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Does prorogation even matter?
Globe readers leave their audio views on the Parliamentary pause
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Morning buzz
Budget should target 'fat-cat Ottawa,' poll suggests
Spending cuts preferred route to deficit reduction, EKOS finds - plus Michael Ignatieff's first Olympic impressions of Vancouver
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Obituary
‘Bad boy of Montreal's blue bloods' passes away
Former Tory MP Heward Grafftey, who brought common sense to politics, dies in hospital
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Norman Spector
Quebec’s climate change hypocrisy
Federalists should keep a close eye on what’s actually going on under Jean Charest's watch
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Vancouver Notebook
Agriculture Minister pushes Canadian flavour
Giant clams and antioxidant berries on display as Gerry Ritz teams up with chef Michael Smith at Olympic breakfast
Book review
Bye-bye coalitions?
Brian Topp's insider account of negotiating the 2008 deal between the Liberals, NDP and Bloc is full of surprises and lessons for the next time around
Canadian aid groups told to keep quiet on policy issues
Non-governmental organizations say they're receiving veiled warnings about positions that clash with Ottawa's
TD chief caught in deficit crossfire
Ignatieff demands Harper apologize for criticism of CEO's views on raising taxes
Mass resignations deepen Tory riding rift
Twenty Calgary West board members quit over party decision to seize control of local group and protect MP Rob Anders from nomination battle
Cannon wades in to rights-agency mess
Foreign Affairs Minister pledges unspecified action to stabilize fractured Montreal-based Rights and Democracy
- Stephen Harper delivers paen to patriotism in B.C. Legislature
- Canada presses China on Iran nuclear file
- Ontario, Quebec to allow EU to bid on hospital, school construction
- Ethiopia visit a 'big step' in Makhtal case
- New Brunswick MLA flips bird, gets boot
- CSIS shields Tommy Douglas file
- Colonel Russell Williams is a man no one really knew
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Ottawa Notebook
Jane Taber and The Globe's parliamentary bureau set the agenda
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Silver-Powers
One Liberal, one Tory, two perspectives on the latest in Canadian politics
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Douglas Bell
Douglas Bell critiques the movers and shakers in Canadian politics
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Spector Vision
Norman Spector blogs on politics, government and the mass media
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Brian Topp
The NDP strategist takes a critical eye to Canadian politics
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Andrew Steele
A look at the underlying trends and backroom strategies driving contemporary politics
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Adam Radwanski
Out of Queen's Park, what's making news in federal and provincial politics
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Bruce Anderson
Strategic consultant writes about contemporary politics and broader social trends
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Blogolitics
A keen, visual take on the news
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Alberta Watch
Our Alberta bureau blogs on political happenings in Wildrose Country
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Earlier discussion
What are prorogation's consequences?
Jane Taber and Norman Spector took questions on Harper's decision to shut down Parliament
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Where are the female politicians?
The Globe's Janet McFarland took your questions
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Interactive timeline
Tracking the detainee transfers
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Video
PM sings Beatles classic
Stephen Harper makes a surprise appearance at the National Arts Centre gala and sings With a Little Help from My Friends.
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In pictures
Setting politics aside
for quake relief
Cabinet ministers, MPs and political staffers of all stripes fill a Parliament Hill ballroom to raise nearly $32,500 for Haiti
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Images of Remembrance
Canadians from coast to coast pay tribute to those who fought and died in conflicts from the First World War to Afghanistan
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