dubiousness
Conservative Talking Points for the Decision to Cancel Spring Break for MPs
The purpose of prorogation was to allow the government to prepare a new Throne Speech and a budget. It was not to reduce the amount of time that the House sits.
Who are you, and what have you done with Stephen Harper?
“As you know, as part of our economic action plan, one of the things we’ve of course done is to step up government advertising. One of the purposes of that has been to support media outlets during the recession that have been particularly hard-hit.”
My God, my God, what have I done?
A. Satirist, Jan. 10
Zap, you’re frozen
Colleague Wherry has been faithfully documenting some of the lamer justifications Tory MPs have been offering for their government’s decision to shutter Parliament for two months rather than obey Parliament’s demand to surrender the Afghan-prisoner documents: we need the time away from Parliament to come up with an economic plan; we can be just as productive working in our constituencies; and — my personal favourite — let’s all watch the Olympics!
Margin of error
Canada Says 97% of Government Stimulus Is Committed – Bloomberg.com
The road back
Andrew Coyne on Michael Ignatieff’s next move
There’s a shortage of vaccines, and it’s all the fault of [Your Government Here]
You mean other countries are having trouble delivering vaccines on time, too?, writes ANDREW COYNE
No pain, no gain
Andrew Coyne on Jim Flaherty’s deficit elimination plan
Post-disease-related-stress disorder
Dubious story of the day: Court links soldier’s MS to post-traumatic stress