OttawaExecutive assistant of the year (II)The Liberals sent up their designated expresser-of-outrage, Mr. Wayne Easter, to question the government side this afternoon about...
UncategorizedI apologize if my graciousness offendsThe Liberals sent Wayne Easter up yesterday to berate Jean-Pierre Blackburn for whatever it is that happened awhile back with the...
UncategorizedThe Backbench Top TenOur weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs
UncategorizedFree speech and propagandaBuried in a Liberal motion yesterday was a proposal that the House direct "its Board of Internal Economy to take all necessary...
UncategorizedThe Backbench Top TenAnd now the debut of a new weekly feature here at Beyond the Commons: a wholly arbitrary ranking of the ten most worthy, or at...
UncategorizedFor it before he was against it, Easter editionFun facts. From 1892 to 2005, Canada had a solicitor general. From Oct. 2002 to Dec. 2003, Liberal Wayne Easter, as noted here...
UncategorizedThe Commons: Swallow this impressive-sounding number and call your doctor in the morningRead Tony Clement’s lips: "six million doses"
UncategorizedThe Commons: And so we come full circleThe Tories look for support in the unlikeliest of places
GeneralMPs mingle with the RCMPRCMP officers mingled with MPs at The Mounted Police Members Legal Fund reception held in House Speaker Peter Milliken’s dining...