UncategorizedThe first step is admitting you’ve got a problemI was to have spent part of this afternoon participating in the Public Policy Forum’s Back to School celebration (Kady’s there...
OttawaAnd I know Sweden, Finland, Israel, Japan, India and China thank you for it"’We resolved that the term `competitiveness,’ the term `productivity’ and the term `innovation’ was never going to appear in...
OttawaWhat Garth heardThe most entertaining parts of Sheeple , Garth Turner’s awkwardly titled account of his most recent time in politics, are almost...
OttawaSee for yourselfThe McGill panel discussion including Ian Brodie that John Geddes wrote about a couple weeks ago is now online . CPAC has also...
OttawaStomach-churningDan Gardner on yesterday’s remarks from Ian Brodie . Of course it’s not news to anyone that the Conservatives put politics ahead...
Ottawa’The most depressing thing you’ll read today’Adam Radwanski points to John Geddes’ dispatch from Montreal.
UncategorizedIs Miles Davis really running Ottawa?We face the future without a plan, with laws that mean nothing. It’s kind of like jazz.
OttawaHappy second anniversary, Federal Accountability Act!I’m sure that the PM’s former chief of staff Ian Brodie sends along best wishes from his new office on Metcalfe Street, where he...
OttawaShoved down the memory holeVery possibly for entirely justifiable reasons. Still, I’d love to know the story behind this now deleted Wikipedia page, which I...
GeneralMemories of Rideau Club-catered Dinners PastAnd to think just a few weeks later, one of these three dining companions would be investigating allegations that another had...