UncategorizedThe Commons: Support for the troops if necessary, but necessarily support for the troopsEven if soldiers don’t agree with each other, the government agrees with soldiers
UncategorizedThe Commons: And so we arrive at satireThis government won’t stand for attacks against civil servants
GeneralMPs clam around and a real Ms. SalmonThe Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) held a reception to persuade MPs to create a federal Aquaculture Act. Gail Shea...
OttawaThe Commons: If we can’t talk to each other, we can only talk to ourselvesAnd that makes us look crazy
OttawaThe Commons: The prudence of pessimismThe Scene. Thomas Mulcair had tried to reason with the government. "According to StatsCan, of the 300,000 people who have lost...
OttawaMichael Ignatieff Maverick WatchThe Newfoundland Four are free . For now. At least symbolically. "Tonight they will have a one-time vote against the budget in...
OttawaBill Casey & the Newfoundland FourHis is a cautionary tale. Two years ago, Bill Casey objected to his government’s budget—something to do with an obscure...
OttawaThe Commons: ’The problem is not with me’The leader of the opposition was on one of the TV chat shows this evening and, in between mixing his metaphors (bridges to...
OttawaScott Simms, rather unimpressedThe Liberal backbencher, freely expressing his thoughts during Question Period today as Jim Flaherty answered a question on...
OttawaFree the Newfoundland TwoMichael Ignatieff on the Newfoundland Two . "Lets not talk about discipline yet. If there is discrimination against and broken...