OttawaAdd Elmwood-Transcona to the listThe NDP says Elmwood-Transcona was targeted by robocalls misdirecting voters. Meanwhile, Liberal MP Mark Eyking confirms...
OttawaThe House: ’When politicians speak to us’Rather than simply lament for how little attention is paid to the institution, I thought I’d ask some smart people if they had...
CanadaThe House of Commons is a shamNo one shows up. Nothing gets done. The sad decline of our most important institution.
OttawaThe 300,000-word clubWith the House expected to rise for the holidays any day now, we pause to note that the NDP’s Jim Maloway has officially committed...
Ottawa‘If we can find a way to move forward’In the wake of Jack Layton’s announcement yesterday, Charlie Angus, one of the dozen NDP MPs whose votes will decide the fate of...
Ottawa149 to 148Postmedia finds three NDP MPs who are committed to voting in favour of C-391: Peter Stoffer, Dennis Bevington and Jim...
OttawaThe Backbench Top TenOne last time before pausing for the summer: our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least...
OttawaThe Backbench Top TenOur weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs, excluding the Prime...
UncategorizedIdeas menThe Mark has taken lately to publishing short essays by MPs who have ideas about things. The latest is Mario Silva on literacy...