OttawaAnother way the House is made irrelevantIf, as variously reported, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers the fall economic and fiscal update to the Calgary Chamber of...
OttawaSix more seatsThe NDP is standing by its demand that Quebec receive 24.35% of seats in the House of Commons. The Harper government’s legislation...
OttawaAdd another to the enemies listOn Friday, Michel Dorais, a member of the internal audit committee which oversees the Auditor General, resigned in protest. In...
OttawaThis week has four sketchesMonday. Let’s be frank Tuesday. A gun-measuring contest in the House Wednesday. Tony Clement comes clean Thursday. A salute to...
OttawaWho gets to support the troops (II)After the Bloc Quebecois and Elizabeth May were prevented on Wednesday from speaking on the occasion of Remembrance...
OttawaWhat is this House for?With the last intervention of Question Period yesterday, Elizabeth May asked the government to clarify its general attitude toward...
OttawaThe Commons: A salute to cognitive dissonanceNDP governments and Pierre Trudeau have unlikely fans in the Conservative cabinet
OttawaTouchéThe NDP’s Francoise Boivin rose shortly before Question Period with a rhetorical question for Vic Toews . Ms. Boivin demanded that...
OttawaThis week in party disciplineTwo New Democrats—Bruce Hyer and John Rafferty—have been sanctioned by interim party leader Nycole Turmel after breaking with...
OttawaWon’t stand for thisFor those of you scoring at home, Liberal MPs boycotted this morning’s vote to ratify the appointment of Michael Ferguson as...