OttawaA frustrated FlahertyJim Flaherty is confronted by some friendly pensioners. "Listen, this is a very serious time!" a frustrated Flaherty said...
OttawaThe Commons: The prudence of pessimismThe Scene. Thomas Mulcair had tried to reason with the government. "According to StatsCan, of the 300,000 people who have lost...
OttawaDo your shareMike Wallace responds to the parliamentary budget officer’s latest projections. “I believe part of the issue facing Canada and...
OttawaPBOWatch: Okay, the Parliamentary Budget Office has now officially put more thought into those quarterly budget reports ...... than the party that came up with the idea to have the government provide them in the first place. Or so it seems from the...
OttawaPBOWatch: Is that a Cabinet Confidence in your budget forecast …Or do you just not want to give away all your secrets? Everyone’s favourite fiscal futurist Kevin Page appears to have hit a...
OttawaJust when you think you’re out ...4:09:38 PM I know, I know - this is so unITQ-like in its non-live-bloggingness, but I’ll be honest with y’all - I wasn’t actually...
UncategorizedThe Commons: Abbott & Costello fix the economyWho was away this day. Absent too was What.
OttawaOn why it’s a good idea to read your party’s proposed opposition day motions ...Or ITQ , for that matter: It makes it less likely that you’ll inadvertantly - or perhaps deliberately - publicly contradict your...
OttawaSo, about that $40 billion stimulus package ...: Liveblogging the Parliamentary Budget Officer at the Finance CommitteeJoin ITQ as embattled parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page makes his first post-budget appearance before the Finance committee...