UncategorizedThe Commons: Lost in translationHarper and MacKay can’t seem to get their stories straight
UncategorizedFormally Proposed Parliamentary Reform of the WeekA British committee set up in the wake of all that unpleasantness over MPs’ expenses, comes back with some suggestions .
UncategorizedWhat they said (III)On April 23, 2007, the Globe reported what it had learned from interviews with 30 detainees. Two days later, the paper revealed...
UncategorizedWhat they saidRichard Colvin testified that he and his colleagues in the field began informing Ottawa about the treatment of detainees in May...
UncategorizedThe legacy of Preston ManningDon Newman posits his theory as to where everything went sideways. I arrived too late in Ottawa to witness the Reform party in its...
UncategorizedThe standard of proofIn QP this morning, John Baird explained, in part, the government’s unwillingness to put its faith in Mr. Colvin’s testimony as...
UncategorizedThe Commons: Eighteen attempts to explain the same storyMacKay questions the credibility of Afghan torture whistleblower, Richard Colvin
UncategorizedThe Commons: ’There is no evidence’Ottawa denies it knew anything about torture in Afghanistan
UncategorizedDid no one hear Dean Del Mastro’s plea for decency?After Question Period just now, Navdeep Bains rose on a point of order to allege that Vic Toews, Conservative frontbencher and...
UncategorizedThe usual suspectsA potentially interesting note from the Globe’s review of changes in Michael Ignatieff’s office. It is tempting to say this is a...