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Chris Hall Bio

Chris Hall

Chris Hall is the National Affairs Editor for CBC News. He's been a member of the CBC Parliamentary Bureau since 1998. That adds up to 11 budgets, four elections, three prime ministers and too many confidence votes to count. Chris started his career in print before moving to the CBC in 1992. Since then, he's worked in Toronto, Halifax and St. John's, as well as Ottawa.

Power & Politics' Ballot Box question

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We asked: Should Parliament update the legal definition of when life begins?

a) Yes - 38%
b) No - 61%
c) Not sure- 0%

(Note: This survey is not scientific. Results are based on readers' responses.)

Power & Politics' Ballot Box question

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We asked: Do you feel more or less patriotic than 10 years ago?

Here are the results:
More: 17%
Less: 71%
Same: 12%

Not sure: 1%

1,335 people responded to this question.

(Note: This survey is not scientific. Results are based on readers' responses.)

Power & Politics' Ballot Box question

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We asked: Are federal public service benefits too generous?

Here are the results:
Yes: 65%
No: 25%
Not sure: 10%

2,927 people responded to this question.

(Note: This survey is not scientific. Results are based on readers' responses.)

Power & Politics' Ballot Box question

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We asked: Should non-citizens be deported if they commit a crime?

Here are the results:
Yes: 77%
No: 15%
Not sure: 8%

973 people responded to this question.

(Note: This survey is not scientific. Results are based on readers' responses.)

Power & Politics' Ballot Box question

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We asked: Should physician-assisted suicide be legal?

Here are the results:
Yes: 82%
No: 16%
Not sure: 2%

1,530 people responded to this question.

(Note: This survey is not scientific. Results are based on readers' responses.)

Power & Politics' Ballot Box question

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We asked: Should Parliament study when life begins?

Here are the results:
Yes: 16%
No: 84%
Not sure: 1%

(Note: This survey is not scientific. Results are based on readers' responses.)

Question of the Day

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Question of the Day

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Question of the Day

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Question of the Day

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Power & Politics: The War Room podcast (August 19, 2011)

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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...

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G8 reporter dispatch: Sleepless in Deerhurst

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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.

UPDATED: Secure on the bus to the G8 (and back again)

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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.

Ottawa Report: June 15, 2010

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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.


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Ottawa Report: June 8, 2010

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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.


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British PM called to order - by news photographers

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Oh, the difficulties of mastering the fine details that go hand in hand with the job of being British prime minister.

Consider the protocol for greeting visitors at 10 Downing Street. Or Number 10 as it's known here -- the official residence and offices of the prime minister.

David Cameron moved into Number 10 just last week. There are still vans delivering furniture.

Today, he welcomed his first foreign leader, Canada's Stephen Harper.

As Harper's motorcade pulled up outside the black brick building, Cameron strode through the front door and down the drive to greet him.

The two leaders shook hands.

"Very good to see you," said the British PM.

"Welcome."

The two leaders then paused and turned to the media hordes for the obligatory photos.

"By the door," bellowed a print photographer. "Over by the door."

A sheepish Cameron followed orders.

He and Harper moved 10 metres down the drive to stand in front of the black door with its centre knob and white number "10"

"It's his first time," said the photographer. "He'll get used to it."

No doubt.

Ottawa Report: June 1, 2010

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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.


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Ottawa Report: May 25, 2010

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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.


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Ottawa Report: May 11, 2010

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.


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