Parliament

"I’ll take substance with nastiness over civil emptiness, anytime..."

Andrew Scheer’s remarks to Parliament yesterday as he sought the Speaker’s chair. Bill Curry briefly profiles the new Speaker.

While the government pursues a larger House and a reformed Senate, former MP Reginald Stackhouse argues we need neither.

The official opposition and the government are both apparently interested in fostering a dignified Parliament.

Former Conservative MP Chuck Strahl sends his boy, newly elected Conservative MP Mark Strahl, off to his first day of Parliament.

LIVE BLOG: Aaron Wherry reports from the Speaker’s election

The interim Liberal leader has announced his House line-up . Dominic LeBlanc takes Mr. Rae’s old spot at foreign affairs and Irwin...

The problem with analyzing civility is how to define it

Parliament returns this week, and ministers have promised a more civil House

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter has advice for Jack Layton