Ujjal Dosanjh
Where Jagmeet Singh is really coming from
Paul Wells: Canadians are getting used to hearing half answers from the NDP leader—on questions he himself is raising—about Sikh extremism
Security and torture
The Montreal Gazette obtains a CSIS memo that raises more questions about CSIS and the use of information obtained through torture.
Newsmakers: May 5-12, 2011
Donald Trump gets sued, Rita Chretien is found alive, and Don Cherry is angry about something again
And now a word from Bob Rae and Ujjal Dosanjh
In a statement sent out by the Liberal campaign, the two Liberal MPs confirm that they prefer the Liberal platform.
Is there a doctor in the House?
Chris Selley questions the medical wisdom of politicians.
Toward 2014
In a series of speeches today from Caroyln Bennett, Hedy Fry and Ujjal Dosanjh, the Liberals are laying out the parameters of their health care agenda.
The Commons: Agreeing to, but not with Omar Khadr
Let us debate the colour of the sky in Lawrence Cannon’s world
Shadow cabinet shuffle
Michael Ignatieff has significantly restructured his government-in-waiting. Ralph Goodale is elevated to deputy leader, David McGuinty becomes house leader, Scott Brison replaces John McCallum in finance, Gerard Kennedy takes over environment, Dominic LeBlanc goes to defence, Ujjal Dosanjh goes to health, Marlene Jennings gets justice and Denis Coderre returns to the shadow cabinet as natural resources critic.
The Commons: Sound and fury signifying a lack of anything
“It is like a skit out of Monty Python, except it is not funny”
‘Rubbish’
For those of you scoring at home, last night’s report of merger talks by unspecified “insiders” is now being roundly, soundly and officially dismissed and, in the case of Rob Silver, happily mocked. Indirectly, Mark Marissen, a former Liberal campaign director, strenuously discourages the very idea.
The Commons: The meaning of courage
Peter MacKay utters what surely must be three of the most profound sentences ever uttered in this place
The Commons: Too little, too late
Peter MacKay admits Canada’s detainee transfer agreement isn’t perfect