Beyond The Commons

“Oh no – here’s a lower place.”

The best, worst and merely laughable of the recently completed Parliamentary session

‘The Canadian people is ready to do the right thing’

The Government of Canada appeals directly to your most juvenile impulses

A day of many words. And perhaps some promise.

With little else better to do between 3:30 and 5:30 this afternoon, The Commons is going to kill a couple of hours at Day One of what we’ll wildly tout as the Bernier hearings. Appearing first is Michael Juneau-Katsuya, the oft-quoted former CSIS agent. The last hour and 15 minutes will be split between a pair of RCMP commissioners.

Neither cowardly nor spineless, this man is most certainly a mule

Helpfully, Peter Van Loan cools him off with a glass of water

Parliament, in a roundabout way, passes judgment on the war in Iraq

The Prime Minister and his loyal Doberman return to rouse the government lads

It ain’t much. But it’s the best explanation this government’s got.

Oh what insights Peter Van Loan might one day bestow upon us