CanadaCan slow and steady win the race?Recessions are hard on governing parties, as the Tories are learning
OttawaBTC: Family is everything (IX)From the Globe . "While Mr. Dion tried to suggest competency by sitting next to Mr. Martin and Mr. Goodale, a defensive-sounding...
OttawaBTC: It is now almost everyone’s faultAnother listeria-related recall . Meanwhile... the CFIA is now requiring daily checks. CFIA inspectors blame a policy change. The...
OttawaBTC: Democracy is hardAfter each debate last week someone would ask me who I thought "won" and I would say what I honestly believed to be true: "I have...
OttawaThe only thing they have to fearI didn’t care much for Stephen Harper’s accusation, earlier in the campaign, that the opposition were cheering for a recession...
OttawaMorning memo: Ever the optimist, Harper looks at the bright side of an economic collapseBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Another day, another poll showing the Conservatives losing support. This time, Harris-Decima’s got...
OttawaBTC: He was for Europeans before he was against themEurope. Not worth the risk . Just ask Stephen Harper. *** "The trip to Poland this year was my first. I had a number of very...
OttawaBTC: When there’s nothing left to burnBulletin, just now, from the Conservative war room entitled Economist vs. Sociologist: "Who should Canadians trust to reassure the...
OttawaBTC: I remember nothingIf I heard correctly, the Prime Minister also just said that he never called Parliament "dysfunctional." CTV , Aug. 14 In...
OttawaBTC: I regret nothingStephen Harper, asked by Peter Mansbridge whether he regrets his comment about rich, taxpayer-subsidized galas. "I don’t like the...