The Commons: Holier than thou (as long as thou is Greece)
Aaron Wherry sums up Question Period
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Stephen Harper seems to have read that Justin Trudeau op-ed
The Prime Minister does not often bother with any questions beyond the initial opposition leaders’ rounds. Today though, after Bob...
Another voting marathon approaches
Scott Brison has submitted some 3,000 amendments to C-45 to be considered by the finance committee. The committee will inevitably...
How to rule out cap-and-trade without quite ruling out cap-and-trade
Lobbed a friendly question yesterday afternoon, Joe Oliver stood in the House and declared as follows. Now, moments earlier, Eve...
Annotating Eve Adams
The Conservative MP for Mississauga-Brampton South stood before Question Period to lament the NDP’s support for...
The Commons: Tony Clement does his Maxime Bernier impression
Aaron Wherry makes sense of QP’s numbers
Blaine Calkins offers a selective reading of Jack Mintz
Conservative MP Blaine Calkins rose before Question Period this afternoon with the following. If that quote of Mr. Mintz seems...
Members’ statements intrigue
Peter Goldring thinks the Conservatives were trying to mock him with a members’ statement. A preliminary hearing into the charges...
The existential crisis of the deputy speaker
Joe Comartin talks about his new gig.
Do we want the Senate defeating bills passed by the House?
Greg Fingas considers the ramifications of the Senate (potentially) defeating the sports betting bill. Depending on the eventual...