’It was my No. 1 priority, but my bosses had other priorities, too’As the Military Police Complaints Commission hearings continue , perhaps as many questions are raised as are answered .
Towards an understanding of the understanding (II)At my request, a few thoughts from Lorne Sossin on the Conservative-Liberal-Bloc memorandum of understanding.
’I will consider the matter closed’With a slight allowance for the potential of future trouble, the Speaker officially declined yesterday to entertain a point of...
Music: Come, Creator SpiritOn Friday Yannick Nezet-Séguin makes his first appearance in Philadelphia as the music director-designate of that city’s great...
The Commons: A day like any otherOn the last sitting before Parliament’s summer recess, a "visionless" government and the "tired" official opposition
A fitting endThe last day of committee hearings into the dealings of Rahim Jaffer ends in bafflement , contradiction and scorn .
Towards an understanding of the understandingAfter conferring with both sides (or at least two of the three sides) of the detainee document agreement, it would seem that this...
’Destructive type of behaviour’While Keith Ashfield dismisses concerns, Greg Thompson stands by his version of events and, in an interview with the CBC, explains...
How can a Bloc MP take this oath?COYNE: MPs have to "bear true loyalty to Canada and to its people" in order to see Afghan detainee docs
"The committee will have access to all documents." So will it?Cancel my initial reaction . I think the NDP and this Globe story have it wrong, too. The deal struck yesterday between the...