Uncategorized’We deserve better’Beginning at about the 23-minute mark here —and after an interview with Michael Douglas—George Stroumboulopoulos unleashes a...
UncategorizedHow we were doing it here, how they do it elsewhereKady O’Malley reviews exactly how well the government was doing in advancing its own agenda before it decided to...
UncategorizedHeld accountable in the HouseSome years ago, speculation arose that the Prime Minister of the day was preparing to prorogue Parliament, consequently delaying...
Uncategorized’The arrogance of a regime that thinks it can get away with just about anything’The Prime Minister is apparently due to make his first public comment tonight on The National. In the meantime, Michael Ignatieff...
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...
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...
UncategorizedWhen the going gets tough (III)Talk of proroguing Parliament may not be grounded in fact, but it is apparently grounded in the advice the Prime Minister is...