Andrew Coyne

COYNE: Harper’s put the government on a two-month hiatus, but would three months be any worse? Or four? Or six?

Absolute must read by the great John Ibbitson: Few countries can claim such a pathetic Parliament . Every single word... It isn’t...

How Parliament is prorogued in Great Britain : How Parliament is prorogued in Canada:

Colleague Wherry has been faithfully documenting some of the lamer justifications Tory MPs have been offering for their...

Well, now. The Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament facebook page now has over 205,000 signatories. An Angus Reid poll shows 53...

How does one distinguish between genuine authority and received wisdom?

So: Parliament has been prorogued. What is to be done about it? Answer: not bloody much.

Andrew Coyne on why prorogation is an insult to Parliament

ANDREW COYNE: In what other democracy is it permissible for the government of the day to hide from the legislature for months at a time?

What’s at stake here is nothing less than our system of government