OttawaSelective hearingDuring Jim Flaherty’s noon teleconference he was asked if his government had shown itself to be tone deaf to the present political...
OttawaFor Hill gamblersWhat’s the over/under on number of cigarettes smoked by John McCallum this weekend? Five-hundred? A thousand? And what are the...
OttawaToday in ParliamentBefore Question Period each day, 15 minutes is set aside for MP’s to stand and deliver short statements on whatever subject they...
OttawaThe problem with talking...... is that sometimes people hear you. As to the government’s decision to back down on the vote subsidy and a government source’s...
OttawaThe Commons: Gaming the systemThe Scene. No recession. No deficit. No need to worry. Just support the troops and buy more stock. In the midst of an election...
OttawaBehold the awesome power of the fall legislative agenda!Screenyoinked from parl.gc.ca earlier this afternoon: In the absence of evidence to the contrary, ITQ will blame this on the New...
OttawaThe Commons: Everyone’s fault, but Jim’sThe Scene . Economic apocalypse beckons. The very foundations of Western society are crumbling. Bloody anarchy is sure to...
OttawaWell, isn’t he a lucky little newbie MP?Look who won the lottery for consideration of Private Members’ business! If that’s not an auspicious omen to kick off one’s...
OttawaCanada, so totally backThree of a kind. Paul Koring in the Globe . "Although ministers told the House of Commons last spring that Abousfian Abdelrazik, a...
Ottawa’To non-partisanship we move then’Glen Pearson has some ideas (which he will reveal to you in due course). "Over the next few entries I want to take a stab at...