GeneralFraser to PCO: Put the comm plans down and nobody gets hurtThe relevant bit, from yesterday’s liveblog :
GeneralWe’re from PCO and we’re here to help youHey, remember yesterday, when I liveblogged Auditor General Sheila Fraser’s appearance before Public Accounts , and it was almost...
GeneralITQ Committee Lookahead Thingy - Update for Wednesday, April 30, 2008Not much to add to the original lookahead , really (which is typical for a Wednesday, what with caucus taking up most of the...
GeneralRemembrance of PROCs Past: Those who forget history ...... are fortunate enough to be able to relive it, in almost realtime, via the ITQ archives:
GeneralThe Case for Omar Khadr - Liveblogging the Subcommittee on International Human Rights12:58:37 PM As observant readers will note from the timestamp on this entry, I did not, in fact have time to hit the cafeteria, so...
GeneralAuditing the Auditor - Liveblogging Sheila Fraser at Public Accounts10:49:33 AM Wow, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I can’t actually remember the last time I covered Public Accounts - I must have...
GeneralOh, there’s Kady, going on about some "PROC" thing again.I’ve got back-to-back meetings - committee meetings, that is: Public Accounts and International Human Rights, respectively - from...
GeneralBut I thought the Conservative Party was in favour of transparency!From this week’s Hill Times , in response to the following question from Abbas Rana: Mike Storeshaw Conservative strategist : You...
GeneralWho wants to be a committee chair? No, seriously. Someone has to do it.Another possibly relevant section of the Standing Orders (emphasis added): "Shall." Not may. Not much wriggle room there, as far...
GeneralA watched PROC never boils - except when required under Standing Order 106(4)But wait! What if the committee doesn’t have a chair, because - well, we won’t get into exactly why it doesn’t have a chair. It...