Durham taxpayers got hosed on Jim Flaherty's watch, but not his friends

The Conservatives’ independent tape expert was a Republican donor and organizer

Cadman tape: What's the motive, means and opportunity?

Looking back on The Coalition, one year later
It’s hard to believe that, one year ago, political Ottawa was in a tizzy of coalition madness, and even in the rest of Canada, the political interest alert system rose from “who cares” to “meh, wha?” Looking back one year later, who were the winners and losers and what are the lastin

Coming Thursday: Liberals talk policy. Pictures at 11
From CP's daily look-ahead to news events occurring Thursday comes this interesting entry:QUEBEC _ Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff delivers the Liberal position on climate change, the environment and the clean economy. (Holds news conference at 12:45 p.m). (11:45 a.m. at Laval University, Cite Universitaire Theatre, Palasis-Prince Pavillon)So be sure to stay tuned for that, should be interested.SPOLIER ALERT!I'm reasonably informed that the Liberal position be in favour of the environment and in favour of the clean economy. Or so my senior sources say.Probably still worth watching the announcement

Maurice Vellacott says the darndest things about abortion
I may need to make this "darndest things" thing a regular feature. Maurice Vellacott, a Conservative MP from Saskatchewan, released a press release last Friday about ho

Tom Flanagan says the darndest things about child pornography
As the Conservatives prepare to hurriedly rush-in legislation on child pornography that absolutely has nothing to do with distracting public attention from the Richard Colvin's testimony and the

Isotopes meet H1N1 in an unsexy confluence of Conservative incompetence
While the politicians and the media may have moved onto other, seemingly sexier crisisis (ed. surely not sexier than cancer?), that doesn't mean the isotope crisis has gone away, or has even been solved by Lisa Raitt and the Conservatives.Indeed, doctors are warning that the (Conservative-mishandled) isotope crisis could be worsened by the (Conservative-mishandled) H1N1 flu pandemic. Provinces and health authorities are facing increased costs due to both H1N1 and the isotope sho