Jack Layton
Jack Layton reacts to the budget
I captured the following footage of NDP leader Jack Layton outside of the House of Commons after the budget was tabled. He was the first opposition leader to…
March 2007
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Economy and Budget
Pre-budget interviews
On budget day yesterday, I took the camera to the Hill and spoke with a few people concerning their expectations for the budget. Gord Brown, CPC MP…
Conservative Party of Canada
Budget today
I arrived back in Ottawa this past afternoon exhausted from attending the much talked-about Conservative Party boot camp in Toronto. Of course, I won’t unleash…
CBC
CBC “investigates”
Last night on CBC’s Fifth Estate, reporters investigated the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation over insider lottery wins by clerks. From the CBC’s…
Elections
Freedom of Speech defeat
Today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against speech with respect to the communication of election results in Eastern provinces to voters in Western parts of the…
Stéphane Dion
Martha’s parachute
Today, Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion handed Martha Hall Findlay the safe Liberal riding of Willowdale to replace retiring MP Jim Peterson. As I said in…
Conservative Party of Canada
On this day in history…
…a woman named Deb Grey became the first elected Reform party MP. On March 13th, 1989 Grey was elected by the constituents of the federal riding of Beaver…
CBC
We get letters!
The other day, I got an email from Dr. Tom Flanagan, political science professor and close adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Dr. Flanagan writes: This…
Conservative Party of Canada
Calling all students…
The following is a Public Service Announcement! Are you a student? Do you have an interest in working in political Ottawa? Do have an interest in carrying the…