Also: Hear from #duffytrial’s courtroom artist
Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down with Cormac MacSweeney to discuss the headlines of the week. This week, we look more closely at the economics and politics of the federal budget, talk to former Quebec premier Jean Charest about the passing of Senate Speaker Pierre-Claude Nolin, and hear from the sketch artist in Courtroom 33 at the trial of Mike Duffy.
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ON THE BUDGET
A 518-page campaign pamphlet
ON TAXES
Income splitting helps the middle class
ON NAMES
The budget’s fictional characters
ON DUFFY
A trial briefly in focus
ON ALBERTA
Wells on the campaign trail
ON DEBATES
Maclean’s wants to host one