From tax cuts to transit, from bailouts to bathroom renovations: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on his government's big-spending stimulus budget.

Jim Flaherty is the federal minister of finance and Conservative MP for Whitby-Oshawa. He was previously the Progressive Conservative MPP for Whitby-Ajax and senior cabinet minister in the Mike Harris government.

Jim Flaherty is the federal minister of finance and Conservative MP for Whitby-Oshawa. He was previously the Progressive Conservative MPP for Whitby-Ajax and senior cabinet minister in the Mike Harris government.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

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Budget politics: what the Conservative conversion and the federal budget means for the political poker game that was suspended with Parliament's prorogation late last year.

Andrew Coyne is national editor of Maclean's. He is a frequent commentator on television and radio. Visit andrewcoyne.com.

Tom Flanagan is a professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, a former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and author of Harper's Team: Behind the Scenes in the Conservative Rise to Power.

Lawrence Martin is a columnist with The Globe and Mail, and author of Iron Man: The Defiant Reign of Jean Chrétien.

Gilles Paquet is professor emeritus at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. For more information on Gilles, visit gouvernance.ca.

Susan Riley is a columnist with the Ottawa Citizen.

Andrew Coyne is national editor of Maclean's. He is a frequent commentator on television and radio. Visit andrewcoyne.com.

Susan Riley is a columnist with the Ottawa Citizen.

Tom Flanagan is a professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, a former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and author of Harper's Team: Behind the Scenes in the Conservative Rise to Power.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

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