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Accused in terror plot ‘man of integrity,' brother says

A Parliament Hill journalist whose Chicago-based brother is accused of involvement in an international terrorist plot is speaking for the first time, saying Tahawwur Rana is an honest man facing false charges. Tahawwur Rana is the Canadian man accused ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  David Coleman Headley,  Lashkar-e-Taiba,  Jyllands-Posten

Ignatieff slips further behind in poll

M ichael Ignatieff is surely hoping this is rock bottom. A new public opinion survey shows support for the Liberals has slipped to 23 per cent – well back of the 38 per cent support for the front-running Conservatives. The survey was taken from Nov. 14 ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

Canadian at centre of FBI terror probe has Kanata connection

T he Canadian man under investigation for possible links to last year's Mumbai bombings spends Islamic holidays at a suburban Ottawa house backing onto the Kanata Lakes Golf and Country Club. Although Tahawwur Hussain Rana lives in Chicago, the Kanata ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Stephen Harper

Privacy commissioner finds financial centre collects too much information

D epositing a cheque at the bank could see Canadians entered into a government database of suspicious financials based on the colour of their skin and the whims of the local bank teller, warns Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, according to one of ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Ottawa cracks down on Crown lobbying

T he Harper government is vowing to "clean up" lobbying by federal agencies, but critics see the move as a damage control effort to blunt questions surrounding a lobbyist-organized fundraiser for a senior cabinet minister. Treasury Board President Vic ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: House of Commons,  Vic Toews,  Olivia Chow

Revising the House rules

A fter five and half years of minority Parliament, complete with the constant procedural showdowns and crises that come with it, the old guidebook for the rules of the Hill is starting to show its age. The 1,152 page guide , known affectionately as ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: House of Commons,  Peter Milliken,  Paul Martin

Michaëlle Jean's uniform words

T he Governor-General was not talking Wednesday about her decision to wear a Canadian Forces uniform for this year’s Remembrance Day, though her office said she intends to revive the tradition that had gone by the wayside since Ramon John Hnatyshyn ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Halifax Corp

Governor-General embraces military uniform

M ichaëlle Jean stood at the National War Memorial Wednesday in full army uniform, the first time in her four years as Governor-General that she'd worn military garb to Remembrance Day ceremonies. It was a senior Canadian Forces official working on ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Adrienne Clarkson,  Stephen Harper,  Halifax Corp

Uniform tribute to the Forces

G overnor-General Michaëlle Jean was in a green Canadian Forces uniform at today’s Remembrance Day ceremonies, breaking with her past practice of wearing civilian clothes to the annual event. According to her office, this is the third time Ms. Jean has ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Halifax Corp

Honouring troops goes wrong

P rime Minister Stephen Harper has often said that the hardest part of his job is calling the family members of Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan. The difficult task became much, much worse this week for Mr. Harper’s British counterpart, ...

From BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Harper,  Gordon Brown

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