OttawaWhy did the NDP vote against the war memorials bill?Vic Toews wonders . I was confused on this point myself so earlier this week I asked the NDP. I was directed to this letter from...
OttawaThe Commons: Less acrimony from Vic Toews, more questions for himThe Commons: The Public Safety Minister makes himself clear
GeneralObama-Biden and Romney-Ryan buttons at U.S. Embassy partyThe U.S. Embassy held an election party at the Château Laurier. Obama-Biden and Romney-Ryan buttons were given out. Attendees...
OttawaThe Commons: Vic Toews again imparts his judgmentThe Public Safety Minister on the case of Ashley Smith
Ottawa’It is a tax because it will raise costs’In protesting the NDP’s cap-and-trade proposal, Vic Toews adds to the definition of a tax. The Conservatives have already posited...
Ottawa’It is a question of credibility for the government’Here is the text of Thomas Mulcair’s speech in the House yesterday—with periodic interjections from Conservative MPs—on...
OttawaEquality before the lawIrwin Cotler criticizes the Harper government’s decision to cut prison chaplains .
GeneralThe complicated case of Omar KhadrBringing Khadr home was the right thing, but let’s not rush the process of integration
OttawaPicking and choosing religionsPrison inmates will now only be served by Christian chaplains. The CBC says the prison chaplain program costs $6.4 million and...
TechnologyJustin Trudeau’s geek factorJesse Brown evaluates the putative Liberal Leader hopeful’s record on digital policy