All hope is not lost (en francais)

Nice to know that someone else finally got around to reading the budget discussion paper.

Fiscal policy versus posturing

JOHN IBBITSON

The accusations and arguments over the fiscal imbalance have reached the point where it's just about impossible to separate fact from rhetoric, policy from posturing.

So here are a few touchstones you might want to bear in mind, as we stagger through the coming months.

1. Stephen Harper is a pragmatist, but not a hypocrite.

2. The fiscal imbalance cannot be resolved through equalization alone.

3. It's not just about Quebec

4. It's not so much about the money, either.

It's only 125 pages with lots of big letters, graphs and white space. (There, maybe a few Liberals will actually read it now)