What Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott can actually say—and where
Philippe Lagassé: If they believe the constitution was undermined, parliamentary privilege offers them the freedom of speech to say so without fear of being prosecuted
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The auditor general’s office, in order to fulfill an access to information requests, wants to release emails between the AG’s...
House Speaker rejects privilege claim
Scheer: calls to Cotler’s riding ’reprehensible,’ but did not impede his work
The enduring impatience of New Democrats
Jack Layton calls out Michael Ignatieff and Gilles Duceppe.
Towards an understanding of the understanding (II)
At my request, a few thoughts from Lorne Sossin on the Conservative-Liberal-Bloc memorandum of understanding.
’I will consider the matter closed’
With a slight allowance for the potential of future trouble, the Speaker officially declined yesterday to entertain a point of...
Towards an understanding of the understanding
After conferring with both sides (or at least two of the three sides) of the detainee document agreement, it would seem that this...
How to answer a question
From Question Period this afternoon, the definitive moment of this particular moment in our collective history.
The memorandum of understanding
The official memorandum of understanding on the release and review of documents related to the treatment of Afghan detainees is...
Let us settle this with press releases and leaks
The final agreement on Afghan detainee documents will apparently not be released, for whatever reason, until it is ready to be...