Conservative blogger Stephen Taylor has some sources in the Prime Minister’s Office that many of us in the Parliamentary Press Gallery could only wish we had. Taylor’s sources were dead right on Wajid Khan’s crossing and were also pretty good on the cabinet shuffle.

So with that preface, I point ...   more »

Yesterday on the West Coast, Prime Minister Harper announced a 10–year, $1.48–billion plan to support projects using renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass, and tidal.

The Prime Minister was asked by my colleague in Vancouver Todd Battis and other reporters if his announcement was a lot like the programs the Liberals ...   more »

Who says Tories don’t love trees?

The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment and the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, today announced a contribution of $2 million towards the restoration of Vancouver's Stanley Park National Historic Site (NHS) of Canada. This announcement complements funding by the Government ...   more »

Here’s our transcript of Mississauga-Streetsville MP Wajid Khan’s (left) opening remarks at the press conference, in the foyer of the House of Commons, as he announced he was defecting from the Liberals to the Conservatives:

For the past six months, I have been honored to serve Prime Minister Harper ...   more »

The headline news today, of course, is the cabinet shuffle. But among the new jobs for seven ministers and the elevation of five MPs, the Prime Minister has re-tooled cabinet committee structure. Committees of cabinet are important institutions. It is at committee, for example, that legislation or new initatiatives is ...   more »