CanadaWas Mulcair ready to run for the Tories?In reaction to a recent Maclean’s story, the NDP leader says never. A new source says he didn’t dismiss the idea.
OttawaNorman Bethune: Canadian icon or communist villain (or merely something to talk about this week)?Conservative MP Rob Anders is displeased with the Harper government’s decision to provide funding for the Bethune Memorial House...
OttawaThe Commons: John Baird and Thomas Mulcair haggle over seguesRhetoricalIy speaking, it was a dazzling duel
OttawaThe Commons: Stephen Harper says a lot of thingsReminiscing about the Prime Minister’s words is always a good place to start--for entertainment’s sake.
OttawaA short history of the Harper government changing its mind on the mission in AfghanistanDavid Pugliese reports that the Harper government is discussing with the United States the possibility that Canadian special...
Ottawa’Same heart and same values’The Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu exchange greetings in New York. Despite some previous consternation over Lawrence...
OttawaStanding tallAfter making a great show of dispatching Lawrence Cannon to Newfoundland to give Colonel Gadhafi what for, the Harper government...
Ottawa’The best politician of my generation’Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon commends Quebec Premier Jean Charest. It’s perhaps mildly curious that Mr. Cannon...
OttawaReading the documents: DFAIT 10The documents tabled today can be viewed in their entirety here . Herein, a series of posts on some of the noteworthy files and...
OttawaThe Russians are mockingRussia’s Arctic ambassador questions the Harper government’s fears of invasion .