Talk on the Hill has been inundated with speculation over where Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his majority-governing Conservatives will look next in addressing Canada’s financial woes—and the public service pension remains on the cutting board.

Prominent West Coast poet Fred Wah is expected to ‘rattle the old bones of the House’ when he steps into his new gig next month.

John Turner is certainly human, but he is a quintessential Canadian, who loves this country, and was a highly-principled national leader, diminished by so-called political allies.

Parliamentary Librarian William Young retires after almost a quarter-century with the Library of Parliament.

Samara’s executive director Alison Loat says parties and institutions need to be more responsive to the public.

All other challenges hinge on getting Canada’s innovation and productivity right and the government cannot rest on its laurels, say Canada 2020’s Eugene Lang and Tim Barber.