OttawaThe Commons: The daring Mr. HarperIt’s as if he’s taunting his detractors. Mocking their outrage.
OttawaThe Commons: Home improvementThe morning after the night before, Michael Ignatieff went for a stroll down the adhesives aisle of a Rona in suburban Gatineau. A...
OttawaThe Commons: Let us build a bridgeUpon this we must drive together toward the future. Or at least Verdun.
OttawaThe Commons: Rave-upThe circular amphitheatre, used in other circumstances by a circus school, was bathed in red light. A muscular DJ spun pounding...
OttawaThe Commons: Good morning MontrealAt 9 o’clock this morning, Mr. Ignatieff’s bus stopped in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood. The Liberal leader disembarked and he...
OttawaThe Commons: And so it beginsShortly after the bells chimed to signal three-quarters past nine—after the Prime Minister had gone to Rideau Hall and after the...
OttawaThe Commons: So it endsWhat happened today may be an admission of defeat on the part of the 40th Parliament