Allan MacEachen
Parliamentarian of the year, 2011: Bob Rae
He may be the leader of the third party, but everything goes quiet when he rises to speak
Minister of Everything
Amid much speculating about the possibility of a cabinet shuffle and much guessing as to who might go where, Roland Paris wonders if John Baird might be the next defence minister.
‘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 order to complain about Bill C-207, the Government Organization Act. In Mr. McCleave’s opinion, the bill should not be read a second time, but rather be divided as it contained “at least seven distinct proposals or principles.”
Talking shop
Aaron Wherry sits down with Bob Rae to discuss the state of Parliament and politics
The Commons: The ghosts of statesmen past
Joe Clark gets his portrait, Maxime Bernier is merely hanged