UncategorizedThe mocked ParliamentAs to the question of whether Parliament should carry on without the government side, the NDP’s Bruce Hyer suggests a " Parliament...
UncategorizedThe shorter and shorter Parliament (II)Over the festive season I did some math . Alas, a reader quibbled with the calculations, specifically that the inclusion of...
UncategorizedThat is the system that we haveA little over a year ago, the Hill Times checked up on the relationship between Stephen Harper’s government and the press...
UncategorizedHow about "Somewhat benign, but sort of an a-hole"?Historian Michael Behiels commences his Citizen op-ed on the present constitutional emergency by describing the prime minister as...
UncategorizedWalk, chew gumDec. 30, 2009 . More than 30 bills will die on the order paper, with more than half of them part of the government’s...
UncategorizedThe shorter and shorter ParliamentTaking a moment from an otherwise pleasant vacation to do some math... Here is a quickly put-together line graph of sitting days...
OttawaShutting down Parliament: on the economy, detainees, and senatorsThe PMO gives its reasons—sort of—for proroguing Parliament
UncategorizedWhen the going gets toughThe Prime Minister is rumoured to be considering the reset button.
UncategorizedFixing the systemStarting with the premise that last December’s proroguing of Parliament was "entirely inappropriate, democratically illegitimate...