OttawaJohn Baird’s guide to polite conversationThe Commons: ’So much for the Leader of the Opposition raising the tone of political debate in this place’
OttawaThe Commons: The space-time continuum and the memory holeThe Speaker called for oral questions and the game of charades was rejoined
OttawaThe Commons: Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper play charadesThe Scene. What does it mean to act? What is change? What does one do when one takes something and makes it somehow smaller? How...
OttawaThe Commons: Explaining is losingThe Scene. Of the Petronas decision , Thomas Mulcair stood and suggested Christian Paradis had behaved like a "thief in the...
OttawaNavigating the budget’s watersDuring QP this morning, NDP House leader Nathan Cullen declared that changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act were not in...
OttawaThe Commons: Gerry Ritz did not inspect that ground beefThe Scene. Shortly before the farce was laid bare before the House yesterday, Stephen Harper stood and offered an important...
OttawaThe Commons: Stephen Harper is made to face the farceThe Commons: Megan Leslie asks a question, the PM responds
OttawaThe Commons: Not enough time to explain, so don’t bother tryingGerry Ritz has now taken 50 questions on the travails of XL foods. Still, the opposition seems unsatisfied