Finger guns
Conservative MP Jim Hillyer was apparently quite excited to vote in favour of eliminating the long-gun registry.
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Guesstimates
MPs on all sides admit Parliament is failing at one of its primary tasks.
The Commons: ’It is the cover-up that buries one’
The government has decided it will no longer try to explain Peter MacKay’s helicopter ride
Saving the House of Commons (II)
Further to this , Mark Jarvis chimes in via email with some of the other ideas discussed in Democratizing the Constitution . That...
This is the week that was
We tried to save the House of Commons. Brian Topp pitched higher taxes (and considered equality). Nathan Cullen pitched democratic...
This week has four sketches
Monday. Convictions without courage Wednesday. Tuesday night in Cornwall and Tragedy of numbers Thursday. The power and the...
On pointlessness
Julian Fantino, the associate minister of defence, responding to a question this morning about Peter MacKay’s helicopter ride.
What does ministerial accountability mean?
NDP MP Ryan Cleary thinks Peter MacKay should resign.
You can’t ask that here
On the requirement that questions concern the "administrative responsibility" of government, the Speaker now seems to be taking a...
Saving the House of Commons
Seven ways to fix the beleaguered institution