The Commons: A day like any other
On the last sitting before Parliament’s summer recess, a "visionless" government and the "tired" official opposition
G8
The Commons: A bridge too far
’A fake lake, fiddlers and a landlocked boat were just the beginning’
The Commons: United in mutual disdain
"Mr. Speaker," Mr. Rae replied, "let me return the favour to the Prime Minister and say those comments are also totally false"
The Dewar doctrine
Amid all else this day, the NDP’s Paul Dewar convened a news conference to outline his side’s hopes for the upcoming G8 and G20...
The $4-million fence
And other strange and annoying contrivances, as pre-summit security invades cottage county
The Commons: Lawrence Cannon explains everything
This is the closest Parliament has come to hearing a factual explanation in months
The Commons: Sound and fury signifying a lack of anything
"It is like a skit out of Monty Python, except it is not funny"
The Commons: ‘Building costs for the water feature are $57,000′
In a few days, this fake lake has surpassed so many other matters of public policy
Everybody gets a gazebo
The Star tours the G8 legacy projects of Ontario’s cottage country.
Feel better now?
The specific cost of the fake lake is apparently $ 57,000 . Two-million is the cost to build and then dismantle the entire G8 and...