GeneralTory tricksters redux: Keeping up with the SparrowsesReally, it’s a full time job. I’ve added new information - and a fairly substantial correction that does even more damage to the...
GeneralLiveblogging Ethics for the possibly very last time: When shall we twelve meet again - in thunder, prorogation or in rain?3:28:12 PM Can you believe this may be the very last time I get to liveblog the Ethics committee before the summer break? If the...
GeneralWhat to get the ex-couple who has everything: His ’n’ hers orders to compelAt least now Julie Couillard’s lawyer can’t complain that she’s being treated any differently than her ex-minister ex-boyfriend:
GeneralUPDATED: Tory tricksters nearly pull off cunning plan ... but not quite. (Sorry, Ryan.)UPDATED - NEW STUFF IN BOLD The eagle-eyed KNB gets full credit for noticing that there were actually four committees dealing with...
GeneralUPDATED: If you’re going to spin, at least get your facts straight: Ryan Sparrow Mistweets. Again.UPDATED: NEW MATERIAL IN BOLD More lessons in how not to score political points and rebuild your credibility with the...
GeneralITQ Committee Update Update: No such thing as a free Lynch.. schedule-wise, that is. According to the latest committee notice, which was posted just minutes ago, Kevin Lynch, Clerk of the...
GeneralGovernment Ops - Who investigates the NAFTA leak investigator? (These guys do!)11:09:32 AM After a somewhat haphazard start to the day that involved much strategic scrambling on the part of your humble...
GeneralITQ Committee Update - Can’t talk. Chair will eat me.The Clerk of the Privy Council is, admittedly, no Julie Couillard, but he may be the most hotly anticipated witness that Public...
GeneralWhy do I feel like I’ve posted this before?I swear, before this minority parliament came into being, I went years without ever having to look up the process for subpoenaing...
General" ... Parliamentarians should have the grace to let justice calmly and effectively follow its course."Letter from Jean-C. Hébert, counsel to Julie Couillard, to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security...