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About the Author
Rosemary Barton started her television career reporting from Quebec City where she covered the ins and outs of Quebec politics. She moved to the CBC Parliamentary Bureau in 2007.
She also stood on the side of road awaiting U.S. President Barack Obama's motorcade for hours in the cold. When she finally spotted him, all of Canada heard her shriek, "I saw him!"
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July (19)
- Elections Commissioner won't investigate US political consultant for hitting the 2011 campaign hustings with two Conservative candidates
- Orders of the Day - Back to you, Supreme Court of Canada! (On copyright, not Etobicoke Centre, that is.)
- Storify'd: Tony Clement wades into the Great Cuba vs. China Communism Debate
- NDP Ad Watch: Is this the voice of a deputy opposition leader?
- Orders of the Day - Grind faster, wheels of (Supreme Court of Canada) justice!
- UPDATED - Scientists hold Parliament Hill rally to mourn the "Death of Evidence"
- Orders of the Day - Let the Battle for Etobicoke Centre be joined!
- Follow politics live on our Hill tickers
- Deputy Minister Shuffle Watch: Mandarins on the Move!
- UPDATE - NDP nixes Libs' bid to call Del Mastro to ethics committee
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June (66)
- Canada Day vs. Dominion Day - What do you call the July 1 holiday?
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- Orders of the Day - Happy Day Before Canada/Dominion Day Eve, Everyone!
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- Info Commissioner unveils strategy to investigate national security exemption claims
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- 'If we want an effective inquiry...'
- Orders of the Day - Another round of job cuts, a final round of Royal Assent prep and Afghan detainees...
- UPDATED - Is that a (theoretical) constitutional (meta) crisis I see before me?
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
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May (73)
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- Committee Liveblog: Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson at Procedure and House Affairs
- Committee Liveblog: Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson at Procedure and House Affairs
- Orders of the Day - Whither the F-35 inquiry at Public Accounts?
- Liveblog: Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks to the National Fish and Wildlife Conservation Congress
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- House of Commons Liveblog: The CP Rail back-to-work bill (#C39)
- UPDATED | OotD - No Sleep Till ... 3rd Reading of the CP Back To Work Bill!
- Omnibudget Liveblog: C-38 goes to committee -- and subcommittee, too!
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
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April (57)
- HouseWatch: When it comes to Commons debate, silence isn't always golden
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- Orders of the Day - Let a new new era of parliamentary civility begin!
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- Storify'd: PM's off the cuff slam against NDP sparks #HarperHistory lesson
- Orders of the Day - Climb aboard the Canada-EU trade love train, hard-working [Insert Provincial Demonym here]!
- Power & Politics' Ballot Box question
- House of Commons Liveblog: The Great "Legal Definition of Human Being" Debate
- Committee Liveblog: Auditor General Michael Ferguson talks F-35 procurement at Public Accounts ... again.
- Orders of the Day - Let the conversation(s) begin!
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March (47)
- Event liveblog: Justin Trudeau vs. Patrick Brazeau
- Farewell, Angelo Persichilli: PMO loses its sixth director of communications in six years
- Orders of the Day - Fix teleprompters, ministers! There's an Economic Action! Plan to tout!
- Committee Recap: Elections Canada looking into 800 complaints covering 200 ridings: Chief Electoral Officer
- Orders of the Day - Happy Budget/Chief Electoral Officer Speaks Out On Robocalls Day!
- UPDATED - NDP MP launches privilege complaint over government's non-answer on the Office of Religious Freedom
- Robocalls Watch: 5 questions for Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand (that he can actually answer at committee)
- UPDATED - Vikileaks30 Watch: Re-pack your bags, Adam Carroll, you've been re-invited to committee!
- Orders of the Day - One more sleep until the next next phase of Canada's Economic Action! Plan is revealed!
- Committee Recap: Anonymous vs .... Parliamentary Democracy itself? So says Vic Toews.
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February (50)
- Orders of the Day - If those caucus room walls could talk ...
- Order Paper Watch: NDP wants info on government money going to RackNine, RMG and Campaign Research
- Vikileaks Watch: Pack your bags, Adam Carroll, you're going to (the wrong) committee!
- Orders of the Day - Pay no attention to the Vikileaking former Liberal staffer behind the curtain
- UPDATED - Vikileaks30 Watch: (Now former) Liberal staffer revealed as creator of formerly anonymous twitter account
- UPDATED - Robocalls Watch: Conservative Party linked to calls directing voters to different polling stations
- Orders of the Day - Just another manic Monday. (Thanks, robocall story!)
- Liveblog: NDP Leadership Debate (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Election Robocall Data Dump - 12 Conservative candidates on the 2011 RackNine client list
- Orders of the Day - Bad Robot!
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January (68)
- UPDATED - Fate of NDP motion to investigate creeping in camera-itis at committee unknown
- Committee Liveblog: Former Liberal MP turned Lobbyist Joe Jordan talks Lobbying Act at Ethics
- UPDATED - Orders of the Day: Second day back and it feels like they never left.
- In Camera Watch: 'Wallace Manoeuvre' Back On The Agenda At Government Operations?
- Orders of the Day - Let the doors be opened!
- Liveblog: NDP Leadership Debate #2 - "Giving Families A Break" (Halifax)
- UPDATED - PMO InfoAlerteBot After Dark: "Foreign radicals threaten further delays"
- Question of the Day
- PMO InfoAlerte Watch: So, about that Old Age Security "media speculation"...
- Orders of the Day - See you Monday, 41st parliamentarians!
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