OttawaIn-and-out and veiled voting: It’s an irony ouroborousAt the risk of turning ITQ into Inside the Canada Elections Act , I should point out that the lack of a forcible deveiling...
OttawaVeiled voting redux: Here we go again ...Xenophobes, start your engines -- or, alternately, don’t. As much fun as it might have been to watch Chief Electoral Officer Marc...
OttawaElections Canada to ITQ: "That’s a very good question."So I was sort of musing idly about today’s (not all that surprising) announcement, and the ongoing In-and-Out saga, and it...
OttawaOyez, oyez! All rise! And ... you know, I’m not actually sure what happens next.But if all goes according to plan, I’m going to find out later this morning. I’m hoping to make it to a procedural hearing on the...
OttawaSummer school for scandal - An ITQ refresher course on in-and-out (and why it matters)With just hours to go before the Ethics committee kicks off its eleven-months-in-the-making investigation into the Conservative in...
GeneralSun, fun and in and out committee hearings - An ITQ liveblogging summer spectacular!We all knew it was coming - some of us have been counting down the hours, in fact - but still, now it’s official . In the Big...
GeneralBring on the dancing Elections Canada officials!Those among you who have been quietly (and not so quietly) concerned that ITQ might suffer serious withdrawal pangs during the...
UncategorizedWeekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 16)After the Globe reported this week that Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan were reaching out to members of the Taliban, Defence...
UncategorizedThe Commons: ‘A bit of respect, please’If this government has demonstrated anything, it is that it has little interest in being taken seriously The Scene. Michael...
GeneralWe’re from PCO and we’re here to help youHey, remember yesterday, when I liveblogged Auditor General Sheila Fraser’s appearance before Public Accounts , and it was almost...