OttawaWhat has just transpiredMore on this later, but today’s Question Period in a word: gruesome. The day that the Prime Minister accused Stephane Dion of...
OttawaSitting down for change?CBC made note tonight that two cabinet ministers—Rob Nicholson and Stockwell Day—declined to participate in the standing...
Ottawa’It was incredible to watch’I’m a bit hesitant to link again, for the umpteenth time, to Glen Pearson’s blog. But then I suppose it doesn’t do us any good to...
OttawaSelective hearingDuring Jim Flaherty’s noon teleconference he was asked if his government had shown itself to be tone deaf to the present political...
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...
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...
OttawaOn partisanshipReginald Stackhouse : The purpose of the opposition is to prevent the government and its supporters from using their near-absolute...
GeneralWhen Sunday Morning Political Panel Producers Attack!(Note to readers: Apologies if this originally appeared in a slightly more minimalist format; I’m playing with the Wordpress Post...