The Liberal standard
In justifying the time it is allowing for debate of its budget implementation act, the Harper government is deferring to the time...
Parliament
Q&A: Nathan Cullen
The NDP’s new House leader and I chatted on Tuesday about decorum, Question Period reform and the budget implementation act. Q: On...
’Without ever bringing a plan to Parliament’
Seven years ago, the Liberal government of the day tabled a budget implementation act that included legislation related to the...
’This is supposedly a budget implementation bill, but in fact, it is a mishmash of things’
The Harper government is using the budget implementation act to give itself new, unexplained powers to regulate employment...
The F-35 questions that need to be asked
Philippe Lagassé offers some free advice to the opposition. The Public Accounts Committee convenes this morning to hear from the...
The Commons: One year later
It seems so long ago. A simpler time. Back when we could still tell ourselves that the F-35 was only going to cost $16 billion
Peace in our time
Yesterday afternoon, NDP MP Jonathan Tremblay rose to address the case of the missing toy space shuttles . Mr. Tremblay accepted...
In praise of democracy
Last night in Toronto, the Donner Prize for the best public policy book in Canada was awarded to Democratizing the Constitution by...
The Commons: Give us your tired, your poor, your convicted
Thomas Mulcair had news. Or, rather, he’d read the news.
Elizabeth May knows the rules
In yesterday’s sketch , I suggested that Ms. May had violated the House’s prohibition against props when she held aloft a copy of...