C-38 and the inevitability of majority governmentElizabeth May talks to the West Block about last week’s votes. Inevitability was part of the argument Lisa Raitt tried to make...
’It is in the interests of Parliament and the Canadian public’In his continuing quest for disclosure of budget cuts, the Parliamentary Budget Officer delivers a legal opinion to the...
About that alleged Nazi saluteWayne Easter says no such gesture was made during last week’s C-38 votes. Joe Oliver’s original complaint and the resulting...
Last week’s standing contestThe good people at openparliament.ca have tabulated MP attendance for last Wednesday’s (or last Thursday’s, as it were) C-38 votes...
Jean Charest and Dalton McGuinty: Background checkWhy does Jean Charest’s new YouTube ad seem so familiar? Paul Wells explains
This is the week that wasAaron Wherry catches you up on the week in Parliament. Not to give anything away, but they voted ...
This week has three sketchesMonday. John Baird and Peter Van Loan learn a new word Tuesday. Young Stephen Harper meets Last Year’s Bob Rae Friday. What just...
Pretend you’re a backbencherThere is apparently some consternation around an internal memo sent to Parks Canada employees. The NDP’s Annick Papillon was...
The Commons: What just happened here?Eleven hours and 53 minutes after the last vote was counted, Megan Leslie stood and attempted a summation. "Mr. Speaker, within 24...
The subjective time limitWhen the Harper government offered its seven-point response to the auditor general’s concerns about the F-35 procurement in...