Stop heckling, start answering
From Question Period yesterday, Stephane Dion attempts to expand everyone’s mind on this matter of civility. Aboriginal Affairs...
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’We are taking this incident very seriously’
Senator David Tkachuk, chair of the Senate standing committee on internal economy, budgets and administration, rose in the Senate...
Strategic Review: What did the government cut?
On Monday morning I wrote to three federal departments asking them about cuts listed, but nowhere explained, in the March version...
The Commons: The faint sound of disagreement
The era of decorum achieves total farce
There’s a new sheriff in town
In responding this afternoon to a question from the NDP’s Pat Martin, Conservative David Anderson suggested that Mr. Martin...
The health care debate Stephen Harper is ready to have
For those interested in a health care debate ahead of impending federal-provincial negotiations, the Harper government seems keen...
The structural deficit that dare not speak its name
Stephen Gordon sees yesterday’s budget as an implicit acknowledgement of a structural deficit.
They love you when you’re gone
Before Question Period yesterday, Bob Rae stood to salute all those who sought office in the last election, with special attention...
The Commons: Opening salvos, politely spoken
Let the records show that some civility was seen here today
Let’s try this again
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has now tabled the second version of the 2011 budget —the prepared text of Mr. Flaherty’s speech...