Maclean’s on the Hill: Trudeau turfs two MPs, Del Mastro resigns
Also: Joe Oliver prepares an economic update
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 misconduct scandal on Parliament Hill, the resignation of Dean Del Mastro, a new bill to make Remembrance Day a national holiday and a proposal to reinstate the long-form census.
THE HEADLINES
ON HARASSMENTTrudeau turfs two MPs
ON DEL MASTROThe Peterborough MP’s final speech
ON AMERICAHow the Republican swing helps Canada
ON FAMILIESWho wins under Harper’s new tax policy
ON NUMBERSWhy won’t the Tories show us their rough work?
ON HISTORYA former media baron on the ’magic thread’
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