GeneralMPs, nachos and a loon: The All-Party PartyEvery year Nova Scotia NDP MP Peter Stoffer (below) organizes the All-Party Party for everyone who works on the Hill, from MPs to...
OttawaThe Commons: Yell louderThe Scene. "Mr. Speaker," Chuck Strahl said the other day, scolding Todd Russell, the typically loud Liberal from Labrador, "there...
OttawaOf manhood and memoriesA year ago now, at the peak of the sound and fury surrounding allegations of bribery and Chuck Cadman, the matter came round, as...
OttawaMixed metaphor of the dayWe are riding a horse. Obscured by a tree. That has just been cut down. Ken Dryden on the government’s environment policy . What...
OttawaThe Commons: Michael Ignatieff and the herdThe early reviews are in and Ignatieff is a disaster
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...
OttawaStephane Dion as Eric LindrosKen Dryden has posted a Facebook note on the last month of happenings in Ottawa. He is typically succinct, coming in at just under...
OttawaThe Commons: ’How do we repair the irreparable?’’Jacques Parizeau!’ Mr. Harper yelped. ’Weaken this country!’
OttawaFantasy governmentLatest reports put a coalition cabinet at 24 members—18 Liberal, 6 NDP. Consider this a rough draft (uninformed by any inside...