Ottawa

For those of you just tuning in…

…to the parliamentary meltdown already in progress

For those of you just tuning in

Complete Macleans.ca coverage of the Conservative government’s crisis of confidence – from rumour to reality to rampant speculation.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

What does this mean?

Thursday, November 27, 2008
Godspeed and farewell, NSOC(tm)*
ITQ Political Book Club: A little light reading before the games begin …
Putting the FUn back into the Fiscal Update
And now for the fall economic update
Getting politics off the dole
Why Charest should be annoyed with Ottawa for threatening the Bloc
Prime Minister Dion?

The short version

Friday, November 28, 2008

I think it’s safe to say that has already happened, Minister.
“It’s going to be a long day.”
UPDATED: The day just got shorter. Or longer.
Harper plays chess… while Rome burns
The problem with talking…
One emergency at a time, please
Tyrannical Majority to PMO: Check.
Words to live by
And now a word from Her Excellency
Oz the Great And Terrible Speaks…hey, who’s that little guy behind the curtain?
And now a word from our current Prime Minister
Gosh, this could be interesting: The PM Speaks!
The Commons: ‘Sir, did you make a mistake?’
And again, it comes down to fundraising and organization.
UPDATED: A trip down minority government memory lane
Too much is never enough

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Eulogy for a government?
UPDATED: Who needs the Little Shop of Tories – The whole world is their War Room!
UPDATED: Behind the scenes at PMO: Wait, so this wasn’t Ryan Sparrow’s fault?

Sunday, November 30, 2008

State of play
Welcome to his nightmare: Jim Flaherty holds nooner conference call to chat with reporters about .. oh, you know. Stuff.
For Hill gamblers
Well, let’s just cut to the chase, shall we?
The case for change
None dare call it a desperate scramble to the lowest possible moral ground to stay in power!
Selective hearing
The Tories made them do it
Her Majesty’s Official Opposition teams up with separatists to topple democratically elected government …
The Coalition of the Credulous
Breaking: NatNewsWatch reports deal reached for coalition government
It’s… alive!
You think it’s easy making rebel alliances?
NDP kinda-sorta-maybe threatens the media over “possibly illegal” recording?
Prime Minister John Baird
Prime Minister Iggy? Prorogation? The Rockies collapsing into a sea of boiling lava?
‘It was incredible to watch’
Fantasy government

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