The leaves have fallen, the snow has blown, the flowers have blossomed and the heat waves are back. What better time to take a look back at the year-that-was at Queen’s Park as the legislature prepares to recess for yet another summer. Here are but a few points of reflection – in numbers – from [...]
With the Grammy Awards being handed out last Sunday in Los Angeles, it got me thinking, what are federal politicians listening to these days on their iPod or Zune during this time of prorogation? No doubt many are rocking out to Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers in the privacy of their own homes, but would [...]
We enter a new week in Ottawa with the Facebook group ‘Canadians against Proroguing Parliament’ (CAPP) having achieved an incredible 200,000 members Polls that came out last week seemed to each suggest the Conservatives have lost support since the Prime Minister prorogued Parliament at the end of December. At the same time, the polls did [...]
Find below an excerpt from Monte’s latest column in the Ottawa Sun. Like most Canadians, I was as happy as a clam to avoid political news over the holidays. Apparently this was a big mistake because I missed hearing that Parliament would prorogue until after the Olympics, meaning the House and Senate wouldn’t sit in [...]
Truth be told, I don’t think that the prorogation, the presentation of major policy outside of Parliament or the firing of various independent government watchdogs has “hurt” Canada… per se. I AM a bit surprised at the people who are coming forward to spin the media that it’s not a big deal. These are the same [...]
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