OttawaPaying the bills (II)The CBC reports the government will cut deeper into departmental budgets than previously planned. The Finance Minister raises the...
OttawaYour mostly unalienable right to fly the flagSeems the Conservative bill on flag-flying will not apply to the most powerful condo board of all.
OttawaYour tax dollars at workThe Board of Internal Economy has tabled its latest report of MP expenses . The second biggest expenditure line: ten percenters...
OttawaCompromise TuesdayMeanwhile, MPs have agreed to let Auditor General Sheila Fraser have a look at the books. Below, Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch...
OttawaThe new consensusLast week, Michael Ignatieff said the auditor general and the Board of Internal Economy should discuss their differences over an...
OttawaYou’re not helping, Mr. SzaboWhile the auditor general remains delightfully passive aggressive, Liberal Paul Szabo explains that one reason the public can’t...
Ottawa’People just don’t believe politicians anymore’Liberal backbencher Michelle Simson confirms her cult hero status with the seemingly desired reaction to yesterday’s decision to...
Uncategorized’I can assure you nobody is getting their moat paid for’Stephen Maher asks and both Michael Ignatieff and Gilles Duceppe say they’re open to allowing Sheila Fraser to audit MP...
UncategorizedWe cannot be trusted with this informationConservative Gerald Keddy explains why details of MP expenses shouldn’t be made public. On the one hand, he’s absolutely...
UncategorizedFree speech and propagandaBuried in a Liberal motion yesterday was a proposal that the House direct "its Board of Internal Economy to take all necessary...