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@SusanDelacourt

National columnist and Ottawa bureau chief for the , 4X author and frequent political commentator. @sdelacourt@bell.net

Ottawa, ON, Canada
Joined May 2009

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  1. I could listen to this all day. Billy Connolly's love letter to Scotland | Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland via

  2. My heart is broken today. Lost the best little dog a person could have. RIP my Rosie, 2006-Christmas Night, 2018.

  3. So I don’t want to harp on a 10-day old complaint, ⁦⁩, but my Economy Escape fare seats were better today than the premium Business seat I paid for earlier this month. Working conditions more civilized too. Expensive lesson.

  4. I would like to speak dog, so I could understand why my small dachshund put a stuffed version of herself upside down in the pet-food bowl.

  5. Uh oh. A hard act for ⁦⁩ and I to follow at and ⁦⁩. Now we’re getting nervous.

  6. And here are the pros (⁦⁩ and ⁦⁩) doing their ⁦⁩ bit here for .

  7. So I guess this is where ⁦⁩ and I will be doing our act for . I can assure you, the set is a lot prettier than any singing we’ll do.

  8. Some (faint) good news: Canada has obtained consular access to . Here's the update we just got from Global Affairs.

  9. Here, as promised, is this year's Christmas in Canadian politics poem from the always-hilarious .

  10. So delighted that the ⁦⁩’s own ⁦⁩ is this year’s winner of the James Travers fellowship. Jim, who I still miss, would be very delighted with the project that Sara intends to do on migrant workers.

  11. Anyone know what’s going on at West Block? Two big fire trucks, one smaller one, already on the scene.

  12. Just had the incredible privilege of meeting and listening to the Dominion Carrillonneur, Dr. Andrea McCrady. In my many years on the Hill, a really special moment.

  13. ⁩ says he asked his wife, Leslie, whether in her wildest dreams she thought he’d be US ambassador. She said: “You were never in my wildest dreams.”

  14. Fun conversation getting under way at the fall dinner, with Brian Tobin (remember him?) asking ⁦⁩ how things are going with the Canada-U.S. relationship.

  15. Looks like they are doing some Christmas lights rehearsal on the Hill tonight.

  16. Here’s my view right now as ⁦⁩ and I wait to do our weekly bit on ⁦⁩. We’ll be talking about ⁦⁩’s economic statement with our host and pal ⁦⁩.

  17. And now, a small holiday bulletin: Today marks the official beginning of Love Actually season. The movie starts five weeks before Christmas and that is today. You're welcome.

  18. A first ministers' meeting in Montreal on Dec. 7 -- just announced by .

  19. Here’s why I decided against post-event drinks tonight (nice as the offer was.) Wee dog by the fire, snow outside.

  20. This is a crowd here at ⁦⁩ that clearly leans toward education to guard democracy in the land of big data. Carrot, not stick. I may lean more toward stick.

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