“The Prime Minister should apologize” whines Her Majesty’s Loyal Official Opposition in reaction to Stephen Harper’s latest attack on the sensibilities of the Liberal Party. This week in the House, in reaction to a call…
On budget day, “stakeholders” gathered in the Railway room of Parliament for interviews and to give their reaction to the budget to the pool feed for the television networks. I met a few interesting people who were…
I interviewed Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe on his reaction to the federal budget and why he chose to support it. I also ask about the PQ’s assertion that it might hold a referendum in Quebec on sovereignty with only a…
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 react to the budget and helped set the tone for the other…
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 Leeds-Grenville: Anne McGrath, president of the NDP: Tim Powers…
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 all of the evil Tory secrets that I learned within the…
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 website: LUCK OR LARCENY? Wednesday March 14 at 9pm & midnight on…
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 country where polls are still open. First of all, the law is…
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 December, even though I disagree with her ideas, I was quite…
…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 River in Northern Alberta. Affectionately called the “Iron…
