OttawaWho here believes in democracy?From QP this morning, Marc Garneau challenges the government backbench. Mr. Garneau continues his taunting online. See previously:...
OttawaDay Two of the budget debateThursday’s budget debate began with a time allocation motion. Nathan Cullen, among others, was displeased and cited the Young...
OttawaThe Liberal standardIn justifying the time it is allowing for debate of its budget implementation act, the Harper government is deferring to the time...
OttawaQ&A: Nathan CullenThe NDP’s new House leader and I chatted on Tuesday about decorum, Question Period reform and the budget implementation act. Q: On...
OttawaThe quiet cutsParks Canada will cut jobs and privatize some operations . Librarians will lose their jobs. Foreign aid for a dozen of the world’s...
Ottawa’Without ever bringing a plan to Parliament’Seven years ago, the Liberal government of the day tabled a budget implementation act that included legislation related to the...
Ottawa’This is supposedly a budget implementation bill, but in fact, it is a mishmash of things’The Harper government is using the budget implementation act to give itself new, unexplained powers to regulate employment...
OttawaThe quiet cutsThe Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a coalition of organizations that deal with...
OttawaThe trouble with the budget billFrom her post-QP scrum today, Elizabeth May laments the budget implementation bill. There are calls to have the environmental...
OttawaUnpacking the budget billAs noted yesterday, the budget implementation bill tabled yesterday by the Conservatives numbers 431 pages of...