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2003-12-31 Some of our leaders are missing in action
Ottawa Sun
Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2003Some of our leaders are missing Seasoned journalists have often told me that week from Christmas to New Years is usually a news dead-zone unless natural disasters or calamitous events transpire. So this holiday season surely is the exception to the rule. In Iran, officials now fear 50,000 deaths from the earthquake which leveled the ancient city ...More


2003-12-17 A real spending freeze or a one-week cold snap? You decide
Ottawa Sun
Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2003Is freeze a cold snap, or spending ice age? Stop the presses, I think, this region’s largest employer has announced a spending and hiring freeze. In a release out from ...More

2003-12-13 What happened to partisan loyalty?
Ottawa Sun
Published: Saturday, December 13, 2003Get together, then stick together Today’s column is a Paul Martin Cabinet-free zone since enough ink and solid analysis on this subject already flows in the previous page...More

2003-11-19 Building better budgets
Ottawa Sun
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2003Budget changes fit the bill

Budgeting legislation would foster accountability in government spending, while at the same time reassuring a public shaken by broken promis...More

2003-11-10 Remembrance Day
Ottawa Sun
Published: Monday, November 10, 2003It's all because of them

We owe our freedom to the bravery of the men and women who fought and died for usTomorrow we will pause with heavy hearts for two minutes of silen...More

2003-06-28 Whistleblower law?
Ottawa Sun
Published: Saturday, June 28, 2003Whistle while you work
New legislation is supposed to protect civil servants who blow the whistle on overspending, but an obscure clause may make their lives more difficultWit...More

2003-02-08 What's a billion?
Ottawa Sun
Published: Saturday, February 8, 2003What's a billion?
The Liberals have blown $1 billion here and $1 billion there, money that could have been used on something far more useful than, for example, a gun regist...More
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