UncategorizedAll inLiberal Derek Lee stood in the House, just a moment ago, and filed a question of privilege on the House’s demand that the...
UncategorizedThe Commons: Wait and seeThe opposition persists in its questions and the government insists on dismissing those queries
UncategorizedThe Backbench Top TenAnd now the debut of a new weekly feature here at Beyond the Commons: a wholly arbitrary ranking of the ten most worthy, or at...
UncategorizedIacobucci to decideThe Justice Minister has asked Frank Iacobucci, the former Supreme Court justice, to review documents relevant to the Afghan...
UncategorizedThe Colvin encyclopediaA collection of documents, testimony and news reports related to Richard Colvin and Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees. The...
UncategorizedDo the shuffleFour Liberals (Dhalla, Wrzesnewskyj, Silva and Wilfert) get advisory roles for various regions of the world, four new critic...
OttawaThe Speaker takes a stand (III)Yesterday’s debate, in its entirety, after the jump. Mr. Tim Uppal (Edmonton—Sherwood Park, CPC) : Mr. Speaker, I rise on a...
OttawaThe inevitable Hitler comparisonYou know, when I wrote the other day that questioning someone’s patriotism was roughly equivalent to comparing them to Hitler, I...
UncategorizedBTC: Fantasy baseballBack when Maxime Bernier took his leave, there was much hueing and crying about the Prime Minister’s promoting an...
UncategorizedThe Commons: On your feetCanada is screwed. Canada is great. Let us stand and applaud either way. The Scene. The Prime Minister had just finished...