It seems that Stephen Harper is treating the 39th session of Parliament more like a multi-partite congregation than his predecessor ever did. Today, with a conciliatory gesture, the PMO announced that there will be a…
The Liberals seem to be in automatic opposition mode and conforming with Jack Layton’s earlier constructive language, the NDP appears supportive of the Throne Speech. NDP priorities included in Throne Speech (remember…
From a variety of sources, I’ve pieced together a few themes about today’s speech from the throne which is set to occur in just under an hour. I’ve learned that the speech will be very short, just about 30 minutes in…
1:16pm: Bill Blaikie calls for order. I assume that he’s looking over the proceedings because he’s the most senior member. 1:18pm: Blaikie casts the last ballot. 1:44pm: The bells have started (5 minutes until the first…
I just finished up as a guest on Aphrodite Salas’ show in Montreal after being invited to speak on the topic of Harper’s alleged control of the media’s access regarding his cabinet ministers. During the election, Salas’…
…and how they are a continuous source of inspiration for blog posts. A couple of days ago, I received the general mailing list email that gets sent out to subscribers of the e.ndp newsletter. This edition provided…
They’re still talking about it. In 1984, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney landed a famous “knock-out punch” to Liberal leader John Turner. In the famous “you had a choice” berating, the former conservative Prime Minister…
I received the following just a while ago from one of my contacts in the government. It’s the transcript of Stephen Harper’s comments that preceded his speech on accountibility. The original speech on accountibility…
Above all, I’m certain that I shared the relief and happy sentiments of all Canadians this morning when I found out that the CPT hostages were now safe-and-sound. I was proud when I found out that they were saved in…
I had the pleasure of joining Greg Staples’ blogger’s hotstove podcast with Jason Cherniak and Greg Bester on Sunday evening. The Liberal leadership race was discussed along with the Prime Minister’s trip to…
