Peter MacKay and the waning Progressive Conservatives
The PC story may be drawing to a close, but that of the federal Conservatives is still being written, writes Aaron Wherry
Aaron Wherry
The Reform Act and democracy math
Conservative Senator David Wells tries to undermine the Reform Act with math, but he’s using the wrong numbers
How money and advertising matter now in federal politics
The loopholes that allow political advertising to runneth over in an election year
The 2015 federal election: As seen on TV
Aaron Wherry on the last 48 hours in political ads and a new stage in the audio-visual battle ahead of October’s actual vote
C-59: How can Parliament justify passing this bill?
The NDP wants hearings and the file has been sent to the OPP, so what will Parliament do with the controversial provisions of C-59, the latest budget bill?
Another omnibus budget bill and a test of Parliament’s will
The information commissioner expresses serious concerns, to which Parliament might now shrug
What do you think of the Canada 150 logo?
Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations now have an official logo—and, of course, it comes with controversy. Vive le Canada.
Brent Rathgeber wants fewer ministers, by law
Independent MP Brent Rathgeber will table a bill to limit federal governments to 26 ministers
Jean Chrétien goes to Russia
Canada’s 20th prime minister wades back into foreign affairs, though the Harper government has distanced itself from his trip to meet Vladimir Putin
A budget for Stephen Harper’s granddaughter
Joe Oliver asks us to cast our eyes forward from the budget to the future