Not quite yet. There had been much speculation before last week’s federal budget that the government might try to encourage more Canadians to buy hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius or the Ford Escape Hybrid by offering a rebate or other kind of tax incentive to offset the somewhat higher ...   more »

I posted a new photo to Broll.

. Ukraine President Viktor Yuschenko was at the NATO Summit in Brussels, a historic occasion given the nature of the peaceful "Orange Revolution" at Christmas time that saw Yushchenko emerge victorious and given the fact that it was, after all, NATO.
Yushchenko ...   more »

The American Civil Liberties Union and many other groups in the United States are campaigning hard to shoot down proposals to build One Big Database which its enthusiasts say would help improve U.S. national security. To make its point about the kind of privacy and civil liberties risks associated with ...   more »

The United Nations says there will be 6.5 billion human beings on the planet this July but that population growth rates are slowing. Still, the UN says that by 2050, there will be 9 billion on this Earth.
"The world has added nearly 500 million people since 1999 – just ...   more »

A Toronto lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce over the fax fiasco. Last year, we reported that CIBC had been faxing the confidential information of hundreds of customers to a West Virginia scrapyard operator. Later we learned that similar faxes were being transmitted ...   more »

Reuters reporter Thomas Atkins has an interesting piece which has the World Bank suggesting that the digital divide described by groups associated with the United Nations is not nearly so wide as once thought.
"People in the developing world are getting more access at an incredible rate -- far faster ...   more »

I returned home from the NATO summit in Brussels late last night and am now up bright and early to cover the federal budget.
This NATO summit was remarkable, I thought, for the presence of Victor Yushchenko, the president of the Ukraine. Ukraine, of course, went through tumultuous times around ...   more »

I arrived last night in Brussels, Belgium to cover the NATO Summit tomorrow. We travelled on Prime Minister Paul Martin’s plane, leaving Ottawa early Sunday morning, local time, and arriving at about 10:30 pm, local time, in Brussels.

President George Bush beat Martin to Brussels so we missed the spectacle ...   more »

We just gathered in our office on the Hill to learn that Craig Oliver, the dean of political scribes here, is, after 17 years, going to step aside as Bureau Chief for CTV in Ottawa. As Craig said, he wanted more time to do what he loves most — ...   more »

Canada’s Prime Minister Paul Martin delivered the first speech in the House of Commons today in support of Bill C-38, The Civil Marriage Act. This is the legislation that, if passed, would permit to persons of the same sex to be legally married in Canada.

Needless to say, this is ...   more »