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The chamber of second chances
Jeff Jedras counts 11 defeated Conservative candidates in the Senate.
Consolation prizes
Stephen Harper, a champion of an elected senate, has quietly appointed three Conservatives—Josee Verner, Larry Smith and Fabian Manning—who were just rejected by voters
Election night in Canada
Conservatives will form government with the NDP as official opposition
Urban renewal
Jim Flaherty, today. “The government does not have a program to fund sports arenas for professional sports teams. We’re going to stay away from subsidizing professional sports.”
‘The door is not closed from the federal government’
The government decides it’s not quite ready to decide on the most important public policy question of our time.
Jim Prentice’s goodbye bash
Former cabinet minister Jim Prentice held a goodbye party before the House rose. Prentice (left) with Justice Minister Rob Nicholson.
Whatever happened to Intergovernmental Affairs?
Is it possible the Bloc has become Canada’s de-facto Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs?
It ain’t over till it’s over
Five months after a federal court ruling on so-called in-and-out campaign financing, it turns out an unpublicized portion of the judgment imperils the political careers of three cabinet ministers. And the commissioner of elections has apparently referred the matter to the office of the public prosecutor to consider criminal charges.
‘A person’s right to choose is what is at the heart of this bill’
Francine Lalonde’s private member’s bill on assisted suicide—previously discussed here—received its final hour of debate Tuesday evening and was then defeated last night by a count of 230-57. Lalonde was basically asking, at this point, for her bill to be sent to committee for further study and amendment.