OttawaThe Commons: Shadowboxing the ghostsFlaherty: "I hope the Liberal senators will stop delaying the bill in the other place."
OttawaThe Commons: Stephen Harper requests your patienceLots to laugh about in the House today—until it got serious
OttawaYour Team Iggy starting line-upPosted without comment for the moment. Some attempt at analysis now offered below. Intergovernmental Affairs Michael Ignatieff...
OttawaOne drawback to the whole announce-an-inquiry/investigation-(public- or-otherwise)-to-push-a-scandal- onto-the-backburner strategy of damage control. . .Eventually, a nosy reporter with time (and column inches) to fill during the Christmas-to-New-Year’s news holiday may start asking...
OttawaEr, sorryAbout that listeria outbreak . The Canadian Food Inspection Agency could have done a far better job communicating with the public...
OttawaBTC: Five daysCBC/Star investigation says the CFIA was warned on Aug. 14 that Maple Leaf products were contaminated. The CFIA’s official alert...
OttawaBTC: It is now almost everyone’s faultAnother listeria-related recall . Meanwhile... the CFIA is now requiring daily checks. CFIA inspectors blame a policy change. The...
OttawaBTC: In case you missed itWhen the listeriosis outbreak was raised during last night’s debate, the NDP war room sent out a press release that claimed the...
OttawaBTC: Will we hear anything about food safety tonight?Because the death toll is up to 20 . Stay tuned .