OttawaThis week has four sketchesSunday. First impressions, hastily made Monday. ’It is the cover-up that buries one’ Tuesday. A fish story, in verse Thursday. The...
OttawaThe Commons: The tiny, perfect Conservative’We are not about symbols. We are about real action.’
OttawaNo rushWhile the omnibus crime bill was rushed through the House so fast even the Public Safety Minister couldn’t keep up , the...
OttawaAnd then this happenedAfter QP today, the Bloc’s Andre Bellavance rose to ask that Conservative MP Jim Hillyer apologize to the House for his gestures...
OttawaUser guideOn the argument that we would be well-served by drafting something similar to New Zealand’s cabinet manual, James Bowden notes...
OttawaWhen do we want it?In the midst of lamenting for it all, Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett notes a 2002 report that surveyed parliamentarians about their...
OttawaThe Commons: A fish story, in verseThe PM rejects the ’so-called facts’ used against his government
OttawaDemonstration? What demonstration?Long after he’d had his three turns, Bob Rae rose near the end of QP to double-check with the government. The Liberal side took...
OttawaA variety of carryings-onAfter QP this afternoon, the Speaker ruled on a pair of disturbances in the House, previously noted here and here . The prepared...