OttawaThe Commons: Accepting responsibilities without taking responsibilityIn his seat across the way, Mulcair threw his hands in the air, not sure whether to laugh, cry or scream
OttawaThe Commons: Stephen Harper’s Royal Canadian Air FarceSuddenly, the F-35 purchase no longer seems to be about ’lives’ and ’jobs’
UncategorizedThe Commons: Speaking of redundancyCabinet ministers could be easily and cheaply replaced with some combination of Wikipedia, Twitter and Pinterest
UncategorizedBob Rae v. TimeMPs rising during Question Period are allotted 35 seconds to state their query. Exceed that time and the Speaker will cut off your...
UncategorizedPart of a balanced breakfastHansard officially records Bev Oda’s response yesterday to a question from Liberal MP Mark Eyking as follows. What she actually...
UncategorizedGuns for everyoneDuring QP yesterday, Liberal MP Judy Foote announced that Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz had recently regaled some area high...
UncategorizedHow this worksMoments after Thomas Mulcair was declared the new leader of the NDP, the Conservative party sent its supporters a series of...
UncategorizedFighting wordsDuring QP yesterday, Justin Trudeau wanted to talk about funding for Katimavik. Heritage Minister James Moore wanted to talk about...
UncategorizedThe Commons: Of health care promises and marijuana dreamsAfter a discussion of healthcare pledges of yesteryear, Bob Rae tried to talk drugs--amidst Conservative chuckles
UncategorizedWhen opposition MPs tweetBob Rae and Ralph Goodale weren’t impressed with the NDP’s approach to QP yesterday. The NDP’s Pat Martin and Jean Crowder weren’t...