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Does prorogation even matter?
Globe readers leave their audio views on the Parliamentary pause
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Jane Taber
It's Games on for Harper's youngest cabinet minister
'Nobody is talking politics and everybody is talking Canada' - but James Moore is questioning opposition Olympic spirit
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Gerald Caplan
The grinch steals the Games
Recent chipping away at cherished Canadian ideals seems to be – athletes aside – what the Olympics are really about
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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
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Public opinion
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
Ottawa Notebook
Harper lauds ceremonies as 'greatest show' he's ever seen
Harper makes comments as violent protest erupts several blocks away; PM expected to meet with Biden later in the day
Exports
Controversy brews over asbestos deaths in Mexico
Canada exports majority of dangerous mineral to developing countries
Gloria Galloway
Risky products may be escaping controls: Health Canada audit
Bureau charged with determining safety and handling of chemicals and organisms struggles to meet deadlines
G20 venue puts Toronto, Ottawa at loggerheads
Federal government wants to host global economic summit in downtown convention centre; mayor and council prefer Exhibition Place just outside city core
Quebec promotes oil-sands opportunities
Ad on departmental website hails Alberta's business potential even as Charest government paints energy-rich province as environmental villain
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
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
- 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
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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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