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PODCAST: Maclean’s on the Hill, Feb. 14

Jim Flaherty, income-splitting and what you need to know about the federal budget

John Geddes, Paul Wells and Aaron Wherry

John Geddes, Paul Wells and Aaron Wherry

Each week, the Maclean’s politics team and Cormac MacSweeney sit down to hash out the week’s news in Ottawa. Expect incisive analysis and commentary, as well as interviews with the biggest newsmakers of the last seven days. This week we talk Jim Flaherty and the income-splitting controversy, John Geddes talks to Stephane Dion about the Liberal convention and Kevin Page, Stephen Gordon and Ailish Campbell explain what you need to know about the federal budget.
Cormac MacSweeney, Parliament Hill bureau chief for CityTV and Rogers Radio.

THE HEADLINES


ON THE BUDGET
Deciphering Jim Flaherty’s tome


ON WINNING
Harper’s budget advantage


ON FLAHERTY
Candid remarks on income splitting


ON INCOME-SPLITTING
A controversial policy, explained


ON LIBERALS
Tories hope to thwart Liberal confab


ON QP
Highlights in bickering

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