OttawaThe 300,000-word clubWith the House expected to rise for the holidays any day now, we pause to note that the NDP’s Jim Maloway has officially committed...
OttawaA procedural pursuit of the truthHere then an interesting test of the system’s ability to demand and require the whole truth. After Question Period on...
OttawaA plea for decencyI wasn’t in the House this afternoon on account of other commitments, but I’m told that shortly after Question Period, Speaker...
OttawaThe Commons: Would you let this man fly your plane?It took Peter MacKay a mere three sentences to say something of a highly questionable nature
OttawaThe Backbench Top TenAfter a week away, our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs returns. A...
OttawaThis week has four sketchesOur weekly look back at all we saw and heard. Monday. ’This is about victims’ Tuesday. Anyone can be environment minister...
OttawaThe lion of the HouseBob Rae’s ability to hold and reward attention is unmatched in the present House of Commons and his presence is perhaps all the...
OttawaGoverning as sportLast year . "For anyone who believes that our governments should be honest, open and accountable, this is a travesty. But it’s...
OttawaWhat she meant to sayOn September 28, the Globe reported that provincial health ministers had been told by that the federal government would not be...
OttawaAs Confucius once saidThis week should not pass without some note of the Prime Minister’s altogether profound answer to a question from the Liberal...