Inside Ottawa

One of question period’s leading characters on the value of conflict

MP Irwin Cotler’s motion sets out to find the delicate line of partisanship between vicious attack and honest airing of differences

There’s no place like home — especially if you want to be re-elected. Our Political Editor Paul Wells explains

What happens when the cameras turn away, the visitors leave and the MPs stop playing games? Work, maybe.

Private members’ bills are having a moment in Ottawa—at least, if you’re a Conservative MP

The sad truth about the stultifying nature of Canadian parliamentary debate

One-on-one with the Independent MP

Aaron Wherry explains why Canadians should watch Question Period

Nowhere is the dereliction of duty more evident than in the House of Commons, writes Brent Rathgeber

The Maclean’s political editor gives a behind-the-scenes tour of Parliament Hill

A simple parliamentary tradition is taking a strange turn under the Conservatives

Before the team takes the field, there is practice