OttawaTechnicalityFurther to Paul’s report , the NDP reports the explanation they received as follows. "That it was a technical briefing for the...
OttawaHow much is that cabinet in the window? (VI)From Canadian Press . "Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will use Thursday’s economic update to spread the pain of the economic...
OttawaThe Commons: Everyone’s fault, but Jim’sThe Scene . Economic apocalypse beckons. The very foundations of Western society are crumbling. Bloody anarchy is sure to...
OttawaCanada, so totally backThree of a kind. Paul Koring in the Globe . "Although ministers told the House of Commons last spring that Abousfian Abdelrazik, a...
Ottawa’To non-partisanship we move then’Glen Pearson has some ideas (which he will reveal to you in due course). "Over the next few entries I want to take a stab at...
OttawaDiplomacyIn a rare show of tactical bipartisanship, the three opposition parties combined to ask four consecutive questions this afternoon...
OttawaThe Commons: What we need right now is an economistThe Scene. John McCallum was up first, sneering as only he can about the government’s plan to run a deficit. "Our election...
OttawaOn partisanshipReginald Stackhouse : The purpose of the opposition is to prevent the government and its supporters from using their near-absolute...