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  • Courage on display

    I had one of those moments today.

    View Full Post 02/13/2009 2:27 PM 0

  • Out in the cold

    If I asked you to name two of the top issues Manitoba MPs should be most concerned about what would you say?

    View Full Post 02/9/2009 2:35 PM 0

  • Spin-out

    I have no problem with anyone – pundits, political adversaries, whoever – criticizing a government for giving a little too much attention to the ridings that voted for their party.

    View Full Post 02/5/2009 1:46 PM 0

  • Timing is everything

    There are some things in life you can control. Unfortunately timing is not always one of them.

    View Full Post 02/3/2009 10:54 AM 0

  • Once bitten, twice Shy

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper had his second construction themed photo op in a row this morning.

    View Full Post 01/29/2009 10:27 AM 0

  • Let's hope these are not metaphors

    It doesn't bode well for the Conservatives.

    View Full Post 01/28/2009 12:28 PM 0

  • How many jobs can you create with $141.09

    Finance Minister Jim Flaherty trekked across the bridge to Gatineau this morning to buy his new budget shoes.

    View Full Post 01/26/2009 11:53 AM 0

  • Ah, the irony

    I have been trying to get information out of Health Canada about accountability in the department since early November.

    View Full Post 01/20/2009 2:22 PM 0

  • Throwing stones not the answer

    I had a story in the paper on the weekend about the challenges to Canada's human rights' performance in front of a United Nations council on human rights.

    View Full Post 01/19/2009 10:50 AM 0

  • Even the PM has to get in line and drink cheap wine

    I was complaining to a colleague today about the vast expense of holding these major meetings of first ministers for little, if any, actual outcome.

    View Full Post 01/15/2009 3:53 PM 0

  • Prorogue pushed out arts lobby effort

    It seemed anyone who was upset about the fact Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued Parliament in December was mad mainly because it sets a bad precedent that a government about to be evicted from its sandbox, simply takes all the toys and goes home to prevent that from happening.

    View Full Post 01/13/2009 3:26 PM 0

  • You heard it here first

    Last year, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty altered the usual tradition of the person in his position getting a new pair of shoes for the budget, instead putting on a display for the national press corps that included going into a shoe store in downtown Ottawa to pick up a pair of old shoes he had resoled.

    View Full Post 01/12/2009 12:21 PM 0

  • A friend in D.C. for Manitoba

    Manitoba was going to have two pretty big connections to the new White House when it comes to some of the issues close to the heart of Gary Doer’s administration.

    View Full Post 01/5/2009 4:04 PM 0

  • Knowing when to fold 'em

    There are two reasons today why I believe Bob Rae is a class act.

    View Full Post 12/9/2008 12:38 PM 0

  • Not something to be proud of

    I am taking a break from the regularly scheduled programming following “Idiot-gate” in order to point out that Canadians should be a little red-faced.

    View Full Post 12/8/2008 12:20 PM 0

  • Already a cool customer

    I’ve spoken to a number of Manitoba’s 14 MPs today trying to suss out where they stand in this whole mess.

    View Full Post 12/4/2008 5:14 PM 0

  • Brrr... it’s cold in here

    Okay everyone. You have a cooling-off period. So cool it.

    View Full Post 12/4/2008 1:48 PM 0

  • Let’s put the wheat board debate to bed

    I think for space purposes part of the throne speech highlights I wrote got cut off in today’s paper.

    View Full Post 11/20/2008 11:41 AM 0

  • Tweed fails to break status quo

    Manitoba MP Merv Tweed gave it his best effort today to try and get elected to the Speakers’ chair.

    View Full Post 11/18/2008 5:03 PM 0

  • All in the family

    Jack Layton unleashed his shadow cabinet today in preparation for the house resuming tomorrow and Manitoba MPs are apparently one-big happy Treasury Board family.

    View Full Post 11/17/2008 11:45 AM 0

About Mia Rabson

Mia Rabson is a born and bred Winnipegger whose interest in politics seemed clear when she dressed up as Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for Halloween in the 7th grade.

Her interest in writing was no surprise to her parents, who learned early in Mia’s life that no piece of blank paper — or wall, for that matter — was safe in her hands.

She holds an honours BA in English from Queen’s University, a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario, and has completed a political journalism fellowship in Washington, D.C. with the Washington Centre for Politics and Journalism.

Prior to working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Mia briefly worked for the Detroit News in the paper’s Washington bureau.

Mia joined the Free Press team in February 2001, and in April 2001 was appointed to the Manitoba legislature bureau. In December 2004, she was appointed bureau chief at the legislature. She became the newspaper’s parliamentary bureau chief/national reporter in Ottawa in January 2008.

In 2008 she was nominated for a Michener Award with a team of reporters from the Free Press for its coverage of the province’s child welfare system.

She counts reliving the invasion at Dieppe, France, with veterans of the failed Second World War expedition and overcoming her fear of heights to touch the Golden Boy statue atop the Legislative Building among her favourite experiences as a reporter.

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