Sep 25 2023 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Ottawa-The government needs to conduct a thorough review of the capacity of Canadian ports and their long-term infrastructure requirements, says the Commons transport committee. In a 26-page report to the Commons, the committee made 12 recommendations for the government to act on to ensure the 17 Canada Port Authorities (CPA) can fulfill their critical role […]
Sep 25 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — Canada’s future Prime Minister, Robert L. Borden, was married on this date in 1889. His bride was his fellow Nova Scotian, Laura Bond. Prime Minster Borden’s biographer, Robert Craig Brown, gives this description of the woman who would become Lady Borden. “She was seven years younger than Robert, a bright, attractive, strong-willed young woman,” he […]
Sep 24 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister paid tribute to the 17th Prime Minister on this date in 2020 in the House of Commons. John Napier Turner, a cabinet minister under Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau, who served as PM in 1984, had passed into history only a few days before. You can read Justin Trudeau’s tribute below. Arthur Milnes is […]
Sep 23 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — It was a tough-talking Sir Wilfrid Laurier who spoke to a gathering of the Methodist General Conference being held in Ottawa on this date in 1914. The First World War had started a month previously with the German invasion of Belgium. Germany’s attach was in violation of the Treaty of London, which guaranteed the neutrality […]
Sep 22 2023 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Rural and remote areas need plenty of help. Ottawa—Farm Credit Canada will match up to $1 million in new donations to food banks and food security agencies across Canada to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Drive Away Hunger program, President and CEO Justine Hendricks has announced. Last year, Drive Away Hunger raised a record […]
Sep 22 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — A distinguished visitor arrived in Ottawa on this date in 2011 in the person of David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The highlight of his trip to Ottawa was the speech he delivered to a joint-session of Canada’s Parliament. “The relationship between Britain and Canada is deep and strong,” Cameron said. “At the Chateau […]
Sep 21 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — Canada’s New Democrats lost one of their party’s pioneering figures on this date in 1983 with the death of Andrew Brewin. A long-time CCF activist and lawyer, he was an NDP MP from 1962 to 1979. He is perhaps remembered most for his work as a lawyer assisting Japanese Canadians who had been interned by […]
Sep 20 2023 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — No mention of the food industry’s work on Grocery Code of Conduct. Ottawa-The country’s five largest grocery chains agreed to take steps to stabilize food prices by Thanksgiving in a meeting with Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne but there was no mention of the Grocery Code of Conduct being developed by the agrifood sector. Champagne […]
Sep 20 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — History was made on this date in 1968 when Lincoln Alexander took to his feet in the House of Commons. It marked the first-time the voice of a Black Canadian had ever been heard in the House. Alexander, a lawyer and World War II veteran, had been elected a Tory MP from a Hamilton, Ontario […]
Sep 19 2023 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — CAPI proposes a toolbox approach to deal with the threat. Ottawa—Supply chain disruptions have caused plenty of headaches in the agrifood sector in recent years and now it must prepare for the risk of even greater breakdowns in the future, says a new study. The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) said, “Following years of disruption, […]
Sep 19 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — The eyes of the Commonwealth and the entire world were on London one-year-ago today as the funeral for Her Majesty the Queen took place. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau graciously invited his colleague past Prime Ministers to represent Canada with him at the historic gathering in London. Former PMs Campbell, Chrétien, Harper and Martin were able […]
Sep 18 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — The remarkable life and career of Paul Martin Sr. entered a new phase on this date in 1968 when he rose for the first time in the Senate of Canada and delivered his maiden address. First elected to the Commons in 1935, he had been a cabinet minister under Mackenzie King, Louis St.-Laurent and Lester […]
Sep 18 2023 — Glen Pearson — National Newswatch — By the time the federal Liberal caucus left their meetings in London, Ontario, last week, it was likely they had a bit more spring in their step. After all, the week had begun with sinking polls and the leader stuck in India with his faulty airplane. It wasn’t a good look. The polls revealed a […]
Sep 17 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — Federal Tory leader Robert Borden started on a journey through Western Canada on this date in 1906. His mission was to rally the Tory troops and prepare them to do electoral battle against the Laurier Liberals in time for the next election. While in Red Deer, Alberta, he was entertained at home of a Conservative […]
Sep 16 2023 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — Sir Wilfrid Laurier was on hand to welcome the Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) to Canada on this date in 1901. The Royals arrived at Quebec City and were greeted by thousands. Over the next month they would crisscross Canada twice by train, meeting countless Canadians from […]