet anchored by experienced hands in economic jobs and rookie women in senior ministerial positions, the Prime Minister declared, "This is not a time to take risks."

Cabinet change was needed in finance: Ignatieff

31-Oct-2008

CTV.ca News Staff Conservative cabinet ministers say they will make the economy a top priority -- but a senior Liberal MP says change was needed at the top levels and Prime Minister Stephen Harper failed to deliver....