OttawaThe Liberal standardIn justifying the time it is allowing for debate of its budget implementation act, the Harper government is deferring to the time...
Ottawa’Without ever bringing a plan to Parliament’Seven years ago, the Liberal government of the day tabled a budget implementation act that included legislation related to the...
OttawaUnpacking the budget billAs noted yesterday, the budget implementation bill tabled yesterday by the Conservatives numbers 431 pages of...
OttawaThe budget bill: this year’s behemothHere is the budget implementation bill just tabled in the House this morning. As a file, it measures 1.8Mb. As a document, it...
OttawaLight readingThe government’s latest budget implementation bill— Bill C-13 —measures 642 pages. It is broken into 22 parts. In all, it...
OttawaIf he were here to see this, Stephen Harper would be so disappointedOn the occasion of the government’s decision to limit debate on its omnibus crime legislation, astute commenter Thwim digs up a...
GeneralMitchel Raphael on the ‘Hurricane’ MP and Layton’s makeup secretsWhen politicians don’t want to shine NDP Leader Jack Layton has switched his brand of TV makeup from MAC to Cover FX. The...
OttawaTrojan horsesOn the occasion of her first question in the House, Elizabeth May took the opportunity to press the government on the practice of...
OttawaThe grab bagNed Franks takes on the blight of omnibus legislation. This could all be dismissed as somehow arcane, but, as noted a couple...