Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Thursday, March 2, 2017
What Happens When Justin Gets A Gift
If its value exceeds $200 he has to disclose it publicly. Within 30 days. This doesn't apply if the gift is from friend or family. But it covers any advantage they may have obtained. For instance he received a few bottles of whisky on last January 6 from the Ambassador of Guinea. Three days later cufflinks for his birthday from the Afghan Ambassador. And butterfly glasswork from Norway's crown prince last year. All the disclosures are available online.
The scrutiny doesn't stop there. The designer clothes the Canadian First Lady receives as gifts are also inventoried. Like the tuxedo suit by Pink Tartan. And the holiday at Aga Khan's home in the Bahamas. Journalists have also found that the Trudeau Foundation received about 10 times more money once Justin took over the leadership of the Liberal Party -- most of the donations came from overseas. And have mapped conference sponsorships against corresponding lobbying issues to highlight any potential conflicts of interest. Air Canada for example has lobbied 102 times over a two-year period.
Canada ranked 9th in the 2016 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index. Singapore was at spot no 7. Mauritius at 50.
The scrutiny doesn't stop there. The designer clothes the Canadian First Lady receives as gifts are also inventoried. Like the tuxedo suit by Pink Tartan. And the holiday at Aga Khan's home in the Bahamas. Journalists have also found that the Trudeau Foundation received about 10 times more money once Justin took over the leadership of the Liberal Party -- most of the donations came from overseas. And have mapped conference sponsorships against corresponding lobbying issues to highlight any potential conflicts of interest. Air Canada for example has lobbied 102 times over a two-year period.
Canada ranked 9th in the 2016 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index. Singapore was at spot no 7. Mauritius at 50.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Friday, November 15, 2013
UK Prime Minister Sends Letter to Forum
After heads of government of Mauritius, India and Canada announced that they wouldn't be going to Colombo -- the capital and not the detective -- because of the human rights record of the island state. David Cameron said it would have been better to raise the issue there than to boycott the meeting altogether.
Sri Lanka responded that she is not a British Colony. Anymore.
Sri Lanka responded that she is not a British Colony. Anymore.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Why Our Parliament May Already Be Too Big
Because you would be hard pressed to write down the names of 10 MPs (members of cabinet included) in each of our last four governments alongside anything significant they've done that improved your life.
Our parliament looks also way too big when we compare it to that of a country which works well: Canada. They elect only 305 MPs although they have 34.5 million people. That's one MP for every 113,000 people if my math is as good as yours. By this yardstick our National Assembly shouldn't have more than 12 MPs. And Canada is one of the most geographically diverse country on the planet with almost 10 million square kilometres.
Which makes the suggestion that we should increase the size of our Parliament rather absurd.
Our parliament looks also way too big when we compare it to that of a country which works well: Canada. They elect only 305 MPs although they have 34.5 million people. That's one MP for every 113,000 people if my math is as good as yours. By this yardstick our National Assembly shouldn't have more than 12 MPs. And Canada is one of the most geographically diverse country on the planet with almost 10 million square kilometres.
Which makes the suggestion that we should increase the size of our Parliament rather absurd.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Jean To Step Down As Governor General of Canada
The former Haiti-born journalist is to complete her term as Governor General of Canada this 1st October. She will be replaced by David Johnston. Toronto may well have seen the last of the popular Viceregal last May. You may wish to browse her private album on the official site.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Electoral Commissioner Should Be On Next Plane To Canada
To find out why general elections results there are announced the same day voters make their choice on paper ballots. Despite having many times more votes to count which are spread over a land area of almost 10 million square kilometres. About 14 million in the last 3 elections if you want to know.
The election process is certainly the last place we want to show off our environmental zeal.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Inflation Targeting Turns 20
It started in New Zealand, the land of the kiwi -- the bird, not the fruit which is originally from South China -- back in 1989. That was to be followed by Chile a year later and by Canada in 1991.
The reason you want to target inflation is because it is the worst enemy of the poor. Besides there is no real trade-off between economic growth and inflation. And that's so easy to prove. For example the growth rate over the past 9.25 years has been 4.3% but the average inflation rate since July 2005 under Sithanen's toxic medicine has been about 54% higher than what it has been under Federation 2. Industrial relations also tend to improve when trade-unions see that you're serious about fighting poverty.
The UK's Treasury has also evaluated the benefits of inflation-targeting while you can read Canada's interesting experience with inflation control by clicking on the image below.
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