OttawaThe American debateFrontline recently did a documentary on the climate change debate in the United States. Around the 9:30 mark, the defeat of a...
OttawaJack Mintz and putting a price on carbonA central figure in the carbon-pricing debate is economist Jack Mintz. In protesting the NDP’s cap-and-trade proposal, for...
OttawaThe farce goes to LeducAn excerpt from an op-ed in the Leduc Representative by Conservative MP Blaine Calkins. Here again is the rough guide to the...
OttawaLeon Benoit defers to the authority of Stephen GordonConservative MP Leon Benoit seems to have issued a news release that uses the expertise of Stephen Gordon to bolster the case that...
OttawaNavigating the farce, Terrence YoungAn exchange from Monday’s budget debate between the NDP’s Kennedy Stewart and Conservative MP Terrence Young. Cap-and-trade is, of...
OttawaNavigating the farce, Joy Smith and Royal GalipeauAn interesting exchange from the very end of yesterday’s debate on the budget. The problem for Mr. Galipeau and Ms. Smith is that...
Ottawa’It is a tax because it will raise costs’In protesting the NDP’s cap-and-trade proposal, Vic Toews adds to the definition of a tax. The Conservatives have already posited...
OttawaThe farce reaches Flin FlonThe following appeared in the Flin Flon Reminder yesterday as Conservative MP Rob Clarke’s MP report. Here again is a rough guide...
OttawaJohn Baird’s guide to polite conversationThe Commons: ’So much for the Leader of the Opposition raising the tone of political debate in this place’
OttawaCheryl Gallant’s farceThe Conservatives sent up four backbenchers during members’ statements today to complain about a carbon tax. Among them was Cheryl...