The Commons: The joke is on you, Canada
Aaron Wherry on the first day back
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Gerry Ritz
No, the Wheat Board’s not in the Constitution
Because it’s a little difficult to find on the Web, I’ve uploaded a PDF copy of the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench decision on...
’Fundamental constitutional imperatives’, the man says
On the Wheat Board, who should prevail in the contest between the Parliament of 1998 and the Parliament of 2011?
The Commons: Down with inequality, up with the price of cheese
MPs agree: in Canada, you can never pay too much for dairy
The Canadian Wheat Board’s long-shot lawsuit to keep its monopoly
The suit argues the agriculture minister doesn’t have the authority to shut it down
This is the week that was
Martin Singh touted himself as the pro-business candidate. Thomas Mulcair touted himself as Stephen Harper’s nightmare and a man...
This afternoon in animal references
Picking up where the House left off last Wednesday , Gerry Ritz suggested this afternoon, in response to a question from the NDP...
The Commons: Democracy and testicles
Are the unusual habits of the beaver a metaphor for abandoning the Canadian Wheat Board?
We reject your democracy and substitute our own
A majority of voters in a plebiscite have voted to maintain the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopsony. The government responded last...
The Commons: This government of powerless men
In this moment, Tweeting Tony is quite possibly the most powerful man in Ottawa