OttawaTake the Jim Flaherty Budget ChallengeBruce Cheadle finds a few discrepancies between the spring budget and the latest budget implementation bill . Postmedia and the...
OttawaSpending to sell yourself while cutting billionsWhile fighting the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s attempts to review its budget cuts, the Harper government is spending millions...
OttawaThe penny receives a short stay of executionJim Flaherty announces that the Royal Canadian Mint will stop circulating the penny on February 4, 2013. This year’s budget...
OttawaParliament can’t do its jobDean Beeby revisits the government operations committee’s report on Parliament’s ability to scrutinize government spending. Within...
OttawaBrent Rathgeber Maverick WatchIn response to the attention received for his last blog post , the Conservative backbencher shrugs . He also defends the budget...
OttawaThe quiet cutsStatistics Canada has released a list of the programs and surveys that will be affected by budget cuts. The full list is here...
OttawaThe quiet cutsVIA Rail will layoff approximately nine percent of its workforce and reduce service. Another round of "affected notices" have been...
OttawaThe quiet cutsFederal funding for emergency preparedness teams will be cut. Senator Colin Kenny blasts the Harper government. See previously:...
OttawaBrent Rathgeber, ministerial limos and C-38Postmedia picks up on Brent Rathgeber’s blog post and interviews the Conservative backbencher. For reaction, the Canadian Press...
OttawaC-38: A failure to communciateConservative MP John Weston apparently came to the conclusion last week that the government had failed in one particular way on...