OttawaFocus of what?Last week’s At Issue panel concerned the state of Question Period and Paul’s thinking very hard about the subject. One hilarious...
OttawaOn seriousnessRob Silver delves into parliamentary reform . Lots of people - including many politicians and pundits - talk a lot about how...
OttawaEngineered confusionChanneling her father , Eugene Forsey’s daughter attempts to undo the misconceptions of our democracy that resulted from (or...
OttawaInsufficient evidenceGilles Duceppe has been cleared of charges he gestured rudely in the direction of the government benches this week. The latest...
OttawaThe new normalAn enterprising Ottawa Citizen reporter discovers that two members of the Finance Minister’s economic advisory council stand to...
OttawaThe Commons: The mild voice of consensusWith the Throne Speech through, MPs returned to the House to lounge about before business began. Speaker Peter Milliken fiddled...
OttawaBruce Stanton Maverick WatchThe Conservative MP for Simcoe North submits a 16-page report to the finance minister on his consultations with constituents. In...
Ottawa’It took a comedian’The complete box set of Canwest’s series on the decline of Canadian politics— Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV , Part V...
Ottawa’A bunch of self-serving exaggeration’Canwest is presently running a five-part—only five?—series on the decline of our politics. The first part was entitled, " How...
Ottawa’Assuage the bitterness’Interesting point from a New York Times story on whether Barack Obama’s arrival will change the debate in Washington. "It’s...