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DOBBIN'S VIEW
Libya, Canada's other ugly war

The only certain outcome if Gaddafi falls will be that the country's oil, now nationalized, will end up in the hands of Western oil companies. But it is not just the oil. Belying Gaddafi's image as nothing more than an eccentric, or even insane, he has be

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 06/27/2011 12:00 am EDT
Politics of fear working as Harper frames himself as the strict father

Combined with a trend towards disturbingly low turnouts in federal elections, there is reason to start using the term crisis in describing Canadian democracy.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 04/25/2011 12:00 am EDT
A fresh issue for spring election: democracy

The NDP should let the Liberals spend their campaign money telling people not to trust Harper while it reaps the benefits of people looking for someone they can trust.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 03/14/2011 12:00 am EDT
A message for the NDP: Trust the people, be bold, take a risk

Both the Liberals and the NDP are trapped in the current gridlock, and it is largely their own doing.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 02/14/2011 12:00 am EST
Prime Minister should expect a major battle over Northern Gateway pipeline

Eighty per cent of British Columbians are opposed to allowing oil tankers in coastal waters. If Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives a green light to the project he will unleash an enormous backlash.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 01/10/2011 12:00 am EST
Infant mortality rate drop in Canada shocking

We are now just above Poland and Hungary, with 5.1 deaths per 1,000 live births of infants less than one year of age. The actual tragedy beyond the percentages: 1,181 infant deaths in 2007.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 12/13/2010 12:00 am EST
Harper government constructs a national security state

We have in Prime Minister Stephen Harper a prime minister who virtually never refers to medicare, education, social protection, the environment, or poverty reduction.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 11/22/2010 12:00 am EST
A coalition: still the only way out

But right now we are travelling inexorably down a road where only Harper actually appeals to values rather than facts.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 11/01/2010 12:00 am EDT
Harper, Flaherty take advantage of useful crisis they created

Anyone who cares about social programs and a functioning economy should be scared silly about the consequences.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 10/18/2010 12:00 am EDT
NDP should be talking openly about a coalition government to replace Conservatives

Leadership is being out in front, challenging people to examine their values and act accordingly; it's taking a chance.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 09/13/2010 12:00 am EDT
Is the world headed for the third great depression?

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman argues it is, but the world's largest economies just committed their governments to massive deficit reductions.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 07/19/2010 12:00 am EDT
Are Canada's banks prudent or reckless?

Call it what you will, but the Canadian government borrowed and spent billions to backstop the banks' lending during the recession and continues to do so.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 06/14/2010 12:00 am EDT
Time to take Christian end-timers seriously in politics

If not, you may be quietly contributing to the demise of democracy and all the social democratic programs it has created in the past 50 years.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 06/07/2010 12:00 am EDT
The rich are Canadians, too

But they've stopped acting like it, which is why it's time for tax laws to make them pay their share.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 03/01/2010 12:00 am EST
Canada's sudden democracy movement hits a nerve

Perhaps this cynical prorogation was the straw that broke the camel's back.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 02/08/2010 12:00 am EST
We're now called the ugly Canadian

Some of the most important image-busters in Canada's foreign policy bag of nasty tricks. Read 'em and weep.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 12/21/2009 12:00 am EST
Israel and the new McCarthyism

Anti-Semitic attitudes in the U.S., Canada will hardly be any different, are at an all-time low according to Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League, whose mandate is to monitor and expose anti-Semitism. So what's the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 11/23/2009 12:00 am EST
CMHC's massive sub-prime mortgage scheme helps keep up appearance of an economic recovery

The federal Conservatives have directed the CMHC to change the mortgage rules to effectively make the Canadian government the biggest sub-prime lender in the world.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 10/26/2009 12:00 am EDT
A $50-billion deficit: the next useful crisis

The principal explanation behind the $50-billion deficit: the huge tax cuts made by the federal Liberals and Conservatives since 1995.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 06/08/2009 12:00 am EDT
Canada should call for a complete ban on export of asbestos right now

But no political party with significant Quebec representation in Parliament has the guts to call for a ban on asbestos exports.

By MURRAY DOBBIN |
Published: Monday, 04/13/2009 12:00 am EDT

Parliamentary Calendar
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Conservative Weekly Caucus Meeting
NDP Weekly Caucus
Liberal Weekly Caucus
Scotiabank Emerging Markets Forum
Value of Investing in Downtowns
The Order of Canada: Stories Behind the People
John Boyko to Address Rideau Club
In Mutual Defence: the Continental U.S. NORAD Region?
Eyes are for Life Reception
2012 Navy Outlook
Parliamentary Protocol
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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Peter Milliken portait unveiling May 9, 2012

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Former House Speaker Peter Milliken poses with artist Paul Wyse, who painted his portrait.
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Conservative MPs Ed Holder, Patrick Brown and Rod Bruinooge.
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Hill and Knowlton's Don Boudria.
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Former Senator Marcel Prud'homme and former Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.
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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson.
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Former prime minister Joe Clark and Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella.
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Liberal Senator Joseph Day, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Peter Milliken.
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The crowd.
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Bob Rae, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, Peter Milliken, Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella, Thomas Mulcair.
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Peter Milliken, Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair.
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Peter Milliken and House Speaker Andrew Scheer unveil the portrait.
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Peter Milliken and the portrait.
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Artist Paul Wyse.
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Liberal interim leader Bob Rae, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, House Speaker Andrew Scheer.
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NDP MP Denise Savoie and Peter Milliken.
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The portrait gets taken out to be hung.
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Liberal Senator David Smith.

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