lawrence cannon

In reaction to a recent Maclean’s story, the NDP leader says never. A new source says he didn’t dismiss the idea.

Conservative MP Rob Anders is displeased with the Harper government’s decision to provide funding for the Bethune Memorial House.

RhetoricalIy speaking, it was a dazzling duel

Reminiscing about the Prime Minister’s words is always a good place to start–for entertainment’s sake.

David Pugliese reports that the Harper government is discussing with the United States the possibility that Canadian special forces will be on the ground in Afghanistan after 2014. This despite a vow two years ago that Canadian Forces would be out of Afghanistan when the current mission ends in 2014.

The Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu exchange greetings in New York.

After making a great show of dispatching Lawrence Cannon to Newfoundland to give Colonel Gadhafi what for, the Harper government apparently dispatched Mr. Cannon to Tripoli to smooth over any offence that great show might have resulted in.

Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon commends Quebec Premier Jean Charest.

The documents tabled today can be viewed in their entirety here. Herein, a series of posts on some of the noteworthy files and disclosures contained therein.

Russia’s Arctic ambassador questions the Harper government’s fears of invasion.

Around the same time Mr. Harper said publicly that the post-2011 mission in Afghanistan would be a “strictly civilian mission” that would not require “any kind of military presence, other than the odd guard guarding an embassy,” he apparently indicated to the NATO secretary general privately that he was open to the possibility of a training mission.

Paul Wells on the Foreign Affairs Minister’s visit to Egypt