The Commons: The latest distraction
Ignatieff questions the Conservatives’ approach to post-secondary education
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Michael Ignatieff
The Commons: What we’re not talking about
And how it somehow came to involve George W. Bush
’I can assure you nobody is getting their moat paid for’
Stephen Maher asks and both Michael Ignatieff and Gilles Duceppe say they’re open to allowing Sheila Fraser to audit MP...
The Commons: Weirder still
Iggy: "The government has made a total mess of a great institution, Rights & Democracy"
Harper’s hard right turn
Social conservatism is on the rise in Ottawa, and across Canada
Don’t you people read newspapers?
Jeff Jedras considers the Prime Minister’s YouTube interview, and similar forays by the leader of the opposition.
The software of democracy
Mark Kingwell’s essay on political civility, to which I referred last week, is now online .
The terms of reference
The government releases Frank Iacobucci’s terms of reference , the opposition is unpersuaded .
The Commons: What this is about
"Having indirectly congratulated himself, Harper basked in whatever kind of victory this amounted to"
’Our humble wish that your Excellency is not burdened in future with frivolous requests for prorogation’
The prepared text of Michael Ignatieff’s speech in reply to the Speech from the Throne.