’A person’s right to choose is what is at the heart of this bill’
Francine Lalonde’s private member’s bill on assisted suicide—previously discussed here —received its final hour of debate...
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The Commons: ‘I’m sorry if there’s been any confusion’
Rahim Jaffer enters an already unimpressive picture
Balancing act or pivotal choice
John Ibbitson and Susan Delacourt preview the Speaker’s decision on detainee documents. Gentle reminders that something like the...
The Commons: Finally, a straight answer
And yet, the day passed without much more in the way of insight
The Commons: The meaning of courage
Peter MacKay utters what surely must be three of the most profound sentences ever uttered in this place
Happiness is a warm, registered firearm
Michael Ignatieff lays out the Liberal approach to crime
The past few days in things that are somewhat more consequential
Gen. Walter Natynczyk has written to the special committee on Afghanistan to outline the military’s account of one of the events...
The eternal search for logic and consistency
From QP this morning, Wayne Easter attempts to put two and two together. Or connect the dots. Or whatever the appropriate phrase...
The Commons: Too little, too late
Peter MacKay admits Canada’s detainee transfer agreement isn’t perfect
In case this week was lacking anything
Conservative backbencher Rod Bruinooge introduces a bill that would make it illegal to "coerce" someone to have an abortion. The...