Parliament

Reginald Stackhouse : The purpose of the opposition is to prevent the government and its supporters from using their near-absolute...

Of Canada’s 308 MPs, 69 are presently women. Of Afghanistan’s 249 MPs, 68 are women. And so it is somehow true that Afghanistan’s...

CBC Newsworld had a very good interview this morning with Niall Ferguson. He’s enjoying a great "told you so" moment, claiming he...

I’ve been spending more time than I’d like trying to sort through this fixed-election stuff. Over at his stuffily-named "Andrew...

***CORRECTION*** Commenter below is right, I ran against Carolyn Bennett, not Parrish. I think I got them confused at an...

I know, I know - Colleague Wells has already liveblogged it , but just to give you a sense of our cuddly, forgiving Prime...

Fresh from the Victoria break -- or Honouring Our Monarch week, if you follow the regular Thursday...

How much parliamentary scrutiny does one budget implementation bill need? At least a couple of committees’ worth, it turns out --...

First off, the ITQ Committee Ahead-Looker would like to extend an official apology to the Subcommittee on International Human...

Debate opens tomorrow on this Bloc Québécois motion: That this House express its complete confidence in Elections Canada and the...