OttawaThe Commons: Gerry Ritz is away right now, please leave a messageAaron Wherry on tainted meat and ministerial accountability
OttawaGerry Ritz, beefeaterThe NDP is pointing with some alarm this afternoon to a story in the Battlefords News-Optimist about Gerry Ritz’s visit to the...
OttawaThe largest ever beef recallWhile e.coli cases are reported in Saskatchewan, Gerry Ritz appears in Alberta and experts point to flaws in the system. After...
OttawaThe Commons: Who is responsible for three million pounds of suspect meat?The Scene. Thomas Mulcair’s question was existential. "Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives do not seem to have the slightest concept of...
OttawaHow safe is our food?The Globe finds confusion around our food safety system. The CFIA acknowledges that a change is required.
OttawaThe Commons: Ministerial accountability means the minister will hold someone to accountAll beef-related matters fell to Peter MacKay
OttawaThe Commons: Thomas Mulcair does his Stephen Harper impressionUnfortunately, no silly wig was used
OttawaThe quiet cutsThe Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a coalition of organizations that deal with...
OttawaUnpacking the budget billAs noted yesterday, the budget implementation bill tabled yesterday by the Conservatives numbers 431 pages of...
GeneralUS officials find mad cow disease in CaliforniaThe U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has found its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease...