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 »

Peter Harder, the deputy minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, has resigned, my colleague Robert Fife is about to report on CTV Newsnet.

Harder was rumoured to be one of those in line for the job of Clerk of the Privy Council, Canada’s top civil service. That ...   more »

I’ve been using BlogJet 1.6.2 to post to this blog and others whenever I’m working on my Windows XP machine. It’s a reliable, stable, if bare-bones product. On my Mac, I’ve been using Ecto. It’s got some features that are different from BlogJet. I’ve been waiting for a ...   more »

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Page A13 of tomorrow’s Washington Post will contain an article by their man in Canada, Doug Struck, headlined: “In Reversal, Canada's Conservatives Embrace Environmental Concerns”.

Here’s some selected grafs:

TORONTO, Jan. 21 -- Canada's Conservative Party government, faced with a strong public demand for action on climate change, ...   more »

Teacher has baby early so hubby can watch Bears

PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Nine months pregnant and married to a fervent Bears fan with tickets to Sunday's NFC Championship Game, Colleen Pavelka didn't want to risk going into labor during the game against the New Orleans Saints.

Due to give ...   more »

Saskatchewan Finance Minister Andrew Thompson is mighty peeved that his province has been guaranteed zero dollars in federal transfer payments ...   more »

An hour or so ago in Toronto, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn announced his government’s EcoEnergy Efficiency Initiative, a plan to give homeowners, industry, and business financial assistance to improve energy efficiency. The Tories will spend $300–million over four years on this.

The Liberals had a program up and ...   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 »

Couldn’t resist sharing this strip from Aaron Johnson’s “What the Duck?”. Those who’ve been involved in the ‘citizen journalism’ and “are bloggers journalists” debate will surely get a chuckle.

(Tip of the toque to Canadian Journalist!)