Bring her home to stop the whiningMust-reads: Doug Saunders on "Americanizing" the Afghanistan mission; Christie Blatchford on rescuing child abuse victims; James...
On Q being the operative letter in TQSwww.youtube.com/http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9Fcz0D7kI Well done, Marty . But for the record: I’m not opposed to either foie...
Auditing 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...
Oh, 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...
In defense of sex and blowhardsOh, dear. I fear my fellow Maudit Anglais Phil Gohier doth protest too much. Not sure what’s in the air in Toronto these days –...
But 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...
Who 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...
The black sheep heads to the butcher’sAm I the only one who doesn’t really understand the collective hand-wringing over the plight of TQS? Exactly how did the future of...
A 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...
Oh, how the mighty (sic) have fallenThe uninvited redecoration of Pierre Trudeau’s mausoleum over the weekend was telling in more ways than one. As Wells alludes...