Another item tonight for consideration: “Kevin Page event raises eyebrows – and sends Liberals scrambling.” Quel drama! Yes, Kevin Page the Parliamentary Budget Officer, actually thought it would be a good idea to speak to a group of university stude…
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Accidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 30, 2011
The Harper Conservatives’ choice to talk about everything but the economy continued on September 30, with the day’s debate taken up by the Cons’ anti-refugee bill as well as a first look at the latest incarnation of Senate reform. The Big IssueLet’s gi…
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Assorted content to end your week.- Both Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page and Interim Auditor General John Wiersema are rightly ripping the Cons for their complete unwillingness to be honest about how they’re wasting public money. But then, the …
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Assorted content to end your week.- Dan Gardner rightly points out that the Cons’ continued efforts to trash our parliamentary institutions now that they have a majority shouldn’t come as any surprise – even if they still demand plenty of outrage:Got t…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Open to change
It’s absolutely for the best that Paul Dewar is planning to reintroduce his bill to ensure a truly independent Parliamentary Budget Office. But what’s most significant in determining whether the bill has a chance of passing is that even the Cons haven’…
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Assorted content to end your week.- I’ll join the seemingly long list of commentators who wouldn’t ever have expected to cite David Brooks, but can’t avoid it based on his latest column:Eldar Shafir of Princeton and Sendhil Mullainathan of Harvard have…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: No Plan
Kevin Page once again shows the truth: That the Harper Conservatives talk on the economy are all transparent politics.http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2011/01/20/budget-office-report.htmlPage’s office expected to find out how 10 departments that had repor…
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