PM’s actions, words at odds Toronto Star, Tue Aug 3 2010, Page: A18, Section: Editorial When Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down Parliament for three months to prepare this year’s budget, he told Canadians he was “recalibrating the government’s agenda.” It was time to switch from stimulus to restraint, he said.  In his March budget, [...]

MP champions 19-year-old trapped in Cuba: The federal government is under heavy fire from political opponents and Canadians for its inability to bring home Cody LeCompte, the 19-year-old stranded in Cuba. Liberal MP Dan McTeague, who serves as the party’s consular affairs critic, said Monday the Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government could be doing more [...]

Clement ‘manufacturing a crisis’ over survey: opposition MPs Former chief statistician Munir Sheikh has told MPs looking into the government’s decision to end the mandatory long-form census that he resigned because he could not remain head of an agency “whose reputation had suffered.” Sheikh, accompanied by his lawyer, told a parliamentary committee in Ottawa on [...]

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will join myself and Mark Holland, MP Ajax-Pickering, in welcoming everyone to pay tribute to the courageous men and women who put their lives on the line for our safety. Veterans, Active Service Men and Women, and Police, Fire Fighters and Paramedics will be honoured in a special celebration. Refreshments and barbeque specialities [...]