UncategorizedThe Commons: Huzzah, Mr. Ignatieff asks a question that is not entirely rhetoricalBut never let it be said Parliament is no place for a Ringo joke
OttawaPBOWatch: "He wants more information on infrastructure spending? Hasn’t he seen the ads for the website?"As noted by Colleague Wherry earlier today, midway through the Toronto Star’s coverage of the...
UncategorizedJumped v. pushedGordon Landon says he was politely asked to go away. Elsewhere, the Parliamentary Budget Officer says he’s being politely rebuffed...
OttawaThat wasn’t so hardOne hundred and thirty-four economists, including 15 past presidents of the Canadian Economics Association, sign a clear letter of...
OttawaYou gotta fight for your right to leakThis time it’s the Liberals giving the Parliamentary Budget Officer a headache
Uncategorized’Dumb’The Prime Minister apparently thinks little of the parliamentary budget officer he hired. The Liberal press office was quick this...
UncategorizedTax increase or spending cut?More from the Parliament Budget Officer, this time in an interview with Canwest. Loyal readers may remember this discussion.
UncategorizedPut it on our tabReuters gets hold of the latest projections from the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Time for another retrospective? Feb. 5, 2008...
Uncategorized’Anybody can do that’Jim Flaherty tries to explain why Kevin Page is wrong to say that tax hikes or spending cuts are going to be necessary to get the...
UncategorizedHey, remember late 2004?Back to the previous Conservative opposition’s demand for objective analysis of the national finances. Here is the NDP’s second...