OttawaThe new normalAn enterprising Ottawa Citizen reporter discovers that two members of the Finance Minister’s economic advisory council stand to...
OttawaThe Commons: The mild voice of consensusWith the Throne Speech through, MPs returned to the House to lounge about before business began. Speaker Peter Milliken fiddled...
OttawaDon Newman is not impressedThe CBC’s senior parliamentary editor decides to single-handedly reform Parliament. He also points out the lingering concern of...
OttawaBruce Stanton Maverick WatchThe Conservative MP for Simcoe North submits a 16-page report to the finance minister on his consultations with constituents. In...
Ottawa’It took a comedian’The complete box set of Canwest’s series on the decline of Canadian politics— Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV , Part V...
Ottawa’A bunch of self-serving exaggeration’Canwest is presently running a five-part—only five?—series on the decline of our politics. The first part was entitled, " How...
Ottawa’Assuage the bitterness’Interesting point from a New York Times story on whether Barack Obama’s arrival will change the debate in Washington. "It’s...
OttawaGuess who does think the coalition is legitimate?Conservative MP Daryl Kramp . "Obviously I’m against the coalition, but I don’t believe that’s the issue. I think the...
OttawaLet he who is ’democratically legitimate’ cast the first stoneIn regards to Richard Van Loon’s piece in today’s Citizen, as discussed by our Potter, one question that I would quite sincerely...
OttawaOttawa to be serious, avoid getting "huggy-huggy"Conservative Gary Schellenberger looks ahead . "It’s my feeling that when we go back it’s not going to be all huggy-huggy or...