OttawaThe Commons: A matter of principleWas it righteousness or incompetence that cost Canada a seat on the Security Council?
OttawaThe Backbench Top TenOur weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs, excluding the Prime...
OttawaPower and politicsDonald Savoie talks to Steve Paikin about the concentration of power in our politics.
GeneralOn the perils of prorogationCOYNE: Some advice for Canada’s new Governor General, David Johnston
OttawaThis week has four sketchesOur weekly look back at all we saw and heard. Monday . There once was a woman from Montreal Tuesday. A keen eye for the lowest...
OttawaIdea alertShortly before Question Period this morning, the NDP’s Bruce Hyer proposed a game of musical chairs.
OttawaThe Commons: Off we go with no idea where we’re headedThe hallmarks of a scandal are there. Does that make it a scandal?
GeneralMitchel Raphael on what happens if you don’t shake the PM’s handJustin’s look-alike, MPs, transsexuals and a bank CEO, Tory party loses its ‘party’ man
OttawaOne small stepLast night, after a proposed amendment was defeated, the House voted 235 to 44 to approve Motion No. 517 , thus instructing the...
OttawaThe Commons: Delighting in the missteps of one’s opponent"Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me five times, it must be a Liberal."