The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Ottawa - Voter support for the federal Liberals dropped dramatically in the days following the auditor general's report into the sponsorship scandal, according to results of a new poll. The Ipsos-Reid poll, conducted for the Globe and Mail and CTV News, suggests Liberal support fell almost one-fifth to 39 per cent Ð down from 48 per cent in January. The Conservatives moved up to 24 per cent from 19 per cent, and the NDP rose two percentage points to 18 per cent. Ottawa - Prime Minister Paul Martin blasted the politics of the past Wednesday, saying he will introduce a new bill to protect whistleblowers when they report government abuses. He said the proposed legislation, to be tabled Monday, will "strengthen the integrity of government. To achieve that goal, we must create an environment in which the reporting of wrongdoing can be made without repercussion for someone who comes forward. We are doing just that." Vancouver - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is creating a program that will see routine testing done on poultry flocks across the country to determine how widespread avian flu is. B.C. farmers have had to destroy 54,000 chickens after a form of the H7 avian flu virus mutated from a low-infection type to a highly contagious one, a spokesperson for the food inspection agency, said.3/18/2004
