’We may have reached the point where we are going too far’On the afternoon of January 26, 1971, Robert McCleave , the Progressive Conservative MP for Halifax-East Hants, rose on a point of...
This week has four sketchesMonday. The budget bill blues Tuesday. Are Peter Kent’s answers being laundered? Wednesday. A long night of known unknowns...
The meaning of a voteConservative backbencher Dan Albas is concerned that a Liberal MP is oversimplifying a vote he cast. Presumably Mr. Albas’ concern...
The battle at the environment committeeYesterday the NDP attempted to move the budget bill debate to the environment committee. And they called on the government to let...
Accounting for the Defence DepartmentThe mission in Libya cost significantly more than the Defence Minister once suggested. And the government recently described the...
Law-making made easierTonda MacCharles notes the government’s recent enthusiasm for private member’s bills. Here is the Library of Parliament’s list of...
The global conspiracy to make Canada’s energy debate sound ridiculousWhy Jacques Cousteau had a boat instead of a Paris Métro pass
Pro-life rally on the HillStephen Harper has apparently succeeded in angering both sides of the abortion debate. More on today’s rally from the CBC...
Obama and marriage: The arc of the moral universe is pretty bloody slowBarack Obama, who ran for President in 2008 with a position on same-sex marriage that would have got him called a member of the...