Maclean’s Live: Question Period livestream with Twitter commentaryYour front-row seat to the House with rolling commentary from the press and peanut galleries
Leon Benoit defers to the authority of Stephen GordonConservative MP Leon Benoit seems to have issued a news release that uses the expertise of Stephen Gordon to bolster the case that...
Made to perform like captive sea creaturesKeith Beardsley, a former Conservative official, laments for the spectacle of the House between 2pm and 3pm each afternoon. What’s...
Is ’omnibus’ a bad word now?A recent poll from Forum Research. Within that sample, only 33% of Conservative supporters agreed that government’s should be...
Happy Halloween from the NDPThe official opposition presents " The Tale of the Monster Budget Bill ."
Joe Comartin vs. The NHLThe NHL joins Major League Baseball in opposing Joe Comartin’s bill on sports betting. Now that Joe Comartin is the deputy...
Justin Trudeau raises expectationsIn an op-ed for the Star, Justin Trudeau focuses on the middle class. So what will an evidence-based, fact-based policy agenda...
Tease the day: Montreal corruption cracks national front pagesWill corruption probe stay on the front pages of English media?
Navigating the farce, Terrence YoungAn exchange from Monday’s budget debate between the NDP’s Kennedy Stewart and Conservative MP Terrence Young. Cap-and-trade is, of...
The Commons: Like a lawfully authorized bridge over navigable watersIt is to the Macdonald government’s eternal shame that it did not enact a proper FAQ in 1882