OttawaPeace in our timeYesterday afternoon, NDP MP Jonathan Tremblay rose to address the case of the missing toy space shuttles . Mr. Tremblay accepted...
OttawaIn praise of democracyLast night in Toronto, the Donner Prize for the best public policy book in Canada was awarded to Democratizing the Constitution by...
OttawaThe Commons: Give us your tired, your poor, your convictedThomas Mulcair had news. Or, rather, he’d read the news.
OttawaElizabeth May knows the rulesIn yesterday’s sketch , I suggested that Ms. May had violated the House’s prohibition against props when she held aloft a copy of...
OttawaAttempting to demand the truthBeyond the matter of the toy shuttles and beneath the daily debate over the F-35 procurement, there is an intriguing dispute...
OttawaFootnotes on this new age of decorumIn light of the latest call for civility in the House of Commons, here is what I wrote the last time the issue was raised. Kady...
OttawaThe Commons: Incivility is in the eye of the beholderThree days after invoking Hitler to mock the NDP, the Conservatives were claiming the high road
OttawaCrisis in the mailLiberal House leader Marc Garneau rose after QP this afternoon on a point of privilege to complain, in very strong terms, that the...
OttawaHow they do it in BritainWhile the NDP is calling for the Speaker to be more assertive on this side of the Atlantic, there is an interesting development to...
OttawaPerson, party, ParliamentGreg Fingas considers Bruce Hyer’s defection in the context of Thomas Mulcair’s hopes for regional outreach. Brian Topp considers...