OttawaA belated salute to International Women’s DayAfter QP today there was a short debate as to whether or not a member of the government side had advised that a heckling female on...
OttawaHave you watched Question Period from the public galleries? How’d it go? An Inkless blegFor a piece of long-term journalism I’m thinking of doing, I’d like to hear from people who’ve watched Question Period, at any...
OttawaThe Commons: Yell louderThe Scene. "Mr. Speaker," Chuck Strahl said the other day, scolding Todd Russell, the typically loud Liberal from Labrador, "there...
OttawaPop quizWhat is the number one priority of Stephen Harper’s government? Afghanistan? Arctic sovereignty? The environment? Cutting taxes?...
OttawaUnchangedThe latest exchange on the fate of Omar Khadr, from Monday’s QP. Mrs. Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, BQ):...
OttawaThe Commons: What shall we call this crisis of ours?A recession? A depression? Or a cyclical downturn?
OttawaYour new drinking gameTotal number of "Obama" references during QP today: 7. Total number of references yesterday: 11.
OttawaThe Commons: Why they don’t call it Answer PeriodAs is often the case, there were few answers during QP today
OttawaWhat are bank proxies?Good question from an astute reader. Upon further review, Mr. Ignatieff may have referred to "record bankruptcies" with his first...
Ottawa’It will ever be thus’Stephen Greene, one of the new Conservative senators and formerly chief of staff to Preston Manning, tells the Hill Times that the...