TD Bank senior economist Derek Burleton (left)casts his eye on surging commodity and crude oil prices and finds evidence that speculators may be driving the market at this point. [PDF version of Burleton’s report]:

“…improving fundamentals do not appear to be behind much of the most ...   more »

My Globe and Mail colleague Bill Curry has been raising some eyebrows over the last couple of days with some stories about how Prime Minister Stephen Harper has decided to "nominate" the leaders of the House of Commons Standing Committees that the Conservatives will get to chair.
These nominations, some ...   more »

The Dingwall arbitrator report was released late today, hours after Dingwall put out his reaction to its pending release. CP’s Sue Bailey has an excellent summary …

David Dingwall was indeed entitled to his entitlements, says an independent report that concludes he was unfairly forced out as head of the ...   more »

A new report from the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says Canada is tops among the G7 when it comes to broadband or high-speed Internet connections.

Here’s some other data points the OECD published in a media advisory notice:

The number of broadband subscriptions throughout the OECD ...   more »

Last week, Prime Minister Harper announced in the House of Commons that an arbitrator’s report on David Dingwall’s departure as president of the Royal Canadian Mint would be tabled in the House of Commons so long as the third parties mentioned in that report agree to its release. Dingwall himself ...   more »

Calgary Grit scores a one-on-one with Liberal leadership canadidate Michael Ignatieff.

“We, of course, had to discuss blogs to a certain extent. Michael himself doesn't read blogs, but his wife is apparently well versed in the blogosphere and frequently "breaks the bad news" to him about what people are ...   more »

Posting from the press gallery in the House of Commons ... Michael Ignatieff just concluded his maiden speech on the floor of the House of Commons. He pressed the government for two things: To ensure that any prisoners caught by Canadians are protected from abuse and also to come to ...   more »

Ignatieff moves down from his back row seat to a front bench seat for his 810 pm speech in afghanistan debate while the eight - count 'em - eight Liberal MPs in the House all sit around him so it looks better for the camera. But don't believe the camera ...   more »

NDP Leader Jack Layton has just finished speaking. He asked the PM to commit to a vote before committing forces beyond their current commitment. "Those who portray the request for a vote as a lack of support for our valiant and committed defence personnel are attempting to portray democratic debate ...   more »

BQ Defence critic Claude Bachand is speaking. He is the only BQ member in the House. In fact, as soon as O'Connor finished speaking, many members left. As I write, 45 minutes into the five houra scheduled for the debate, there precisley 14 Tories (O'connor included), 10 Liberals, 1 BQ ...   more »