OttawaIdea alertScott Clark and Peter DeVries review the recent trouble with omnibus budget bills and suggest reforms.
OttawaLoading up the omnibus billAgain this afternoon, the Liberals asked the Conservatives to table a separate bill to deal with MP pensions. The Conservatives...
OttawaBack to businessChantal Hebert , Tim Harper , Joan Bryden and the Star preview the fall sitting. My preview is here . The prospect of a second...
OttawaReturn of the omnibusThe Conservatives promise another omnibus budget bill, Nathan Cullen mixes his metaphors.
OttawaBrent Rathgeber Maverick WatchIn response to the attention received for his last blog post , the Conservative backbencher shrugs . He also defends the budget...
OttawaBrent Rathgeber, ministerial limos and C-38Postmedia picks up on Brent Rathgeber’s blog post and interviews the Conservative backbencher. For reaction, the Canadian Press...
OttawaAnd now a word from the Muskoka Watershed CouncilThe council isn’t impressed with the withdrawal of government funding for the Experimental Lakes Area. Four former Fisheries...
OttawaC-38: A failure to communciateConservative MP John Weston apparently came to the conclusion last week that the government had failed in one particular way on...
Ottawa’Parliament’s fundamental purpose’It will obviously be awhile now before the Procedure and House Affairs committee reconvenes, but Liberal House leader Marc Garneau...
Ottawa’An affront to all Canadians’Over the course of two columns— here and here —Irwin Cotler lists 19 problems with C-38.