OttawaAttempting to demand the truthBeyond the matter of the toy shuttles and beneath the daily debate over the F-35 procurement, there is an intriguing dispute...
OttawaFootnotes on this new age of decorumIn light of the latest call for civility in the House of Commons, here is what I wrote the last time the issue was raised. Kady...
OttawaThe Commons: Incivility is in the eye of the beholderThree days after invoking Hitler to mock the NDP, the Conservatives were claiming the high road
OttawaCrisis in the mailLiberal House leader Marc Garneau rose after QP this afternoon on a point of privilege to complain, in very strong terms, that the...
OttawaHow they do it in BritainWhile the NDP is calling for the Speaker to be more assertive on this side of the Atlantic, there is an interesting development to...
OttawaPerson, party, ParliamentGreg Fingas considers Bruce Hyer’s defection in the context of Thomas Mulcair’s hopes for regional outreach. Brian Topp considers...
OttawaThe trouble with the budget billFrom her post-QP scrum today, Elizabeth May laments the budget implementation bill. There are calls to have the environmental...
OttawaThose who do not remember historyFurther to this , astute tweeter Steve Lloyd points out that Stephen Harper was specifically addressed in the House about this...
Ottawa’Society has moved on and I do not believe this proposal should proceed’The Hansard account of last night’s debate begins here . Below, the text of Gordon O’Connor’s rather dramatic denunciation of...