Shoved down the memory holeVery possibly for entirely justifiable reasons. Still, I’d love to know the story behind this now deleted Wikipedia page, which I...
How much is that cabinet in the window? (VI)From Canadian Press . "Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will use Thursday’s economic update to spread the pain of the economic...
The Commons: Everyone’s fault, but Jim’sThe Scene . Economic apocalypse beckons. The very foundations of Western society are crumbling. Bloody anarchy is sure to...
Well, isn’t he a lucky little newbie MP?Look who won the lottery for consideration of Private Members’ business! If that’s not an auspicious omen to kick off one’s...
It will surprise no one, I’m sure ...... that I’m on the CBC’s side on this one. From Canadian Press : It’s hard to see how this kind of deliberative, legislated...
Canada, so totally backThree of a kind. Paul Koring in the Globe . "Although ministers told the House of Commons last spring that Abousfian Abdelrazik, a...
’To non-partisanship we move then’Glen Pearson has some ideas (which he will reveal to you in due course). "Over the next few entries I want to take a stab at...
Procedure and House Affairs: Liveblogging the very first committee meeting of the 40th ParliamentGosh, I hope I remember how to do this - it’s been so long. Anyway, presuming I’m still able to find the committee room, check...
DiplomacyIn a rare show of tactical bipartisanship, the three opposition parties combined to ask four consecutive questions this afternoon...
And yet somehow, it seemed as though the Tories were clapping *at* them, not *with* them.Just watched the vote on the Bloc subamendment to the Speech from the Throne (because, as previously established on so many...