The Commons: ’Canadians deserve better’These are complex issues. Perhaps at some point they will be discussed as such.
Early adoptersThe Conservative party’s interest in cap-and-trade actually predates its 2008 campaign platform. In 2004, the party’s platform...
If a flag doesn’t flap and nobody makes noise, is it a flag flap?A few notes on a controversy that refuses to be a controversy
From the far corner of the room, laments for it allStephane Dion and Elizabeth May talk to iPolitics about the carbon pricing brouhaha.
The farce and the press galleryThe Conservative party has issued a release in response to Thomas Mulcair’s deferring to the press gallery. Apparently Mr. Mulcair...
’The will of Parliament and Canadians has been clear’Yesterday afternoon, the Harper government announced it would appeal a Quebec court’s ruling on long gun registry data. Here is...
Somewhere Stephane Dion chuckles and mutters to himselfThomas Mulcair, asked yesterday by a reporter why he didn’t respond to the Prime Minister’s "dumb idea" challenge in the House.
Nuancing the farce, Part TwoOn a CBC panel yesterday afternoon—the relevant discussion starts at about the 5:40 mark—Peter Van Loan was asked about the...
Nuancing the farce, Part OneAppearing on a CBC panel yesterday afternoon, Michelle Rempel suggested that now, with the global economy being fragile, wasn’t...
’Just how stupid do they think Canadians are?’The Ottawa Citizen editorial board considers the Harper government’s new position on cap-and-trade.