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UncategorizedSomebody do somethingPreston Manning appeals to a general need for renewal in Ottawa. He manages, at the same time, to claim that the last session was...
OttawaMemories of PMOs past: Liveblogging the expert superpanel at the Oliphant InquiryAfter reluctantly being forced to miss out on most of the policy review -- thanks, Parliament, for picking last week to go into...
OttawaIn defence of patronage: Liveblogging the O’Brien TrialSeriously, y’all, this is going to be fun, so check back at 10am for all the legal wrangling -- and, depending on what the judge...
OttawaUnfamiliarity breeds contemptThe Public Policy Forum releases its latest survey of Parliament. Operating under minority governments since 2004 has resulted in...