PoliticsRick Mercer on what’s to come in 2014: ’Stephen Harper will resign’The CBC’s ranter-in-chief predicts the Conservative Party’s future
OttawaThis week in fixing ParliamentKady O’Malley suggests the time allotted for statements by members be moved (in my opinion, if members’ statements are to be...
OttawaFootnotes on this new age of decorumIn light of the latest call for civility in the House of Commons, here is what I wrote the last time the issue was raised. Kady...
OttawaRestored for posterityKady O’Malley tries to track down an explanation for the missing Martin Luther King reference . Whatever the reason for it not...
OttawaWho’s entitled to Old Age Security?In light of a short-lived NDP motion on Old Age Security eligibility, Kevin Milligan reviews the practical principles at...
OttawaOf love and politics and lifeJonathan McLeod notes Jack Layton’s use of the word "love." Mr. Layton used the l-word in his first statement last month...
OttawaYour tax dollars at work (II)Kady O’Malley has the most comprehensive round-up of today’s parade . Some select highlights.
OttawaOur democracy runneth overA Globe story —about democratic reform legislation, mind you—citing unnamed government officials is contradicted by an...
OttawaRights and Democracy: So everyone agrees! And there’s no problem! Right?Over at the CBC, their Kady O’Malley points out that Parliamentary privilege being what it is — powerful — "none" of the...
UncategorizedThe Mailbag: Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, the shocking truth about Kady O’MalleyWelcome to the Tuesday Mailbag on Wednesday, where, to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld (and there’s a phrase you don’t hear very...