OttawaSelective hearingDuring Jim Flaherty’s noon teleconference he was asked if his government had shown itself to be tone deaf to the present political...
OttawaFor Hill gamblersWhat’s the over/under on number of cigarettes smoked by John McCallum this weekend? Five-hundred? A thousand? And what are the...
OttawaAnd now a word from Her ExcellencyOr at least her office, in response to an emailed question about whether Madame Jean might be on her way back to Ottawa. "Her...
OttawaToday in ParliamentBefore Question Period each day, 15 minutes is set aside for MP’s to stand and deliver short statements on whatever subject they...
OttawaThe problem with talking...... is that sometimes people hear you. As to the government’s decision to back down on the vote subsidy and a government source’s...
OttawaThe Commons: Gaming the systemThe Scene. No recession. No deficit. No need to worry. Just support the troops and buy more stock. In the midst of an election...
OttawaThe Commons: Everyone’s fault, but Jim’sThe Scene . Economic apocalypse beckons. The very foundations of Western society are crumbling. Bloody anarchy is sure to...
Ottawa’To non-partisanship we move then’Glen Pearson has some ideas (which he will reveal to you in due course). "Over the next few entries I want to take a stab at...
OttawaDiplomacyIn a rare show of tactical bipartisanship, the three opposition parties combined to ask four consecutive questions this afternoon...
OttawaThe Commons: What we need right now is an economistThe Scene. John McCallum was up first, sneering as only he can about the government’s plan to run a deficit. "Our election...