OttawaFrom the magazineFrom this week’s print edition, a behind-the-scenes look at Jack Layton’s announcement last month. The story is primarily based on...
OttawaLet’s not make a dealBefore and during last week’s filibuster, it seems there was nearly a deal. Postal workers are now preparing to challenge the...
OttawaThe next Speaker of the HouseConservative MPs Andrew Scheer (who served as deputy speaker during the last Parliament) and Barry Devolin (who served as an...
OttawaA lack of oversightBea Vongdouangchanh looks at one of the primary gaps in the legislative process.
Ottawa’We are all proud to share basic principles’Conservative backbencher Steven Blaney—with the public support of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney—has introduced a bill that...
OttawaThe Backbench Top TenAfter a week away, our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs returns. A...
OttawaThe world’s longest April Fool’s jokeDespite not having done anything with the bill since April 1 and despite anonymous government sources saying the initiative was...
OttawaGun registry mathWhen Bill c-391 , an act to repeal the long-gun registry, came to a vote on second reading last November, it was passed by a count...
OttawaThe new new deadline on Afghan detainee documentsAnd so next week looks potentially pivotal in various ways for various parties. Update 10:36am. A meeting of all parties has been...
OttawaDay 6 of 14Joe Comartin and Jack Harris have just now briefed reporters on this morning’s negotiations. Progress is apparently being...