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democratic reform

Ottawa

Ask permission before crossing the floor

The private members’ bill set to be debated tomorrow is C-306 , put forward by Mathieu Ravignat, the NDP MP for Pontiac. There...

Occupy democracy

Jeff Jedras questions the suggestion that Occupy protesters would simply be better off voting.

House of Commons math

If the Star’s sources are correct, the Harper government’s plan to rebalance the House of Commons will see 13 seats added in...

Idea alert

David Berlin proposes a new kind of parliamentary government. Berlin’s primary complaint is the party system itself. But the...

A muddled Senate

Jeff Jedras notes Stephane Dion’s continued dissection of the Harper government’s Senate reforms, including the exclusion of...

Bless this mess

Samara has released its fourth report on the lives of MPs, including proposals for reform from those parliamentarians: reduce the...

In memoriam

Peter Aucoin, the celebrated political science professor and scholar , passed away yesterday at the age of 67. His last book—...