Maclean’s on the Hill: Economic update, fake soldier, climate pact
Also: New details of the attack on Centre Block
Each week, the Maclean’s politics team and Cormac MacSweeney sit down to hash out the week’s news in Ottawa. This week, the bureau discusses the Harper government’s economic update, the significance for Canada of a U.S.-China climate pact and the latest revelations about the Ottawa terror attack.
THE HEADLINES
ON OTTAWAA no good, terrible, very bad year
ON BALANCEThe Tories pitch a shaky budget surplus
ON ELECTIONSWhat Tory plans reveal about 2015
ON CLIMATEWhy a U.S.-China pact matters
ON HARASSMENTMulcair proposes new measures
ON KEYSTONECongress legislates a pipeline
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