Aug 5 2022 — Mark Lambert — National Newswatch — The Federal Budget 2022 saw the Government of Canada return to many pressing social priorities that had been put on the backburner by the COVID-19 pandemic. Technology companies who work with the Canadian government should place close attention to new sustainability procurement rules. The concept of sustainable procurement is widely known and adopted globally but […]
Aug 5 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — On this date in 1952 Alberta voters granted their Premier, Ernest Manning and his Social Credit party, their fifth straight majority mandate. By the time Premier Manning would step down as Premier in 1968 he had won eight straight majorities, a record that still stands in his province. In 1970 the former Alberta Premier was […]
Aug 4 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — History was made on this date in 2005 with the announcement by Prime Minister Paul Martin that Michaëlle Jean would become our nation’s 27th Governor General. She then became Canada’s second female Governor General and the first Black person to represent Her Majesty the Queen in Canada. Her story is all the more remarkable when you […]
Aug 3 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — History was made on this date in 1961 with the legendary Tommy Douglas’s election as the first-ever leader of the freshly named New Democratic Party (NDP). The ground-breaking former Premier of Saskatchewan, who, like John Diefenbaker and Lester B. Pearson, became a hero in the foundation of Canada’s system of Medicare, would serve as the […]
Aug 3 2022 — David Billedeau and Nicholas Palaschuk — National Newswatch — Is the concept of a “Just Transition” just talk? While Ottawa continues to—rightfully—move forward with its net-zero ambitions, key elements of how Canada decarbonizes remain undefined. A principle in practice, the idea of Just Transition holds that a healthy economy and clean environment should co-exist and the processes for achieving this should not come at the […]
Aug 2 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — It was a very big day in the history of Canadian diplomacy on August 2, 1973 as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, as Chair of the second Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, brought his fellow leaders to order as the conference began. Over the next eight days Commonwealth leaders agreed upon a statement declaring the diverse […]
Aug 1 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — We have a great anniversary to mark today, particularly for all my friends in British Columbia. It was, of course, on this date in 1952 – exactly 70 years-ago – that legendary B.C. Premier W.A.C. “Wacky” Bennett was sworn-in as Premier. He would then go on to serve a commanding 20 years as Premier, a […]
Jul 31 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — In this, the overdue era of reconciliation between Canadians and Indigenous Canada, the events that took place in a Regina courtroom on this date in 1885 are so very important to recall. Métis leader Louis Riel, charged with treason arising out of the Northwest Rebellion, addressed the jury about to consider his case. As we know, […]
Jul 30 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was at British Columbia’s famous Rogers Pass on this date in 1962 to officially dedicate and declare open that Trans-Canada Highway which linked, like the CPR decades before, Canadians from sea-to-shining-sea. In his memoirs, written in political retirement, Dief looked back with pride on the role his government played in bringing […]
Jul 29 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — While you rarely hear Canada’s present-era New Democrats utter his name, here at Art’s History we’ll buck the trend and celebrate the great Canadian socialist leader J.S. Woodsworth on this, his birthday. He entered the world on this date in 1874 in Etobicoke, Ontario, and went on to prove himself a man of principle during […]
Jul 28 2022 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Governments may have to help align the Code. Ottawa-Key issues in the development of a Grocery Code of Conduct remain to be resolved by an industry steering committee and government intervention may be required to finish the process of getting suppliers and retailers onside with it, the federal and provincial agriculture ministers were told […]
Jul 28 2022 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — It was a great date to be a Conservative in Canada on July 28, 1930. R.B. Bennett, the leader of Canada’s federal Tories since 1927, received a majority mandate from Canadian voters in the general election. But, in the temporary glory of victory on election night, the Prime Minister-designate could hardly imagine the dark times […]
Jul 28 2022 — Glen Pearson — National Newswatch — The contrasts grow starker as Europeans increasingly complain about the stringencies the war between Russia and Ukraine has caused, while Ukrainian refugees wonder if the country they knew intimately will still exist should they ever return. The uncertainty of inflationary costs driven by rising energy prices has the European continent on edge, leaving governments to […]
Jul 27 2022 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Ottawa has to work in partnership with farmers and provinces. Ottawa-Ontario Agriculture Minister Lisa Thompson and her provincial colleagues remain frustrated with federal plans to reduce farm fertilizer use at a time when the world needs more food. “As our farmers work to feed Canada and the world, we need to work with them […]
Jul 27 2022 — Chris Selley — National Newswatch — Pierre Poilievre’s apparent chokehold on the Conservative leadership race continues to produce much worry among the chattering classes — worry for the future of the party, worry for the conservative movement and worry for the country. “This will be the most right-wing leader we’ve ever seen in our country’s history,” a Conservative source told Global […]