UncategorizedOn truth in $enten¢ingThe debate over the net costs of the government’s Truth in Sentencing bill is of the kind that makes me want to throw up my hands...
Uncategorized’4,476 pages of contempt’Kevin Page has apparently asked the government if it might turn over the electric version of the paper data it dumped in boxes on...
OttawaLet’s put that the "no yelling" rule to the test: Liveblogging the Library of Parliament committeeFull disclosure: the last time ITQ covered the Library committee, it was pretty much just to see if it could be done without the...
OttawaUPDATED: About that whole "Well, at least we’re doing better than the rest of the world" talking point, Prime Minister ...The latest briefing note from the Parliamentary Budget Office suggests that may not actually be the case -- not if you look at...
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...
OttawaPBOWatch - Kevin Page to opposition parties: Little help, guys?... posted on behalf of Colleague Wells, who received a copy of the following missive in his morning email. What does it all mean?...
OttawaPBOWatch: The Librarian’s TaleIn his first interview on the subject, parliamentary librarian William Young tells the Ottawa Citizen why Parliamentary Budget...
OttawaUPDATED: Parliamentary Budget Office facing funding freeze? This sounds like a job for the Library of Parliament committee!Oh, wait – at this precise moment, it doesn’t actually exist because someone - we’re not pointing fingers here - decided to...