How do you get the government to listen, anyway? Or the opposition, for that matter? One way is to very carefully prepare a brief for a standing committee, whose makeup comes from all political parties. The brief may not get much public attention, although the group presenting it may have its own ways of letting […]
Remembering Peter Dueck
I am grateful for this opportunity to pay tribute to Peter G. Dueck, who passed away February 10 in Vancouver. Peter was a business person par excellence, family person and deeply committed Christian. As one who played a role in the founding of BC Christian News, which served a large segment of the Christian community […]
OttawaWatch: Chuck’s Trudeau mentorship
Chuck Strahl is one of the new Trudeau mentors. It is quite an honour, and a good way to make use of the experience he gained in the almost two decades he spent in the House of Commons. Strahl was one of the original “class of ’93” Reformers and, in Stephen Harper’s minority government, held […]
OttawaWatch: Nenshi’s facilitator
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi found himself being bashed, nationally, a few days ago, for his effort to reduce conflict among members of his city council. At the root of the bashing was a somewhat contentious decision the mayor had taken, to have a psychologist/facilitator meet with council members. Nenshi was a surprise winner in the […]
OttawaWatch: Kinder and gentler
Lee Strobel is an apologist. No, he has nothing for which to apologize. The “apologist” moniker relates to the increasingly professional practice of providing friendly and informed venues for defending and/or explaining the Christian faith. Apologists are not evangelists or pastors, exactly, but they can, at their best, provide considerable support for both of those […]
OttawaWatch: Small state, small society
“The difficulty with the ‘big society’ concept, as it is being worked out in Great Britain, is that, as it stands, we have an emerging ‘small state and small society.’” I will not name the originator of that quote. It came earlier this month from a visitor from Great Britain who was commenting on my […]
OttawaWatch: The marriage!
Why should the recent marriage of Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Iranian-born human rights activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam be of interest to readers of OttawaWatch? I invite readers to respond, either by e-mailing me or putting a comment at the bottom of this piece on www.canadianchristianity.com. That means this OttawaWatch will be rather short. Please bear […]
OttawaWatch: Wit to win
He drew a circle that shut me out – Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in! — An epigram entitled “Outwitted” by Edwin Markham, 1852-1940, sometime Poet Laureate of the state of Oregon. * * * The above […]
OttawaWatch: Back to school
Now that winter is properly launched in the nation’s capital, it is time to wish OttawaWatch readers a Happy New Year. And, as well, to talk about some interesting adjustments which I trust will make these weekly pieces more relevant and interactive. While it would be nice to spend the first week of 2012 on […]
OttawaWatch: Electrifying Christmas minutes
It was an electrifying two minutes on CTV’s Question Period this past Sunday, December 18. After the usual attacks and counter-attacks by the talking heads, QP’s co-anchor, Kevin Newman invited – yea, required – his three MP guests to say something good about their political opponents. The three, Megan Leslie of the NDP, the Liberals’ […]
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