UncategorizedThe Commons: ‘A bit of respect, please’If this government has demonstrated anything, it is that it has little interest in being taken seriously The Scene. Michael...
UncategorizedBTC: Prime Ministerial lawsuit watchUh oh. While Gilles Duceppe rarely disappoints when he ventures into English, his response to a reporter’s question this afternoon...
UncategorizedBTC: Conservative contention of the day"In fact," Stephen Harper said yesterday, making a cameo at Question Period, "the Conservative Party of Canada has never refused...
UncategorizedBTC: One can only assume he remains confidentSo, yes, tonight, government MPs voted against a Bloc motion expressing support for Elections Canada. Shortly afterwards, the...
UncategorizedThe Commons: ‘In the kingdom of hypocrisy, the Prime Minister is king’The second day of the Pierre Poilievre era goes about as smoothly as the first The Scene. That Dion fellow, in case you were...
UncategorizedMinority report(UPDATED with inconvenient truths) Politics, like baseball, offers endless opportunity for important-sounding trivia. Like this:...
GeneralHarper and Dumont, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-gPaul and Kady have an interesting back-and-forth going about the Conservatives’ relationship with the ADQ. I don’t have much to...
UncategorizedQuebec: On s’expliqueOur ITQ blogger wonders why the decline of support for Dumont could be good for Stephen Harper, since the same guy who’s making...
UncategorizedWeekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 15)When Parliament was last in session (after a week off, it returns on Monday), Ken Dryden made a valiant, if clumsy, attempt at...
GeneralThere’s an orgy in Edmonton, but it’s not what you thinkMust-reads: Colby Cosh and Rosie DiManno on Robert Baltovich; John Ibbitson on the Democratic race; Peter Worthington on Rob...