house of commons

The new deputy speaker takes the chair and promptly rules praise for his promotion to be out of order. The full exchange is here .

These are complex issues. Perhaps at some point they will be discussed as such.

Aaron Wherry on the first day back

The NDP’s Joe Comartin has been named deputy speaker, replacing Denise Savoie .

Chantal Hebert , Tim Harper , Joan Bryden and the Star preview the fall sitting. My preview is here . The prospect of a second...

With bonus video presentation starring the Ottawa bureau

The Conservatives promise another omnibus budget bill, Nathan Cullen mixes his metaphors.

Earlier this month, Cory Horner shut down one of my favourite bookmarks, howdtheyvote.ca . Cory explains his decision here...

Winslow Wheeler, who participated in the NDP’s F-35 hearings last month, finds that MPs exceed his expectations.

Peter O’Neill doesn’t expect many backbenchers to follow Brent Rathgeber’s lead . The minor outbursts of independent...