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Bob Rae, Martha Hall Findlay and Navdeep Bains reflect on what must be done now that the leadership question is settled

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Peace in Newfoundland and dissent in Quebec

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Jane Taber

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

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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


Podcasts


 

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


News from elsewhere 

Other Sources


Podcasts 

The Harper government's response to tough economic times

Globe political panel looks at what is on the table to stimulate the Canadian economy

The federal Liberals and the fallout from Charest's re-election

John Manley, Doug McArthur and The Globe and Mail's Edward Greenspon discuss the latest news on the Liberal Party leadership and the Quebec election results

A government in crisis

John Manley, Jodi White and The Globe and Mail's Edward Greenspon discuss the parliamentary upheaval

Paging Mr. Flaherty

John Manley, Jodi White, Doug MacArthur and The Globe and Mail's Edward Greenspon offer some unsolicited advice to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty


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