The F-35s and other military procurement tales of horrorIt would be difficult to imagine a more thoroughly botched military procurement program than the F-35 fiasco that has been taken...
The Commons: Stephen Harper’s Royal Canadian Air FarceSuddenly, the F-35 purchase no longer seems to be about ’lives’ and ’jobs’
National Defence, the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Auditor GeneralMarch 2011 . “The Department of National Defence stands behind the estimates that we have communicated publicly,” said Dan...
Rights and Democracy: Qui veut noyer son chien...There’s no reason to believe three years’ worth of relentless negative coverage led to the Harper government’s decision, announced...
Peter Julian’s one-man showThe NDP finance critic officially began his response to the budget with a few remarks shortly before 5pm last Thursday. The House...
The Harper budget: Always leave ’em wanting morePostMedia columnist Michael Den Tandt is still struggling with last Thursday’s budget , which was a good deal less earth-shaking...
Why Harper turned toward Asia: Ask CarneyAn extraordinary speech today from Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. Since it draws on trends that are years in the making, and...
Everything that is wrong with Ottawa, for now at leastWe’re all positively giddy here on the Hill, ladies and gents. The stimulation is so intense we could plotz. There are things...
Justin Trudeau in the ringJohn Geddes on boxing night in Ottawa: Brazeau came out swinging for a knockout. Trudeau was patient.