UncategorizedA show of respectFrom QP this afternoon. Lawrence Cannon tries to respond to a question about Sri Lanka from Bob Rae. Cannon: Mr. Speaker, the...
Uncategorized’One step ahead of the chimps’Amy Langstaff writes to defend the honour of honourable heckling. It is not an excess of heckling that is undermining...
Uncategorized’If he chooses to mislead the public, he can expect strenuous, factual resistance’The Toronto Star checks the Prime Minister’s statements in the House last week. Stephen Harper is welcome to tell the 350,000...
UncategorizedThe Commons: ’Why do you hate ShamWow?’The Liberals, Bloc and NDP gang up on the Conservatives over employment insurance
UncategorizedA moment to say nice things (II)Question Period does not always lend itself to the most flattering impressions of our elected representatives—and the action...
UncategorizedThe Commons: Twelve-hundred daysHarper, newly engaged, unleashes attack ads and a warning: "That honeymoon is over"
UncategorizedFirst, let’s ban clappingAdam Chapnick has a crazy idea . (One that Stockwell Day actually tried briefly when he was leader of the Canadian Alliance. Or so...
UncategorizedThe Commons: If unanswered, just keep askingThe party of infinite mercy, shows none to Diane Finley
OttawaWhere have you gone John Turner?Adam Radwanski wonders why no one’s asking questions about free trade with Europe. The fact that yesterday’s Question Period...