Errata, observations and working notes
from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  Tom in Pashmul

I posted a new photo to Broll.


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View Article  The Star lines up for Rae

The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest paper by circulation, thinks Liberals ought to elect former Ontario premier Bob Rae as their ...   more »

View Article  The Hon. Michael Chong: In His Own Words
Michael Chong, (left) the Conservative MP for the Ontario riding of Wellington-Halton Hills quit cabinet today -- he was minister for intergovernmental affairs, for sport, and was president of the Queen's Privy Council -- because he couldn't vote in favour of Harper's motion on Quebec. Chong held ...   more »
View Article  Myron Thompson's struggle with national unity

Myron ThompsonAmid the hurly burly of the House of Commons foyer after Question Period, it’s usually easy to spot the Stetson of ...   more »

View Article  Duceppe: Harper's motion a gift for separatists

MPs will begin voting on Stephen Harper’s “Quebec motion” shortly after 8 pm Monday night. Today on CTV’s Question Period, Bloc Quebecois Gilles Duceppe explained why his party will vote in favour:

BQ Leader GILLES DUCEPPE: The most important thing, I’ve been in Ottawa for quite a few years ...   more »

View Article  Dion gets it from all over

Jason Cherniak, who is Liberal leadership candidate Stephane Dion’s point man in the blogosphere, makes a neat observation: ...   more »

View Article  Harper in Montreal

As many of you know, the Prime Minister long ago swore off doing press conferences in Ottawa. But he does ...   more »

View Article  Canada to compensate WWII chemical warfare test subjects

A couple of days ago, I received a document through an Access to Information request that was a briefing note written by ...   more »

View Article  A North American common currency?

Once a week on our national newscast, we do a segment called “Ask Us”. It is usually the last item that airs on Friday night’s newscast. The idea is pretty simple — viewers send in their questions, on any topic at all, and we assign the question to ...   more »

View Article  Canadian Forces recruitment roaring

Gen. Rick HillierRick Hillier, the Chief of Defence Staff, (left) gave a speech today in Ottawa to a conference for federal government communications staff. About 500 were in the crowd at the Ottawa Congress Centre. Hillier was speaking to them about some of the communications successes he and the Canadian  Forces ...   more »

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