GeneralBeer, chocolate and MPsThe lineup for Ontario Tory MP Scott Reid’s sixth annual Ontario microbrewery beer tasting/Quebec cheese reception was...
CanadaMitchel Raphael on the picture that took 20 years to getWhy the Ruby Dhalla story is not big in the Philippines, and how Bob Rae beat Ignatieff in the Parliamentarians of the Year awards
GeneralThe Canada-Philippines Parliamentary Friendship GroupThe Canada-Philippines Parliamentary Friendship Group was recently created on the Hill at a meeting in a West Block conference...
OttawaDear Liberal Party: That’s not actually an answer.... At least, not to the (relatively straightforward) question that was asked : First of all, of course the "committee" exists -...
OttawaRod Bruinooge Maverick WatchMerry Christmas , Prime Minister. (And a belated happy Hanukkah too.) Whatever the merits of Mr. Bruinooge’s particular cause, the...
UncategorizedBTC: Roll callNot that anyone’s currently around to hold a vote. Nor that there could be a vote—or at least one that could matter. But for...
UncategorizedThe Commons: Way to go, SkippyAnd so the day of apology begets its own apology The Scene. It couldn’t last. Or at least we knew it wouldn’t last. And, in some...
UncategorizedThe Commons: The ApologyA day of many words. And perhaps some promise. The Scene. The moment came later than expected. Indeed, according to the official...
UncategorizedWeekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 18)The Prime Minister’s second answer on Thursday included this meditation on patriotism. "Whenever this government announces...
UncategorizedWeekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 17)In response to this week’s open challenge , a reader raises an interesting point about the in-and-out controversy: if all the...