Mohammed Adam considers the deserted embassy across from Parliament Hill as a symbol of the capital’s plight.
The Globe’s James Bradshaw checks James Moore’s math.
Miscellaneous Canadian news
‘Round Ottawa
Canada’s portrait gallery is on hold indefinitely, pending better financial times and locating a suitable strip mall. Allow me to preview Andrew Cohen‘s Tuesday column:
Must-reads: Jeffrey Simpson on rebuilding the Mulroney coalition; John Ivison on Harper’s performance; Lorne Gunter on Dion’s much-derided airplane.
Must-reads: Chantal Hébert on Ottawa’s sorry state of affairs; Dan Gardner on official bilingualism; Rosie DiManno on the burqa in Afghanistan; Colby Cosh and Don Martin on the woebegone polar bears; Richard Gwyn on the responsibility to protect.