The Commons: ‘Building costs for the water feature are $57,000′In a few days, this fake lake has surpassed so many other matters of public policy
Democracy is in the eye of the beholder (II)Both today and yesterday the Conservatives sent up a dutiful backbencher to express fear and outrage at the prospect of a...
Democracy is in the eye of the beholderNational Newswatch is reporting that Conservative MP Rodney Weston has voiced an opinion today that is not entirely dismissive of...
Feel better now?The specific cost of the fake lake is apparently $ 57,000 . Two-million is the cost to build and then dismantle the entire G8 and...
Swim at your own riskThe Toronto Star posts an artist’s depiction of the G20’s indoor lake, while the Canadian Press provides some important details of...
The Commons: Struggling to swim in their own reflecting pool"Didn’t anyone in government think that a $2 million, 72-hour fake lake to host a meeting on fiscal restraint was a bad idea?"
’So misinformed’In this new era of ministerial accountability, Senator James Cowan wrote to the Prime Minister last week to lament that...
There’s no place like homeThe Citizen and Chronicle-Herald delve into the exciting world of Ottawa real estate (also here and here ) and question the living...
Even the losersRob Silver wonders whether Stephen Harper questions the legitimacy of the Israeli government.