Errata, observations and working notes
from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  Hillier and other top generals restricted on lobbying

If General Rick Hillier was thinking of moving on, the federal government is taking away what would be for him a likely lucrative career. Treasury Board President Vic Toews today published proposed new regulations for the Accountability Act that would make it illegal for top generals and for some of the ...   more »

View Article  Liberals to Kitchener ...

The national Liberal caucus is set to meet in Kitchener, Ont. on January 21 and 22, just ahead of the resumption of the goings-on in the House of Commons.

Liberals, no doubt, will be talking about electoral strategy. Should they push for an election this year?  This spring? If so, ...   more »

View Article  Emerson and Moore to China and beyond

International Trade Minister David Emerson will become the first Canadian minister in more than a decade to visit Mongolia when he heads overseas next week. Emerson will be travelling with fellow British Columbia Conservative MP James Moore. Moore is, among other things, Parliamentary Secretary for the Pacific Gateway.

The ...   more »

View Article  Sherry Cooper on Obama and U.S. economic policy

Sherry CooperSherry Cooper (left) is a transplanted American who now works in the heart of Bay Street as the chief economist for BMO Nesbitt Burns. She has a note this morning about Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucuses last night. Cooper believes that if November’s run-off is ...   more »


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