Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down with Cormac MacSweeney to discuss the headlines of the week. This week, full coverage of the trial of Mike Duffy, including analysis and reporting from our reporters in the courtroom, plus a look at the Harper government’s proposal for balanced budget legislation.

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THE HEADLINES

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  ON DUFFY
  Nick Köhler’s in the courtroom

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  ON ELIGIBILITY
  Can Duffy represent PEI?

• ON HEALTHCARE
  Wells tallies swords and shields

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  ON IRAN
  Why a nuke deal won’t help Iranians

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  ON ALBERTA
  Jim Prentice goes to the polls

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  ON BUDGETS
  Joe Oliver talks to a luncheon

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