Coyne v. Wells on the Conservatives’ “in-and-out” campaign scandal
Plus: the Tories’ decision not to fund Quebec City’s new hockey arena
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Quebec City
Urban renewal
Jim Flaherty, today . "The government does not have a program to fund sports arenas for professional sports teams. We’re going to...
Smells like team spirit
Why shouldn’t sports get public money if the arts do?
That’s a no, sort of
Transport Minister Chuck Strahl dismisses any use of gas tax revenues to fund an arena in Quebec City. And yet, "a PMO spokesman...
Someone call Larry Bertuzzi to sort this out
The Conservatives may or may not allow gas tax revenues to be used to build a hockey arena in Quebec City, but the mayor of Quebec...
How to fund an arena for a hypothetical NHL team without really doing so
Greg Weston previews the government’s next move.
’We don’t want people building a building on our account’
Speaking over the weekend in Carolina, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman addresses the question of a team for Quebec City.
’The door is not closed from the federal government’
The government decides it’s not quite ready to decide on the most important public policy question of our time. The Liberals...
Reports of Maxime Bernier’s changed mind were greatly exaggerated
The maverick from Beauce reassures everyone that he has not wavered in his maverickness.
’A puck in the face for taxpayers’
Whatever has been said about federal funding for a hypothetical arena for a hypothetical NHL team —and whatever you make of...