’She has to go’
Ned Franks, the dean of parliamentary scholars, passes judgment on Bev Oda.
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What Bev Oda said
For the context to Ms. Oda’s statement in the House today, John McKay’s point of privilege in December is instructive. On the...
The Commons: This era of shouted fragments and empty sentences
Alas, there are days when even full sentences are insufficient
’The way in which this case has been handled... has been unfortunate’
And so the long and twisted tale of how and why an organization called KAIROS came to have an application for government funding...
The precise nature of the problem
Glen Pearson notes the misdirection inherent in fretting about decorum.
’Profoundly disturbing questions that evidently remain unanswered’
Last December, Liberal John McKay rose on a point of privilege to assert that International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda had...
On second thought
From their scrum yesterday, Michael Ignatieff and Mark Holland explain the Liberal side’s decision to oppose Bill S-10 . Of note:...
Idea alert
Brian Topp figures it’s time we figure out what the rules of our parliamentary democracy are. It’s an idea that Peter Russell, the...
The Commons: Bow before the independent business owner
As soon as MPs know precisely what they want, they will give it to them
Idea alert
David Mitchell suggests Parliament should become a travelling road show once Centre Block is closed for renovations.