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View Article  The Hill anti-abortion rally

It's a bit chilly and windy on Parliament Hill this lunch hour but that seems not have chilled the enthusiasm of a few thousand who who have gathered on the Centre Block's front lawn to demonstrate against Canadian abortion laws.
This is an annual event here on the Hill held ...   more »

View Article  Bev Oda's limousine addiction

The limo picked Oda up at her home at 8 a.m. about 80 kilometres west of Toronto, drove her downtown, hung around with her all day, drove her to a Conservative Party "boot camp" event in the evening, then drove her home after that and -- $1,300 later -- dropped her off at 11 p.m. back at her home.... The federal New Democrats, relying on invoices and receipts obtained under Access to Information requests, accused Oda on Wednesday of spending thousands more on limos, flights, hotels and food for her and her friends, some of which she failed to disclose under new federal accountability laws.

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View Article  Harper won't move from crumbling official residence

Someone needs to step up and fix 24 Sussex Drive, says the Auditor General:


Auditor says 24 Sussex falling apart; Harper will stay put


OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not move his family out of 24 Sussex Drive, the prime minister's official residence, even though Canada's auditor ...   more »

View Article  Apparently the sky was not the Liberal limit

Remember that Liberal "Sky's-the-limit" fundraiser back in February?

That was the one, held on Feb. 13, where Liberals were encouraged to bid on various auction items and they could bid as much as they want - the sky was the limit! After this poster raised some eyebrows, it became clear ...   more »

View Article  Goodale's factors for "a rationale for change"
In the weekly newsletter to his Regina constituents, Liberal House Leader Ralph Goodale (left) talks about election timing and what he expects his leader Stéphane Dion is considering:

Three factors are coming together to create a compelling rationale for change.



First, there’s that disturbing pattern of unethical Conservative ...   more »

View Article  Winning the carbon war

Remember Stéphane Dion's early speeches on the environment shortly after he became Liberal leader? I'm paraphrasing but it went something like, if Canada can lead the way in figuring out how to cut megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, Canada can make megatonnes of money.

So here's a report from ...   more »

View Article  Why we spent billion on those four C-17s ..

Until the Canadian Forces acquired its own fleet of Boeing C-17 Globemasters that were capable of flying our biggest loads -- tanks, the DART, etc. -- around the world, we used to have to a rent a ride to get our people and gear to where they needed to go. ...   more »

View Article  A look back at April

An all-time record number of visitors dropped by this site in April, which is both gratifying and surprising. I've always said that I'd keep blogging even if no one was reading this because the stuff here is my digital dumping ground for notes, background, and observations that I often ...   more »

View Article  Conservatives clean up with fundraising
Wow. The Conservative Party raised nearly $5-million in the first three months of 2008, more than twice as much as every other federal party combined.
Not only that, but the NDP raised more money than the once-mighty Liberals.
The Liberals managed to raise less than $850,000 in the quarter. Once ...   more »
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