i live in ottawa. there's something to that culture about how you are naturally place that i think makes you a very worthwhile first choice although i will continue the conversation to your question. twitter, facebook, bloggers, video. turnaround at the cameras. mentioned twitter today and personal doing your own radio show. the only way to move a message in this world is to move the message. there's nothing else -- you no longer have the luxury of excuse. if you can say to me you are not capable the younger generation will say why should i bother and you get four more years of obama. the days of not being able to move a messaging utilize technology are over. grandparents need to say how to use facebook and they will look at you like you are crazy and ask what are you going to be on facebook and you are going to say to them because i have to move the message. the country is falling apart. imac to against liberal professors or teaching nonsense and not teaching them to read or write etc.. it is that cir

nothing stopped it from the tax harm nighization, but they are just fooling around here in ottawa. if the government wanted to avoid elections, all it had to do was compensate quebec to the tune of $2.2 billion. doesn't the prime minister realize his indifference to quebec will provoke elections and quebecers will decide. the honorable minister of finance. >> order. >> we've had good discussions with the government of quebec, the minister of finance of quebec. regarding the h.s.c. we hope it will have an agreement very soon. we will continue our talks. with the quebec government, the honorable -- >> mr. speaker, they have been fooling around here for 20 years. they continue to help the wealthy, and tax cuts are maintained for oil companies. the banks can continue to stock pile fortunes in tax havens. but government continues to to refuse to pay its dead. -- to pay its debt. he can help his croneys in the banks. either he can or he's acting in bad faith. the honorable minister of foreign affairs. >> mr. speaker, the mats will fall. this member of parliament was part of the p.q. gove

we will take you to ottawa for mr. de and part of yesterday's session -- ottawa for part of yesterday's session. yesterday's session. >> mr. speaker, spending thousands of dollars means that you have to short change the canadian family. there's nothing in this budget on affordable housing. there's nothing here on child care. there's nothing to support our health system. and these are the priorities of canadian families. why is this prime minister out of touch and out of control? of touch and out of control? >> senior citizens are living in poverty. whether it is support for firefighters for doing and .i remitan extremely good job i am committed to public health care. he cut health care by $25 billion. [gavel] >> the hon. leader of the opposition. order. >> the priorities of this government make no sense to canadians. they spent more in a single day at the g-20 than they spend on seniors in a year. they are about to spend 1000 times more on jets than helping students get a college or university education. no canadian ca

comes to the first amendment right to free speech of talk of conservative radio as bryan fischer ottawa groupie thinks is not entitled to the most basic right in america. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you sure see some other part of it and realize that everything you saw you don't know i'm sorry there's a big. welcome back to the big picture i'm so when coming up in this half hour. is one step closer to making health care a right not a privilege governor peter shumlin joins us live with details on that state's new health care plan plus does the right to exercise religion count muslims out in america i'll talk to a man who believes that earlier in the show and could a governmental shutdown be just the thing republicans need to clinch the twenty twelve white house presidential seat i'll break down their strategy in tonight's guilty take. even though it's been just over a year since or are conservatives call obamacare i actually think he should be calling that the affordable care act was passed p

but he knows them royal they are political experts talking to us from ottawa a bit earlier on now still to come in the program america's foreign policy goes under the microscope. any future's defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army into asia. or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else sue is congressman had to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standard. was. that has become normal and gloom to many of creation of the of the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. you're not trading the actual cash physical grain you're trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons madi likely silver or gold that can be negotiated and ordered to some degree in. place. water. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future. good some. excellent professional. medics travelling and possessing an extra ordinary car.

research so shit talking to us from ottawa tonight thanks for your thoughts on the program. countries around the world are being affected by the events unraveling in north africa the middle east skyrocketing oil prices and food and concern of a slower economic. the business side of this will the latest facts and figures across to a business has to be true maybe because they're high they're all what is happening with all prices today what kind of an effect it having on the stock markets two and a half. well kevin right now price is actually growing more than one dollar thirty cents for brant crude that's one hundred sixteen dollars per team nine cents the price i'm standing right now and west texas is one hundred one dollars forty nine cents up one dollar eighty seven two factors here very important there is of course worries about supplies coming from libya concerns over there right now centered on the statement that fifty percent of production has halted already in the whole country but supplies are still coming through and nobody knows what's going to happen from that coun

the honorable member for ottawa. order. the honor of number. order. mr.eaker, it's already disgraceful mess the conservatives are giving jobs to their buddies across atlantic canada, but distraught that his break breaking the camel's back is when they are pointing people who are incompetent and not even bilingual in an effort to pay after two years salary, one quarter of a million dollars so they can learn french into the conservatives take the canadians for fools? the honorable minister. >> an unfortunate question we talk about the good character of great atlantic canadians, especially people who have provided a service to atlantic canada and pei for many, many years. lifelong public service, mr. speaker. if the member has a question about that come up or perhaps he should ask his colleagues from pei about the individual were talking about. transcode the honorable member for quÉbec on the mr. speaker. it is normal for a government to be solved. however, by requiring 50 days before the submission deadline to my requirement that have not appeared in prelim

you can also post your thoughts on the politics in ottawa at our website, c-span.org, the twitter linkre. the cbc website also has their parliament hill ticker a couple indicating that stephen harper, the prime minister, will not be taking questions, although the cdc has mentioned he will be speaking after the vote at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we bring you national coverage every week, and this week during open quote question time," british prime minister david cameron will respond to inquiries about new power in the u.k. and miller band also asked about an update on the state of libya. ."rime minister's questions coming up tonight, a discussion on women in the middle east. it comes up tonight at 8:00, looking at women in the middle east, women who are protesting against their governments policies. that is tonight at 8:00. >> i am a numbers guy. >> as the visual op-ed columnist for "the new york times," charles blow talk about charts and graphs. >> i really do search for data first and see if it says something interesting, something that kind of agrees with an opinion that i have or sometimes

