Stephen Harper’s majority rules
In the session ahead, the PM needs to remember that his mandate ‘has a big old fence around it’
Bob Rae
Orange ribbons for Jack
Last week MPs sported orange ribbons to remember Jack Layton.
The anonymous senior Conservative endorsement
Paul Dewar picks up a coveted nod. There are three ways to read these comments. 1. The anonymous senior Conservative truly...
The first day back, and two MPs’ ‘messy breakup’
Jack Layton’s chair to go to his family MPs arriving back on the Hill for the first day of Parliament were greeted by black...
The Commons: The Finance Minister goes rogue
’We need advice from the outside’
The end of the war on drugs
Rob Silver wonders if the Liberals might have an opportunity to do something bold on drug policy.
The Commons: Jim Flaherty against the world
The Finance Minister promises to do everything or nothing or both or neither to save the Canadian economy
Bob Rae has 646 days to fix the Liberal party
The interim leader must be rousing, but leave room for the real leader to wow them in 2013
Remembering Jack
The House of Commons is presently toasting the memory of Jack Layton, with speeches so far from Stephen Harper, Bob Rae, Louis...
This is the week that was
Stephen Harper considered the lasting threat of terrorism and vowed to reinstate two anti-terrorism provisions. However...