Russ Hiebert
Checking in on the Senate
A brief review of the quagmire
What the Senate didn’t get around to doing
C-279 and C-290 fail to find passage
‘It took a big stick and stuck it directly in PMO’s eye’
Brent Rathgeber considers C-377
The lesser evil?
In which New Democrats try not to be too happy with the Senate
The Senate and C-377 as Rorschach test
The red chamber amends a bill
In other news, the Senate still exists
The upper chamber grapples with union disclosure and sports betting
At worst, Justin Trudeau is qualified to be a Conservative senator
And the case of C-377
See them in September
The House adopts motion on MP expenses before adjourning
The Backbench Spring: Russ Hiebert speaks up
Another government backbencher asserts his rights
Independent thought alert
The CBC reports that three Conservative MPs put their concerns about the Nexen deal in writing.
C-377 comes to a vote
Bill C-377, the union disclosure bill which John Geddes wrote about last month, will come to a vote in the House this evening. Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber, who expressed concerns about the bill in October, is planning to vote against it.
Transparency and C-377
Earlier this week, John Geddes looked closer at Conservative MP Russ Hiebert’s bill on union disclosure.