Spotted in the Capital: new OLO staffers
At an Ottawa coffee shop beneath the Official Opposition offices today, an impromptu gathering of Liberals signaled the changes now underway in the office of the leader. The sounds of hammers and saws...
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Opportunity knocks for the NDP?
Everybody knows it hasn't been the rosiest time for federal Liberals. A strident plan to bring down the Conservative government last fall has somehow mellowed, or melted, into a lament from leader...
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The flyer fight
Elaine Bander is sitting in her bright kitchen in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood. "So this is what I found in the mail," she says, looking at a piece of paper sent to her house by Calgary...
View Article3 men tortured abroad deserve compensation: MPs
A majority of MPs has voted to compensate three Canadians who were tortured overseas. Conservative government members voted against the motion, which would offer restitution to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad...
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Wedged in: soldiers as props?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's comments aboard HMCS Quebec in Trinidad and Tobago last weekend raised some eyebrows. "In a time when some in the political arena do not hesitate before throwing the...
View ArticleWidows on the warpath for compensation
A number of military widows told the Veterans Affairs Committee this morning that thegovernment's compensation package for Agent Orange exposure is a sham. Widows who form the group "Military Widows on...
View ArticleTo prorogue or not to prorogue: the government's question
It has been a few weeks fraught with headaches for the government. The testimony of Richard Colvin on Afghan detainees was followed by a black eye at the Copenhagen climate change summit, where...
View ArticleWhat if we build it, and they don't come?
Now that the G20 will be meeting in Toronto this June, a planned three-day G8 summit in cottage country north of Toronto has been scaled back to a one-day gathering. But what's not being scaled back is...
View ArticleSenate speculation ramps up on the Hill
Senate rumours are swirling to fill the gap created by the hiatus on Parliament Hill. Ever since Stephen Harper prorogued Parliament on Dec. 30, the buzz has been all about who he will appoint to fill...
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A cabinet of one, expands...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has unveiled his new lineup of cabinet ministers -- a process Harper described as "fine tuning." Stockwell Day becomes president of the Treasury Board, where he'll team...
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It's a safe bet: Canada's government is making non-announcements
It's the first day of March break, but the Conservative government isn't taking the week off. Prime Minister Stephen Harper cancelled March break for MPs after the prorogation fiasco angered Canadians....
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Canada in a nuclear world
Canada will return its stores of enriched uranium to the U.S., Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today.Harper is in Washington today to take part in U.S. President Barack Obama's nuclear...
View ArticleMixed messages from Tories on Jaffer and the lobbying commissioner
Three government ministers offered less than fulsome answers today about their contacts with Rahim Jaffer, former Conservative MP and now, party pariah. It began with Human Resources Minister Diane...
View ArticleClement, Jaffer and trying to get a straight answer
It seems the office of Industry Minister Tony Clement did receive an email from Rahim Jaffer, and has informed Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd about the email. This, despite what his staffer told...
View ArticleMock invitation to fête Count Michael Ignatieff and Czar Nicholas
It has mysterious origins. It was the mention of Borscht that tipped me off. That and the disclaimer in fine print at the bottom: "This is intended as political satire." The tasteful-looking invitation...
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