OttawaCheering the demise of asbestosConservative MP Patricia Davidson, one of those Conservatives who dissented from the party line on asbestos, cheers this...
OttawaHarper vs. the PQ: the element of surprise is keyTen days after Quebecers elected a Parti Québécois government, the government of Stephen Harper began implementing its response...
OttawaAbandoning asbestosA little less than a year ago, the House voted on an NDP motion that called on the Harper government to support the listing of...
UncategorizedThis year’s most outrageous attacks on science Julia Belluz reviews the worst health myths of 2011, and her new year’s resolutions
OttawaToo disunited to govern?The Canadian Press finds increasing unease among Conservative MPs about the government’s support for asbestos. The idea that more...
OttawaThe House stands with asbestosBy a vote of 152-123 this evening the House defeated the NDP’s motion on asbestos. The New Democrats, Liberals and Elizabeth May...
OttawaThe House will pass judgment on asbestosThis evening the House of Commons will vote on the following NDP motion. The government whip’s office won’t say whether this will...
Ottawa’That’s their choice’A few weeks after a group of doctors and medical professionals called on Conservative MP Kellie Leitch to renounce her...
OttawaThe asbestos shameLast week, doctors wrote to Conservative MP Kellie Leitch, imploring her to uphold her obligation as a doctor. Yesterday, the...
TechnologyTories stifle widow through IP laws, twirl moustaches, cackle The Conservative party picks an ill-advisded fight against a sympathetic anti-asbetos crusader