. -- loud voice and defend the people of quebec in ottawa. >> mr. harper says people have to work and vote -- michael says people have to work and voted with the liberals. what do you think of bad? -- what you think of that? >> the men and women of quebec recognize themselves in the work we do for them. we should not be blindly the block if there is no majority. it federalist parties are not offering anything to the people of quebec. -- the federalist parties are not offering anything to the people of quebec. what i want is as many block mp 's to be here in canada. in order to ensure that quebec is well represented and that it values are represented here, we need men and women who can speak on behalf of quebec. >> you spoke to mr. harper before the vote. what did you say to each other? >> we had a lively conversation. we said another campaign, good luck. hopefully, we will see each other here again. >> if you hold the balance of power -- balance of power in a new parliament, will yourself with the liberals or the conservatives? >> i will make the de

strong, that it can speak with a loud voice and defend the interests and values of the quebecers of ottawa. any questions? >> translator: says that in order to have an alternative to the harper government, nay have to -- people have to work and vote for the liberals. what do you think of that? >> translator: well, basically we were able to get a 6th con sective victory, and they recognize the work we do for them, so we shouldn't be braming the bloc if there's no majority. the federalist parties are not offering anything to the people of quebec. i take my own responsibilities, but u certainly won't take the responsibilities of the other parties. >> [inaudible] >> translator: well, i want bloc to be elected and we'll see how canada responds to that, but in order to make sure quebec is well represented, it's values are reflected here, we need men and women who can speak on behalf of quebec. >> what did you say to each other? >> very lightly conversation saying that starting the campaign, good luck, good luck, and we'll see each other here again after that. >> if you hold the balance of power

from london, we take you now to ottawa and the canadian house of commons. earlier today, cabinet members who make up the government of the conservative prime minister took questions. the finance minister presented at the budget but soon after that, leaders of the opposition parties announced they would oppose it. with the prime minister leading a minority government, you will need support least one of the opposition parties to get the budget passed. right now, at looks like the debate will lead to a parliamentary election in canada. this is 45 minutes. >> the hon. leader of the opposition. [applause] >> mr. speaker, spending billions of dollars on stealth fighters for tax cuts and mega prisons means you have to shortchange the canadian family. there is nothing in this budget on affordable housing. there is nothing here on child care. there's nothing to support the health system. these are the priorities of canadian families. why is this prime minister out of touch and out of control? >> the hon. government house leader? >> the budget presented yesterday foc

a friend of mine worked for companies to make ottawa center is back in the 1980's. there owner was a big republican contributors. we used to call them the kids mickey mouse white walls, and in certification to make your black walls look like white walls. we send thousands of those to the going to. -- to uganda. but it was nice, they get it all reimbursed from the government. this is what i thought foreign aid was. host: any perspective from iran. -- from your end. guest: there examples like that can -- that can be found all over. they're consulting agencies in the united states, and the agencies themselves, and when your client is a recipient governments that is often corrupt or incompetent, there is a lack of accountability on both sides. if you could close the circle for how well these aids programs actually turn out. you see evidence of this mill last -- misallocation of money and waste and abuse. and there is no incentive on the part of recipient governments or lenders to actually do something about it. and a lack of accountability is a huge problem in foreign a

they risked everything to pack up their five children and come to ottawa because they heard that this was the land of milk and honey -- iowa is the land of milk and honey. we had one person clap for that. i agree with you. i think you are absolutely right, thank you. and yet, everything that my great great grandparents worked for that your ancestors worked for is at risk today. what happens between now and november 6 2012, is -- especially here in iowa, will force the difference with what happens in 2012. do you think you are up to it? i know you are up to it. i know you are. because what we are about to determine together here in iowa is whether or not, quite frankly, we will pass the american dream on to this next generation. this has faithfully happen, at least for the seven generations that i know of here in iowa, but for the generations that add up to approximately 20 generations of american history. every generation has faithfully past that torch of liberty to the next one but we know what is at risk. i want to share a few statistics about what is happening today. 75% is the mou

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next up, we are going to take you live to ottawa the canadian house of commons. there minister of finance will present the canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2012. just getting under way, live here on c-span. >> after 20 years of sitting in the opposition, she has not delivered anything, nor has her party. we have settled the fiscal imbalance. we have done more this afternoon, our minister will have some excellent news for quebec, and i hope that she will stand up for quebec to ensure that the economy will continue to prosper and jobs will continue to be created, mr. speaker. i was surprised to hear my colleague comment and many people in this house respect him. he had a principle, and it was representation by population. one-person, one-vote. so my question for our colleague is, is she a democrat? is it normal in this house for each parliamentarian to represent the people based on population? >> i would say that this bill would be good for quebec and would even enable quebec to win additional seats if there were elections. the

nothing prevented it from compensating quÉbec for taxatiot fooling around here in ottawa.he government wanted to avoid elections all it had to do was compensate quÉbec to the tune of $2.2 billion. doesn't the prime minister realize that quÉbec will provoke elections and finance minister says quebecers will decide. the honorable minister of finance. order. >> we have had good discussions with the government of quÉbec, the minister minister of finance in quÉbec. regarding the hsp. we hope it will have an agreement soon. we will continue our talks with the quÉbec government. the honorable member. >> mr. speaker, they have been fooling around with this for 20 years. they continue to help the wealthy. tax cuts are maintained for oil companies. the the banks continue to stop file fortunes and tax havens, but government continues to refuse to pay its debt to quÉbec. how can the finance minister explained that he cannot do justice to quÉbec that he can help his cronies in the banks and oil companies? either he can or he is in bad faith. the honorable minister of foreign affairs. >