OttawaDebating C-45Megan Leslie’s speech on the budget bill. And, for the sake of comparison, Chris Alexander’s speech on C-45.
OttawaThe House of TweetIf you should be so interested, here is a list of MPs on Twitter. You can either subscribe to the list or bookmark it to follow...
OttawaThe Commons: How big is your budget?Halloween in the Commons: Time to shame the committee chairs
OttawaMade to perform like captive sea creaturesKeith Beardsley, a former Conservative official, laments for the spectacle of the House between 2pm and 3pm each afternoon. What’s...
OttawaIs ’omnibus’ a bad word now?A recent poll from Forum Research. Within that sample, only 33% of Conservative supporters agreed that government’s should be...
OttawaJoe Comartin vs. The NHLThe NHL joins Major League Baseball in opposing Joe Comartin’s bill on sports betting. Now that Joe Comartin is the deputy...
OttawaNavigating the farce, Terrence YoungAn exchange from Monday’s budget debate between the NDP’s Kennedy Stewart and Conservative MP Terrence Young. Cap-and-trade is, of...
OttawaThe Commons: Like a lawfully authorized bridge over navigable watersIt is to the Macdonald government’s eternal shame that it did not enact a proper FAQ in 1882
OttawaNavigating the farce, Joy Smith and Royal GalipeauAn interesting exchange from the very end of yesterday’s debate on the budget. The problem for Mr. Galipeau and Ms. Smith is that...
OttawaFundamental disconnectsMichael Ignatieff tries to draw a line between adversaries and enemies. I always have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea...