UncategorizedThat Senate reform bill: alive in the waterWhy Harper is not creating a formally elected Senate
OttawaA non-binding, voluntary basis for encouragement to consider fundamental changeThe government has now tabled its Senate Reform Act.
Ottawa’A contempt of Parliament’A statement this evening from the office of the Speaker of the Senate. Evan Solomon interviews Brigette DePape. Jason Kenney deems...
OttawaA speech fit for a throneThe text of the Speech from the Throne can be dutifully read here . It is entitled "Here for all Canadians," presumably to...
OttawaHypotheticalsStephen Harper doesn’t want to get into certain hypotheticals . The partisan crowd apparently booed and heckled the CBC reporter...
OttawaAdvising the Governor GeneralEkos asks what should happen if a minority government is defeated soon after the next election. Leger asks a similar question and...
OttawaWhat say the Governor General?Nicholas A. MacDonald and James W.J. Bowden argue that the Governor General should not refuse a request to prorogue Parliament.
OttawaTwo questions for Stephen Harper (III)After interviewing Mr. Layton and Mr. Ignatieff , Peter Mansbridge will sit down with Mr. Harper on Thursday. Assuming that the...
GeneralGovernor-General cleared over $1-million in salary in 2010Former U of W president second highest-paid public sector worker in Ontario
OttawaStephen Harper and constitutional conventionTom Flanagan, a former advisor to Mr. Harper, is asked for his opinion on the 2004 gambit . Meanwhile, John Geddes talks to Don...