Errata, observations and working notes
from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  How To Rule the World

Amy ChuaLance Morrow reviews Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance — and Why They Fall by Yale Law School professor Amy Chua (left). It sounds like a fascinating read with a thesis that ought to agree with the West:

Chua argues that all of the world-dominant ...   more »

View Article  Productivity and Industry Canada

On September 17, 2006, Don Drummond, the chief economist at TD Bank, stood in front of the annual general meeting of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Saskatoon and gave them his analysis of Canada’s chief economic ailment: Lousy productivity. Drummond, a former Finance Canada mandarin, is an excellent analyst of federal economic and ...   more »

View Article  Ladies and gentleman -- your committee chairs ...

Though the current session of Parliament has been up and running for a few weeks — and has even had a break week — it wasn’t until this week that the Committees of the House of Commons really got to work.

House of Commons Committees do important work.  They examine ...   more »

View Article  The cost of democracy

Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand told a House of Commons committee yesterday that the 2006 general election cost about $277–million — including the costs of reimbursements paid to candidates and to parties.

Mayrand was at the committee to comment on proposals to add two more advance polling days into general  ...   more »

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