Each week, the Maclean’s politics team and Cormac MacSweeney sit down to hash out the week’s news in Ottawa. Expect incisive analysis and commentary, as well as interviews with the biggest newsmakers of the last seven days. This week, Cormac has a special report from the state funeral of the late Jim Flaherty, Paul Wells and foreign correspondent Michael Petrou discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, John Geddes talks to Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski about how the territory is managing its natural resources, Aaron Wherry reviews the RCMP’s decision to not charge Nigel Wright with former House of Commons law clerk, Rob Walsh, and Cormac looks closer at what the Heartbleed data theft means for you.

Online extra: John Geddes’ full interview with Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski

Online extra: Cormac MacSweeny’s full interview with security analyst Raymond Vankrimpen

THE HEADLINES

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  ON A FUNERAL
  The country mourns Jim Flaherty

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  ON WRIGHT
  Harper’s ex-chief of staff escapes charges

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  ON UKRAINE
  A fragile peace in Russia’s shadow

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  ON HEARTBLEED
  The security bug that spooked the internet

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  ON A BREACH
  Heartbleed paralyzes the CRA

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  ON NATURAL RESOURCES
  Why development should benefit everyone

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