In response to the madness that has occurred on Parliament Hill within the last week – the Conservatives announcing their economic statement, the Opposition foaming at the mouth over it, the revelation that this was all…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
