On today's Power & Politics: The War Room podcast:

Stay the course and stick with the plan. That's the message Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered at Friday's finance committee meeting. But is that the best approach? And how open and upfront is the Finance Minister's message?

Former Ontario Conservative Finance Minister Janet Ecker, John Duffy of Strategy Corp. and NDP activist Rebecca Blaikie are in The War Room.

Full audio after the break...

The Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville is a lovely setting for the G8 leaders to meet.

Its website says many planners consider Deerhurst the best meeting facility in Ontario...with 400 guest rooms, two full golf courses and 45,000 square feet of meeting areas.

But this weekend the resort looks more like an encampment. It's surrounded by security fencing. Both golf courses are empty. Police boats patrol Peninsula Lake and the helicopters thud overhead.

I'm on the road from Toronto to Huntsville, long before any of the leaders of the G8 countries and their guests are to arrive in cottage country.

With me are a dozen or so other hearty souls. Or journalists from media organizations - mostly Canadian - who drew the short straw to be on site for live "hits" into their news programs, or to provide the first photos for their newspapers.

There's always a story behind the news from Parliament Hill. Join Chris Hall for his insights into the main events, the players and the significance of what is going on in federal politics.



There's always a story behind the news from Parliament Hill. Join Chris Hall for his insights into the main events, the players and the significance of what is going on in federal politics.