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Coalitions haven’t always seemed like a bad idea to the PM

When he’s not precipitating elections, Stephen Harper likes to lament how unnecessary and reckless they are

After some degree of procedural wrangling this afternoon, the way is now cleared—barring, conceivably, a last minute deal on the...

Mr. Harper has now appealed for the opposition parties to reconsider their objections to the budget, while Mr. Ignatieff has...

From the Finance Minister’s news conference during yesterday’s lock-up, in response to questions about whether the budget had met...

There are myriad scenarios now as to how and when the government could be defeated in the House: most pointing to Thursday or...

Stephen Gordon critiques the boutique budget. John Geddes reviews the budget in print and video . Canadian Business consults...

Jack Layton waited until the budget was public before pulling the plug on the 40th Parliament

Sometime shortly after 4pm, just in time for the release of the federal budget, our blog platform crashed. Shortly after...

Last evening, after four hours of debate , the House unanimously approved the following motion.