OttawaC-38: The NDP’s responseThe official opposition has launched a three-part response to the budget bill, including public hearings in Ottawa and across the...
OttawaThe carbon tax: history’s greatest monsterWithout amendment or correction, John Baird’s warning that a carbon tax would kill your family is now preserved for eternity in...
OttawaWhat has Jim Flaherty heard?On April 24, Peggy Nash asked Human Resources Minister Diane Finley how much money the government expected to be saved by raising...
OttawaC-38 goes to committeeThe budget bill has passed at second reading by a vote of 149-132. It will now be studied by the finance committee, with a...
OttawaTony Clement respondsTo John McCallum’s challenge , the President of the Treasury Board tweets a citation. Section 81(7) reads in its entirety as...
OttawaChallenging Tony ClementSeemingly in response to a column by the Globe’s Barrie McKenna on the government’s reluctance to detail budget cuts, Liberal MP...
OttawaThe neutered Parliament?At the end of this Globe report on moves toward greater cooperation among parliamentary watchdogs, Pat Martin concedes a rather...
OttawaC-38: The government’s argumentsCourtesy of YouTube, a selection of budget bill speeches from Conservative MPs. Pierre Poilievre James Bezan Patrick Brown More...
OttawaCaptain DemocracyThe Walrus wonders this month if Elizabeth May can rescue democracy in this country. According to Betteridge’s Law , the answer is...