Canadian Media
Press Gallery walks out
I’ve received word that the Parliamentary Press Gallery walked out of an announcement by the Prime Minister today regarding aid for Sudan. The PM was to…
Archive: 2006
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Parliament of Canada
The language of defeat
This week, MPs voted by a bitterly narrow margin on whether the government should extend the Canadian mission in Afghanistan by two years. While NDP, BQ and…
Parliament of Canada
Will these MPs flip flop?
Here are a few quotes from NDP and Liberal MPs regarding the Canadian mission in Afghanistan: NDP MP Peter Stoffer: “Mr. Chair, I want to answer the question…
Alberta Politics
Preston Manning
Just received this press release from Manning’s people: Calgary, Alberta – Preston Manning today announced that he has decided to continue development of the…
Jack Layton
Flap Jack
Jack Layton, in his own words: Given that our obligations in Afghanistan will end in 10 months, Parliament should soon debate and vote on a new deployment. Can…
Stephen Harper
100 days
Today marks the 100th day since Canadians voted for change on January 23rd. A friend asked me the other day whether Canadians voted to remove the Liberals or…
Digital Politics
Tracking the trends
Google, the leading online search provider in the world, has released a new service called Google Trends. The service summarizes all Google searches by region…
Parliament of Canada
PM defends Civitas
Snap!: Mr. Mark Holland (Ajax-Pickering, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the point that the minister misses is very simple. There is a difference between expressing an…
Economy and Budget
The budget and students
In a post about a week ago on the various reactions to the government’s 2006 budget “Focusing on Priorities”, I featured the following three quotations from…