Sent to the wholeAt the conclusion of regular business this evening, the House of Commons will set aside the mace and move into a committee of the...
Looking for answersNearly a month ago, the Parliamentary Budget Office wrote to 83 departments of government seeking details of the cuts cited in...
The Dutch, oil and Thomas MulcairStephen Gordon considers the question of Dutch Disease. The NDP leader was asked after QP yesterday about his comments on the oil...
Waiting for answersThe Globe reports that Defence officials made a trip to Washington last week to research the latest cost estimates for the...
How many ways can you split a budget bill?The Canadian Press talks to Nathan Cullen. The New Democrats are apparently now proposing that the budget bill be split into five...
The Commons: Are Peter Kent’s answers being laundered?And by "laundering" the Conservatives mean "cleaned of unfortunate spots and ironed of wrinkles"
Still talking about debating the budget billI am reasonably assured that the Conservatives and New Democrats continue to discuss the possibility of splitting the budget...
Lacking in reductions and projected costsThe environment commissioner tabled his spring report this morning. More from the Canadian Press , CBC , Postmedia , Global and...
The debate continuesYesterday was the fourth day of debate for the budget bill. The discussion starts here and resumes here . James Rajotte , Pierre...
Why are cuts being made?In addition to lamenting the lack of transparency around the cuts, Scott Clark questions the reasoning for the Harper government’s...