Ottawa’A complete dog’s breakfast’Ralph Goodale’s contribution to the C-45 debate. The Conservatives passed a motion of time allocation yesterday that will limit...
Ottawa’It is a question of credibility for the government’Here is the text of Thomas Mulcair’s speech in the House yesterday—with periodic interjections from Conservative MPs—on...
OttawaThe case of the disappearing FAQSometime between when I wrote this post last night and 10:30am this morning when a reader alerted me to the issue, Transport...
OttawaAn outbreak of democracyThe CBC says the Conservatives will allow various parts of C-45 , the latest budget implementation act, to be studied at the...
OttawaNavigable waters and the environmentOf the changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act that are included in the latest budget implementation act, the Conservatives...
OttawaWill the transport committee study the omnibus budget bill?Olivia Chow will table a motion at the transport committee today that would have the committee study "all transport and...
OttawaIt’s the opposition’s fault that these omnibus bills exist, apparentlyOn CBC radio’s The House this weekend, Evan Solomon interviewed Jim Flaherty. During that interview, Solomon raised Stephen...
OttawaNavigating the budget’s watersDuring QP this morning, NDP House leader Nathan Cullen declared that changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act were not in...
OttawaIt turns out that omnibus budget bills can be splitThe Conservatives and the opposition parties unanimously agreed this morning to split MP pension reforms from the omnibus budget...