Muskoka
The battle for the soul of Muskoka
A Toronto real estate developer is building a mansion on Ontario’s fanciest leisure lake. The neighbours are doing whatever they can to stop him.
Cottage Industry: Muskoka, “the old faithful”
Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.
Why is there money for this and not for that?
Ralph Goodale raises the matter of the Norman Bethune memorial to question cuts to the Motherwell Homestead in Abernathy, Saskatchewan.
Where’s the report?
Stephen Maher wonders where the G8 Legacy Fund paper trail is.
‘This is totally unacceptable’
The NDP turns up new emails related to the G8 Legacy Fund.
‘This stinks of a coverup’
The NDP digs up new evidence in the G8 Legacy Fund affair.
The case for Marlene Jennings’ concern
When Marlene Jennings wrote to the director of public prosecutions in April—the letter is available here—she laid out her case as follows.
The Commons: The NDP disappoints John Baird
‘I expected better’
A point of clarification
In response to Monday’s sketch, Tony Clement’s office sends along the following note of clarification, which I reprint here in its entirety.
The Commons: The anachronistic idea of accountability
How John Baird came to be called upon to explain Tony Clement
‘The funding request was not made in a transparent manner’
The Auditor General’s Spring and June status reports have now been released
Tony Clement makes no apologies for G8 spending
‘We got our fair share’