OttawaLive-action attack adsKeith Beardsley, a former Conservative aide, explains how members’ statements became attack ads . He concludes it’s now time to...
OttawaSwearing in parliamentary historySo Jason Kenney has apologized , but not before Kevin Lamoureux managed to get "asshole" on the permanent House record. When that...
OttawaFrom the magazineAs he prepares for the most important week of his speakership to date, here is a piece from last week’s magazine on Speaker Andrew...
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...
OttawaElizabeth May knows the rulesIn yesterday’s sketch , I suggested that Ms. May had violated the House’s prohibition against props when she held aloft a copy of...
OttawaFootnotes on this new age of decorumIn light of the latest call for civility in the House of Commons, here is what I wrote the last time the issue was raised. Kady...
UncategorizedCall to orderThe Agenda convenes a panel of four former Speakers in the Ontario legislature to discuss civility.
OttawaLunch room monitorJoe Comartin would like to empower the Speaker somehow to better sort out the unruly. I was watching a session of Prime Minister’s...