OttawaThe Backbench Top TenOur weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs, excluding the Prime...
OttawaPower and politicsDonald Savoie talks to Steve Paikin about the concentration of power in our politics.
GeneralOn the perils of prorogationCOYNE: Some advice for Canada’s new Governor General, David Johnston
OttawaThis week has four sketchesOur weekly look back at all we saw and heard. Monday . There once was a woman from Montreal Tuesday. A keen eye for the lowest...
OttawaIdea alertShortly before Question Period this morning, the NDP’s Bruce Hyer proposed a game of musical chairs.
OttawaGeneration gapEric Grenier from threehundredeight.com compares how young and old voters would divvy up the House of Commons and gets the...
OttawaThe Commons: Off we go with no idea where we’re headedThe hallmarks of a scandal are there. Does that make it a scandal?
OttawaOne small stepLast night, after a proposed amendment was defeated, the House voted 235 to 44 to approve Motion No. 517 , thus instructing the...
OttawaThe Commons: Delighting in the missteps of one’s opponent"Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me five times, it must be a Liberal."
OttawaThe Commons: A keen eye for the lowest common denominatorThe Liberals must surely have known a withering retort was coming