OttawaFantasy governmentLatest reports put a coalition cabinet at 24 members—18 Liberal, 6 NDP. Consider this a rough draft (uninformed by any inside...
OttawaThe day in words that will soon be forgottenSome months ago, the Prime Minister spoke to the nation in sorrowful tones. Parliament, he mourned, was a disgrace. A blight upon...
OttawaThe Race for Kingsmere: It all comes down to this ...Kady O’Malley liveblogs the election of the speaker
OttawaThe coveted Commons endorsementThe next Speaker of the House of Commons should be Joe Comartin. Here’s why. If you believe the level of debate in the last...
OttawaOh, it’s on: Two more MPs join the Race for KingsmereDoes this suggest a split within the Conservative caucus? Have he and Merv Tweed established a Rae-Ignatieff-style pact of...
UncategorizedBTC: Roll callNot that anyone’s currently around to hold a vote. Nor that there could be a vote—or at least one that could matter. But for...
UncategorizedBTC: Fantasy baseballBack when Maxime Bernier took his leave, there was much hueing and crying about the Prime Minister’s promoting an...
UncategorizedBTC: Omar Khadr Outrage WatchThe NDP’s Joe Comartin, speaking at a Feb. 25 press conference alongside the Bloc’s Vivian Barbot and Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc:...