MPs' Panel
Rebuilding the Liberal Party
Bob Rae, Martha Hall Findlay and Navdeep Bains reflect on what must be done now that the leadership question is settled
HOLIDAY SPECIAL
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Blogger Andrew Steele offers up a second installment of books to buy for the political junky in your family
BEHIND THE SCENES
Ottawa Notebook
Now's the time to address the Prime Minister's bad manors, Jane Taber writes, plus a Liberal Christmas tree, who's hot, who's not and more
Interactive
Your Senate advice to Harper
Readers suggest names for the Prime Minister to appoint to the Red Chamber: Hillier, Axworthy, Martin, the Average Canadian and more
Latest in Politics
Harper, McGuinty pledge $4-billion for auto makers
Canadian subsidiaries of struggling industry giants get aid package in order to avoid 'catastrophic' collapse
Dumont: ADQ must use next four years to rebuild
Departing leader says party needs to avoid making the same electoral mistakes that saw it plummet from 41 seats to just seven
Tory's political future unclear
Ontario Conservative Leader will miss self-imposed deadline of finding a seat in the legislature by year's end
Carole Taylor resigns provincial seat
Former B.C. finance minister will focus on chairing federal economic advisory panel
Harper eyes stimulus worth $30-billion
'We're going to do whatever it takes to get our economy through this recession and on to a long-term recovery'
Flaherty picks team to help shape budget
'There is no solution we can pull off the shelf,' chairwoman says
At least two years of deficits possible: Ottawa
Finance Department projection shows budget shortfall would occur even without stimulus spending
Charest's cabinet again half women
Premier announces 13 men, 13 women in bigger body after winning majority in Dec. 8 election
GDP set to shrink, Flaherty says
Finance Minister's new forecast shows all hope of even a small 2010 surplus is gone; provincial counterparts cautiously hopeful after meeting in Saskatoon reaches consensus
Mortgage warnings ignored
Federal officials told CMHC that its active business in high-risk mortgage insurance could overburden consumers
Williams shrugs off any Abitibi challenge
NAFTA challenge to the province's actions is inevitable, but it will be Ottawa that will have to respond – and be liable if the decision favours the company
MNA pledges reluctant allegiance to the Queen
Calls the tradition a 'remnant of the archaic British monarchy'
Former Quebec ad man facing fraud charges
Gosselin becomes 7th person taken to court; police allege he used fake invoices to boost his earnings from national-unity program
Harper to bend on House seats for Ontario, McGuinty says
Ottawa will revise legislation to give populous province an additional 21 MPs
Ontario
McGuinty calls property assessments 'unrealistic'
But unlike B.C., Ontario makes no move to spare homeowners across the province
Ontario plans relief for pension sponsors
Package expected to give firms extra five years to repay shortfalls
Quebec
Media Roundup: Staying home in droves
A 90-year low in voter turnout shows Quebeckers marked disinterest in a provincial election the French press says 'they never wanted in the first place'
Government spending in Saguenay a boon to region - and MP
Tiny region received nearly a quarter of the Harper government's economic development cash in Quebec
British Columbia & North
Campbell, Robertson vow to create 200 homeless shelter beds
B.C., Vancouver and private sector to spend $1.5-million in three locations
Norman Spector: B.C. leaders irresponsibly silent on coalition
As the saying goes, some ideas are so dumb that only an intellectual can believe them.
Prairies
Alberta hits PM with economic wish list
Stelmach's letter demands seat at table on climate talks and cuts to red tape, consumer costs
Atlantic Provinces
Konrad Yakabuski: Will Danny's resource power grab pay off?
Premier seizes AbitibiBowater's hydro assets and cutting rights after company plans mill closure, a move that may sour business investment in the province
New Brunswick to cut income taxes
Finance minister leaves door open to an increase in the Harmonized Sales Tax
Globe editorials, opinion
Rex Murphy: Grit miracle: Iggy to fish in Tory water
Go west, Liberals. And they are
Globe editorials: Saving jobs, and holding noses
It would be reckless for Canada not to bail out the troubled auto sector
Jeffrey Simpson: Mr. Harper's shaky aim
Now that the deficit lesson has been grasped, the Conservatives can get down to work
Preston Manning: Here's how we fix Canada's political mess
The situation is well known. Here are six suggestions to save our country
Globe editorial: Opening ears, raising hopes
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's non-partisan economic advisory council is a step in the right direction
Lawrence Martin: The Senate needs a shot of star power
So who's going to the Red Chamber?
Globe editorial: Fair and co-operative
Indications that Ontario will receive as many as 21 new seats in the House of Commons are to be celebrated
Globe Editorial: New policies, familiar rhetoric
It would be heartening if the PM had learned more from the disastrous response to the fiscal update.
Jeffrey Simpson: Dear Mr. Harper: Don't cut the GST again
Doing good during a recession means stimulating the economy. But how? And by how much?
Shira Herzog: A lesson on coalition rule from Israel
First, coalitions work best when they're dominated by one strong party