OttawaThe Commons: Carry onThe congeniality of the opening session ended quickly. Let us be thankful for that.
OttawaRemembering JackThe House of Commons is presently toasting the memory of Jack Layton, with speeches so far from Stephen Harper, Bob Rae, Louis...
GeneralLibby Davies’s French and angry New BrunswickersUncle Sam leans on New Brunswickers John Williamson , a rookie Tory MP and Stephen Harper ’s former director of...
OttawaPolitics and lifeMatthew Yglesias counsels progressives with advice that could apply to all political persuasions. Yglesias suggests two steps:...
OttawaIs the NDP tearing itself apart yet? How bout now?Globe and Mail, April 30 . The push for a merger between the Liberal Party and the NDP has quickly become a major issue among the...
OttawaThe Williams bumpGetting back to this debate , I decided to run the numbers for the entire shortlist using rg’s metric: by popular vote, compare...
OttawaThe Commons: Introducing Brian Topp’No one can replace Jack, but we can honour him by making sure his dream of social justice will never die’
GeneralSenators’ home cooking and a no-fuss wedding MP’s big greek wedding NDP MP Niki Ashton got married to Ryan Barker this month in a quickly organized wedding that took place...
NewsGood news, bad news: September 1-8, 2011A Syrian official resigns in protest, the UN warns hundreds of thousands could die because of famine in Somalia