Stephen Harper

The Star dissects the government’s claim that the opposition parties didn’t read the budget before rejecting it.

Coalitions haven’t always seemed like a bad idea to the PM

When he’s not precipitating elections, Stephen Harper likes to lament how unnecessary and reckless they are

Mr. Harper has now appealed for the opposition parties to reconsider their objections to the budget, while Mr. Ignatieff has...

There are myriad scenarios now as to how and when the government could be defeated in the House: most pointing to Thursday or...

Jack Layton waited until the budget was public before pulling the plug on the 40th Parliament

Sometime shortly after 4pm, just in time for the release of the federal budget, our blog platform crashed. Shortly after...

How many of the NDP leader’s demands does the federal budget have to meet to ensure its passage?

Tabatha Southey listens to the Prime Minister, imagines a world in which democracy is an actual threat to the welfare of the...

The Star sizes up a potential campaign. A majority of respondents to a recent Ipsos Reid poll put "honest, open and trustworthy...