Chris Warkentin
Who here is the least disgraceful?
The House engages in a rather unedifying hour of democracy
Whatever happened to the Backbench Spring?
It would be nice to think the House could help sort out the Duffy-Wright affair
We need a royal commission
Chris Warkentin is not entirely satisfied with David McGuinty’s resignation and apology.
The Commons: Happily outraged
The Scene. Oh how happy Conservatives must’ve been made last night to read the inflammatory remarks of Liberal MP David McGuinty. Oh how giddy they must’ve been at the prospect of hanging this one on the Liberal side. One presumes several backbenchers could barely sleep, so anxious to get on with today’s festival of shame.
Speaker Scheer’s 2nd Annual Hilloween Party
Speaker Andrew Scheer hosted his second annual Hilloween party for MPs, staffers and all their children.
‘The most liberal abortion regime in the world’
Conservative MP James Lunney explains his vote in favour of Motion 312.
The farce is strong in these ones
Among the Conservaties who stood in the House this week and criticized the NDP’s stance on cap-and-trade were Kyle Seeback, Peter Van Loan, Gord Brown, Leon Benoit, Shelly Glover, Chris Warkentin, LaVar Payne, Gerry Ritz, Pierre Poilievre, Christian Paradis, Rick Dykstra, Randy Hoback, Pierre Lemieux, Ed Fast, Tony Clement and Andrew Saxton. These individuals—like Phil McColeman, Joe Preston and Ed Holder, who attacked the NDP last week—were all Conservative candidates in 2008 when the Conservative party platform included a commitment to pursue a continental cap-and-trade system.
The case of the alleged Nazi salute
Despite—indeed, because of—Wayne Easter’s statement that no Nazi salute was made during last week’s C-38 votes, Joe Oliver rose after QP today to press the case, alleging that Mr. Easter and Liberal MP Hedy Fry engaged in inappropriate gesturing. Mr. Easter again asserted innocence, but Conservative MP Chris Warkentin suggested he should apologize anyway. After an intervention by Bob Rae, the Speaker said he would review the video footage. (Ms. Fry responds via Twitter.)
Firefighters in Ottawa
The International Association of Firefighters arrived in Ottawa and held a reception at the Delta Hotel.
How the Tory MP surprised the Rabbi
Following #redchamber
MPs celebrate Jewish holiday of Succoth
The Jewish holiday of Succoth saw Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn of the Canadian Federation of Chabad-Lubavitch set up a sukkah (a temporary dwelling to symbolize what the Jews used when they wandered the dessert for 40 years) in the East Block courtyard.
The Commons: ‘I’m sorry if there’s been any confusion’
Rahim Jaffer enters an already unimpressive picture