Ottawa’Honest budgetary numbers’Nice to see Liberals and Conservatives getting together and, seemingly, getting along. To think, all it took was a government...
OttawaThe first draftAn inside account of two bewildering weeks in Ottawa—the product of more than a dozen interviews—is now online . It was...
OttawaThe Commons: ’Unbelievable’Prime Minister Dion had a question. "Does the Prime Minister," he asked, "still believe that he enjoys the confidence of this...
OttawaFantasy governmentLatest reports put a coalition cabinet at 24 members—18 Liberal, 6 NDP. Consider this a rough draft (uninformed by any inside...
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...
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...
OttawaThe Commons: Seriously, Mr. Flaherty needs your helpThe Scene . The peanut gallery seemed to find the first full day of Canada’s 40th Parliament to be a bit of a bore. Which is to...