UncategorizedThe Commons: A good day spoiledAsks Layton, "Is Canada’s signature initiative at the G8 going to be the ’no condoms for Africa’ strategy?"
UncategorizedThe Commons: Wait and seeThe opposition persists in its questions and the government insists on dismissing those queries
UncategorizedThe software of democracyMark Kingwell’s essay on political civility, to which I referred last week, is now online .
UncategorizedThe Backbench Top TenAnd now the debut of a new weekly feature here at Beyond the Commons: a wholly arbitrary ranking of the ten most worthy, or at...
UncategorizedThis actually happenedMark Kingwell has an essay about political civility in the new issue of the Walrus that I encourage you all to read—though it...
UncategorizedThis week has four sketchesOur weekly look back at all we saw and heard. Monday. Adjust your cuffs and carry on Tuesday. ’I have the feeling that nothing...
UncategorizedThe Jaffer referendumTim Powers says Rahim Jaffer owes us all an explanation. Adam Radwanski says Jaffer owes us nothing of the kind. And now Vic Toews...
UncategorizedThe Commons: ‘I have the feeling that nothing will satisfy the honourable gentleman’Liberals cry out for "nothing but the truth" in detainee scandal
UncategorizedThe cycleThe Liberal side was, if memory serves, not terribly impressed when Conservative backbenchers were sent up , in the midst of Ruby...