OttawaThe trouble with the budget billFrom her post-QP scrum today, Elizabeth May laments the budget implementation bill. There are calls to have the environmental...
OttawaThose who do not remember historyFurther to this , astute tweeter Steve Lloyd points out that Stephen Harper was specifically addressed in the House about this...
Ottawa’Society has moved on and I do not believe this proposal should proceed’The Hansard account of last night’s debate begins here . Below, the text of Gordon O’Connor’s rather dramatic denunciation of...
OttawaUnpacking the budget billAs noted yesterday, the budget implementation bill tabled yesterday by the Conservatives numbers 431 pages of...
OttawaThe whipThe New Democrats have said they will unanimously oppose Stephen Woodworth’s motion—which, as private members’ business, would...
OttawaThe Commons: A debate about a debate about abortion"Why would we be afraid to let the evidence come out?" asked MP Stephen Woodworth
OttawaToday’s episode of Parsing the Prime MinisterThomas Mulcair opened QP this afternoon with a look back to what the Prime Minister had said yesterday about what the United...
OttawaThe budget bill: this year’s behemothHere is the budget implementation bill just tabled in the House this morning. As a file, it measures 1.8Mb. As a document, it...
OttawaThe c-wordYesterday’s exchange between Messrs. Mulcair and Harper was the highlight of the afternoon, but with his first question Bob Rae...