Harper’s 18 Senate appointments include Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Nancy Greene
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Official Senate speculation open thread – with a poll, even!
But first, a few words from – yes, again – Peter Van Loan:
Can you hear the people sing? No, probably not.
ITQ will be on the Hill for today’s “Rally for Canada” – not liveblogging, most likely, because it’s freaking cold out there, and I’m not risking frostbitten berrythumbs for anything less than another trip to Rideau Hall, but I’ll report back when I can. See if you can find me in the crowd via the HillCam!
Spontaneous Group Liveblogging the Oil and Gas Price Subcommittee – What did you do during the gas price wars, Daddy?
By popular demand – at least, if anyone is demanding it. This may be the last committee meeting ever, so enjoy the antics while you can!
Oh, sure, why not have an emergency meeting on arts cuts, too?
I won’t be leaving town during the allegedly slow season in a hurry again, that’s for sure. As suggested by one of my fellow committee junkies in the comments, here’s a placeholdery post for all you folks lucky enough to be able to tune into ParlVu when the Canadian Heritage committee convenes this afternoon from 1-3pm to discuss holding hearings into those cuts to arts and culture funding. Unfortunately, I won’t even be able to do that, so I’ll rely on y’all to fill me in when I get back – and yes, in case you wondered, it’s absolutely killing me that I can’t be there to liveblog it.
ITQ Open Thread: GiornoWatch, Tale of the Tape, Khadr, Green Shift … you know, whatever
A few quick notes before heading off to the Hill for the first day of the Ethics committee investigation into the Conservative election advertising expense scandal: