Why do our MPs clap for each other so much?Our MPs are constantly clapping for each other. In the Mother Parliament, they don’t accept such nonsense.
The Reform Act vs. The SenateMichael Chong challenges the Senate as the upper chamber a decision on the Reform Act
How question period remembers Peter MacKayA man of bold suits and big knots fought his fights in the Commons
For the record: Stephen Harper toasts Peter MacKayThe text of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s remarks on the announcement that Justice Minister Peter MacKay will not seek re-election
Peter MacKay leaves politics: a roundtable discussionOur Ottawa bureau parses MacKay’s exit speech, and the Prime Minister’s farewell
The amazingly malleable MacKayLike his father before him, MacKay showed how deferring to one’s superiors is a fantastic way of gaining and retaining power
Will Peter MacKay return? Can he?Charlie Gillis on the risks and rewards of time spent on the sidelines
Peter MacKay’s private life on the public stageHis romantic escapades captured the national imagination—yet his time in office was shadowed by a larger ’women problem’, writes Anne Kingston
Hugh Segal on the importance of Peter MacKayWith his roots in the hard-scrabble of rural Nova Scotia politics, he was key in creating a Conservative party with Red Tory voices intact
Peter MacKay and the waning Progressive ConservativesThe PC story may be drawing to a close, but that of the federal Conservatives is still being written, writes Aaron Wherry