Jay Rosen chairs the journalism department at NYU and runs a blog that is widely read in U.S. journalism circles called PressThink.

Up now, there, is an essay by the CBC's Ira Basen talking about the ‘war’ between Stephen Harper and theOttawa Press Gallery.

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Those of us in the Parliamentary Press Gallery wondered, in the wake of Garth Turner's departure from the Conservative caucus...   more »

The London Free Press reports that newly-minted Conservative candidate for the federal by-election in London North Centre is, all of a sudden, not talking to the media. Diane Haskett, a former mayor of London who some believe could be a controversial candidate, won her party’s nomination on Tuesday night....   more »

The Liberals — ever helpful :) — have generously freed up some space on their Web server to host an audio-taped recording of the now infamous “dog” exchange between Liberal MP David McGuinty and Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.

There is an MP3 audio version of the file and a video ...   more »

At the conclusion of the daily Question Period in the House of Commons, Belinda Stronach, Liberal MP for the Newmarket-Aurora, ...   more »

Lots and lots of airtime and digital ink today about the Conservative Green Plan. But before you read the spin ...   more »

Garth Turner can’t sit in the House of Commons as a Conservative. But rather than be an independent, might he ask if he could sit as a member of the Green Party? It will be up that party’s leader Elizabeth May to make that call and we may yet hear ...   more »

The issue of U.S. Coast Guard cutters conducting machine gun fire exercises on the Great Lakes has percolated up to Ottawa. Here's an exchange from Question Period:

Hon. Jack Layton (Toronto—Danforth, NDP): Mr. Speaker, recently Mayor Bradley of Sarnia added his name to the chorus of Canadians who are ...   more »

One of the big stories here in Ottawa nowadays is about the city's proposed light rail project. Ottawa city council led by Mayor Bob Chiarelli (right)-- who everyone tells me is a Liberal -- approved the $200-million deal and signed a contract with a consortium led by Siemens. Then Treasury Board President John Baird -- who everyone tells me is a Conservative -- stepped in. Baird is an Ottawa area MP...   more »

International Trade Minister David Emerson issued a press release Friday titled:

MINISTER EMERSON MARKS IMPLEMENTATION OF SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT

The ...   more »