Maclean’s on the Hill: Mourning Jim Flaherty and considering Ukraine
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
ON A FUNERALThe country mourns Jim Flaherty
ON WRIGHTHarper’s ex-chief of staff escapes charges
ON UKRAINEA fragile peace in Russia’s shadow
ON HEARTBLEEDThe security bug that spooked the internet
ON A BREACHHeartbleed paralyzes the CRA
ON NATURAL RESOURCESWhy development should benefit everyone
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