Judy: Judy, and when I hear the beep stopping, I’m going to start the meeting. Hello? Judy: Hang on everybody, you don’t even need to give your name yet, I’m going to do a check in a second. Hello? Judy: Hi there, it’s okay, it’s Judy, we’re all…
I’m at the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner right now and a quiet rumour among a small number of the gathered people here is that Prime Minister Stephen Harper may prorogue Parliament until the new year. This would provide some breathing room for…
Fact: “The Liberal Opposition plans to introduce a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons on Monday” (source) But: Notice of motions are introduced regularly by the opposition. Motions are always introduced in advance. Generally five motions…
CTV cuts 105 jobs amid advertising slowdown CTV opts out of Press Gallery dinner in Ottawa due to costs (no link) and now this: (would someone pay the bandwidth bill at CTV!) Consider too: CanWest cuts 560 jobs, five per cent of workforce, in…
The latest news is that the potential of Bloc-Liberal-NDP coalition government in waiting is shrinking a bit now that the Conservatives have promised to remove required confidence from the party welfare issue. This is bait of course. If the BLN…
4:09pm: Persuant to a standing order I do not recall, the Minister of Finance tables his economic statement. 4:10pm: Time of unprecedented economic deterioration. Uh oh, this sounds bad. 4:11pm: IMF projects global growth weakest since ’93. Good…
On November 7th, I argued that we should end government-subsidized campaign welfare in this country and follow the example set by President-elect Barack Obama and amend our electoral system to eliminate our $1.95-per-vote subsidy received by…
Last night, supporters of the Fraser Institute gathered in the Adam hall of the Chateau Laurier to listen to federal finance minister Jim Flaherty deliver an assessment of the Canadian and global economies. On Thursday, the minister will be…
Another tale of PC gone amokQueen’s new ‘dialogue’ monitors To the students of Queen’s University, Our school has, in recent years, been infiltrated by subversives who would pollute this academic environment with their improper thinking, “free…
Reactions (if you represent a stakeholder and would like to see your release quoted here, email me): Liberal: The official Opposition is focused on making Parliament work for all Canadians during this time of economic turmoil and will not oppose…
