The Boudria precedent
The NDP notes that on May 23, 2002, the leader of the opposition stood in the House and asked for a government minister’s...
Question Period
The Commons: The NDP starts the budget debate a bit early
On the second question of his second day, Mulcair seemed to find the right key of indignation
The Commons: Tom’s first day at school
Thomas Mulcair rose and so did the entirety of his caucus, his colleagues sounding his arrival with a great ’Woooo!’
Thomas Mulcair’s first question
From his scrum after QP, Mr. Mulcair explains his decision to make jobs and employment the focus of his first question as...
’Obviously we have not signed a contract’
Stephen Harper, November 3, 2010 . We are going to need to replace the aircraft at the end of this decade, and the party opposite...
In and out of order
Twice last week— here and here —the Speaker seemed to fret that questions asked by the opposition were not sufficiently...
The Commons: Two wrongs make a farce
Nycole Turmel wanted to talk about the apparently impending confession of Pierre Poutine
A straight answer
Momentarily setting aside questions about what amount of investigation was conducted by Dean Del Mastro or the Conservative party...
Let’s replace Question Period with Twitter
Yesterday, the NDP’s Pat Martin asked the government for details of its dealings with RMG. Dean Del Mastro declined to deviate...
The Commons: The yellow piece of paper
Dean Del Mastro’s notes tell him voters have been demeaned