public works

Former Liberal MP Joe Fontana, currently the mayor of London, has been charged by the RCMP in connection with a cheque used to pay for his son’s wedding reception.

Paul McLeod tries to wrap his head around the dispute between the Harper government and the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

The Canadian Press obtains the paper trail behind meetings Christian Paradis’ office organized for two businesses in his riding.

The House doesn’t reconvene until Monday, but the public accounts committee will meet this afternoon to, presumably, launch its study of the F-35 procurement. The committee won’t hear from witnesses today, but might settle on a list of witnesses it wishes to hear from. The Liberals have identified ten individuals they’d like to hear from:

Frank Meyers and his family beg the federal government not to build a Special Forces training ground on their historic land

Whoever the next leader of the opposition is, he or she will apparently soon receive something of a gift from the auditor general.

Jennifer Ditchburn connects the dots between Stephane Dion, Michael Ignatieff, the health care accord and oil exports.

Lack of clarity on new agency puts promised savings in question

Rona Ambrose delivers a lullaby of bafflegab in defense of cutbacks

Bill Curry reports on cuts at Public Works.

While the RCMP has been called in to investigate a former ministerial staffer, the information commissioner details the filing system at Public Works.

If the doctrine of ministerial accountability was still recognized by this government, it would be tempting right about now to ask how many members of a minister’s staff have to be implicated in wrongdoing before a minister is held accountable.