Jim Flaherty’s philosophy of employment
While deferring to Human Resources Minister Diane Finley for further details of what the government plans to accomplish with its...
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C-38: The NDP’s response
The official opposition has launched a three-part response to the budget bill, including public hearings in Ottawa and across the...
C-38 goes to committee
The budget bill has passed at second reading by a vote of 149-132. It will now be studied by the finance committee, with a...
The Commons: John Baird saves your family
Or perhaps the minister misspoke...
C-38: The government’s arguments
Courtesy of YouTube, a selection of budget bill speeches from Conservative MPs. Pierre Poilievre James Bezan Patrick Brown More...
C-38: The opposition
Courtesy of YouTube, a selection of opposition speeches in response to the budget bill. Robert Chisholm Don Davies Francoise...
Captain Democracy
The Walrus wonders this month if Elizabeth May can rescue democracy in this country. According to Betteridge’s Law , the answer is...
’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...
The battle at the environment committee
Yesterday the NDP attempted to move the budget bill debate to the environment committee. And they called on the government to let...
The Commons: Thomas Mulcair does his Stephen Harper impression
Unfortunately, no silly wig was used