OttawaToday’s constitutional crisisConservatives senators called a snap vote last night and defeated Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act , that was...
OttawaThe Commons: Why bother?As it is, the matter of extending the Afghan mission will now pass with neither a debate, nor a vote
OttawaMarlene Jennings is sorryAn apology, of sorts, offered after Question Period yesterday. John Baird, the government House leader, pronounced his...
OttawaThe Commons: Transparent contradictionsIf the government has been clear about one thing, it is just how easily it can change its mind
OttawaThe Backbench Top TenOur weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs, excluding the Prime...
Ottawa’They need to know that their Parliament is behind them’As futile as it may be to hold Mr. Harper’s past pronouncements as a guide to present and future action, here is what the Prime...
Ottawa’The government has to be free to act’The Prime Minister doesn’t think a vote in Parliament is necessary to move forward with a training mission in Afghanistan. The...
Ottawa’The morale has sunk to new lows’Though he won’t officially depart until an election is called, Keith Martin offers a few parting words.
OttawaWill Parliament decide?Philippe Lagasse questions the potential precedent of putting the future of the Afghan mission to another vote in...