The story so far

Taking a couple days off now, before Parliament resumes next week. Good a time as any to take stock and thank you for your continued readership, with a special nod to National Newswatch and various blogs that periodically find this place worthy of praise, ridicule of at least notice.

The winter was alternately dispiriting, dizzying and mesmerizing. Hopefully the spring will be similar. Minus perhaps the profound democratic crisis (which so many here seem to have forgotten already) and crushing economic woe (which is so far persistent, no matter how hard people here try to hide from it).

Below a collection of the 40 sketches that so far make up coverage here of our 40th Parliament.

Nov. 13 Iggy comes in, againNov. 19 Far from hereNov. 21 Seriously, Mr. Flaherty needs your helpNov. 24 What we need right now is an economistNov. 25 Everyone’s fault, but Jim’sNov. 26 Our government’s weight problemNov. 27 Gaming the systemNov. 28 ’Sir, did you make a mistake?’

Dec. 1 ’Unbelievable’Dec. 2 And then it got worseDec. 3 ’How do we repair the irreperable?’Dec. 4 A cold and miserable dayDec. 10 ’I hope I make myself clear’

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Jan. 20 How it looked from hereJan. 26 The mild voice of consensusJan. 27 ’Our government shares that regret’Jan. 28 Behold, the majesty of ways and meansJan. 29 ’It gets to the point of being tragic’

Feb. 2 ’The problem is not with me’Feb. 4 Michael Ignatieff and the herdFeb. 5 Stephen Harper requests your patienceFeb. 9 Abbott & Costello fix the economyFeb. 10 A rhetorical downturnFeb. 11 The weightFeb. 12 ’This is a joke’Feb. 19 He was hereFeb. 23 Back to our regularly scheduled doomFeb. 24 Why they don’t call it answer periodFeb. 25 Iggy and the farmersFeb. 26 Starring Charlie Angus

Mar. 2 Words, they just get in the wayMar. 3 What shall we call this crisis of ours?Mar. 4 Afghanistan, now with picturesMar. 5 Yell louderMar. 9 The $3-billion questionMar. 10 Inconvenienced by realityMar. 11 Shadowboxing the ghostsMar. 12 ’I am unclear as to why this is amusing’Mar. 13 General CanadaMar. 16 The baby face of Canadian conservatism