I wish Michael Ignatieff would have been my dad when I was a kid. I'd mess up, he'd threaten me with a punishment, but instead of going to my room we'd just hang out and watch TV. If we've learned anything from Iggy during the 264 days since he became ...
Remember when Michael Ignatieff nearly forced an election in June? Vaguely, right? It almost feels like a bad dream, but it wasn't that long ago when Iggy threatened to pull the plug on the Harper and crew. Instead of sending Canadians to the polls, though, he decided to work with ...
Besides the Canada Day festivities on Wednesday, Ottawa has been pretty quiet this week. But while there hasn't been any Senate-style bickering or major economic announcements, there are still a few things worth reading about this weekend.
The week is finally ending, but wow, what a week it's been. The big news was, obviously, Harper and Ignatieff's agreement to hold off on an election and instead work together on EI reform, infrastructure spending updates and more. We'll see how that goes, but at least we don't have ...
After Monday's non-announcement that the Conservatives were going to provide $500 million over two years to extend employment insurance income to Canadians in long-term training programs (this was first mentioned in the January budget, so this is really a re-announcement), the debate over EI reform has been ...
Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks there are more important economic issues than employment insurance for Harper and Ignatieff to deal with. A Canadian Business CEO poll went online today and revealed that only 14% of those surveyed feel EI reform is a "very important" issue.
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I have to admit, I'm surprised that Stephen Harper would be willing to risk the dissolution of his government over employment insurance reforms, but that appears to be the direction he's headed.
Did anyone miss the soap opera-like drama that engulfed the Liberal convention at the end of 2006? I sure did. Thanks to Bob Rae, who withdrew his candidacy for party leader at the end of '08, this year's three-day long conference was a snoozefest.