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.

Although the economy is still in crisis and the threat of a fall election is on every politician's mind, summer is traditionally when parliament slows down and this year won't be any different. But there's one important item on the government's agenda that we will hopefully see progress on over ...