Ned Franks
The price of a speech from Trudeau
So the Liberal leader is going to make amends. Now what?
Nobody’s home
Tim Harper notes the eerie silence around the nation’s legislatures.
With a special guest appearance by the Governor General?
A possible compromise to end Theresa Spence’s hunger strike
‘Parliamentary business as warfare’
Ned Franks considers the early days of the 41st Parliament.
That Senate reform bill: alive in the water
Why Harper is not creating a formally elected Senate
‘It offended her professional responsibilities’
Ned Franks considers the circumstances of the rogue Senate page.
‘What he’s trying to do is elevate expediency into a constitutional principle’
Ned Franks considers that which Stephen Harper considers debatable.
‘There’s so much cuckoo around this’
The Canadian Press checks Mr. Harper’s understanding of the constitution.
Setting the agenda
Before tonight’s debates, here is last night’s discussion on The Agenda. It’s a good thing they kept Ned Franks and I in separate cities, otherwise we would’ve come to blows around the two and a half minute mark here.
The democracy election
The Star sizes up a potential campaign.
Three rulings in 12 months
Ned Franks considers yesterday’s two rulings together with last year’s ruling on detainee documents.
‘We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us’
Ned Franks considers House attendance.