OttawaBTC: Necessary readsThree important pieces from this week’s ole fashioned magazine. (Though obviously every piece in every issue of the magazine is...
OttawaBTC: How much is that cabinet in the window?Canada’s new ministry is 37 strong. Twenty-four ministers. Twelve ministers of state. One government house leader. Ministers and...
OttawaBTC: The end of the Peter Van Loan EraBecause if there’s anything the new Public Safety Minister demonstrated during the last Parliament it’s that he’s just the sort of...
CanadaHe won. Now what?After the challenges of the economy and Quebec, is there room for Harper to grow?
OttawaBTC: World without pollingSlate recycles its January thought experiment. Without polling numbers to drive their narrative, political journalists would turn...
OttawaBTC: Canada’s back (Part Whatever)A report from Rome . Mr. Martin said the Canadian delegation did not make a speech, but Monday vetoed a Swiss proposal to change...
OttawaBTC: Dominic LeBlanc, a man of some witDominic LeBlanc has not appeared here as regularly as some—he’s generally one of the opposition’s finer performers—but his...
OttawaBTC: Doggone it"I would guess that Franken is running for the Senate because he thinks he will have moments like these, when the superior force...
OttawaBTC: Unexpectedly important issue of the weekAsbestos. The Globe and Mail previews this week’s talks in Rome, while the Ottawa Citizen’s Katie Daubs has completed a four-part...