Philip Toone recaps his fall session
Finishing off my roundup of queer MPs, I caught up with NDP MP Philip Toone after QP on Tuesday. Q: What was your high point of the fall? A: Working…
Finishing off my roundup of queer MPs, I caught up with NDP MP Philip Toone after QP on Tuesday. Q: What was your high point of the fall? A: Working…
While everyone gets excited that Justin Trudeau lost his temper and said a bad word, I think that we should instead be paying attention to one far more significant exchange…
In what is reputed to be the last QP before the House rises (though we may not know for sure until the end of the day), tempers were frayed, and…
Continuing with the end-of-session roundup of queer MPs, I caught up with NDP MP Libby Davies last Thursday after QP. Q: What was the highlight of your fall session? A:…
“Reprehensible.” That is how the Speaker of the Commons termed the practice of calling Irwin Cotler’s constituents and intimating that he is resigning. In the course of the ruling, however,…
With so many issues on the headlines across the nation, it’s always a guessing game to see which one will top off QP. Today, Nycole Turmel led off with a…
Carrying on with my roundup of queer MPs, I caught up with NDP MP Dany Morin late last week after QP. Q: What was the highlight of the fall session…
Dear Liberals: I know your shtick lately has been that you’re the most credible and competent opposition in the House of Commons, but this morning, well, you blew it. I’m…
On the last Monday of the last sitting week of the year, Nycole Turmel kicked off Question Period by asking about the latest projections by the Parliamentary Budget Officer –…
Former MP Daniel Paillé has been elected to lead the Bloc Québécois. He’s currently doesn’t have a seat, and won’t be asking any of the four remaining MPs to resign…
My end of session roundup of queer MPs continues with Liberal MP Scott Brison, whom I spoke with after QP late last week. Q: What was your highlight of the…
Kicking off my end of session round-up with queer MPs, I spoke with NDP MP Randall Garrison after QP late last week. Q: What was the highlight of the fall…
Liberal MP Sean Casey is calling shenanigans on the government’s continual use of in camera meetings of the veteran’s affairs committee, which are an abuse of process and he’s threatening…
A new report pegs the cost of the various Conservative crime bills at some $19 billion, $14 billion of which will be borne by the provinces. But hey, they’ve been…
There was a rather muted energy in the Chamber as Question Period got underway, for whatever the reason. Nycole Turmel started off by asking about details around the Perimeter Security…
A recently retired senior justice department advisor – and former Progressive Conservative MP – is warning that the omnibus crime bill will undo years of justice system reform in this…
The elves in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition were on the ball, as the Federal Court’s decision on the Canadian Wheat Board challenge came down minutes before…
Stephen Harper will be at the White House today to unveil the action plan to reach the agreement on the various parts of the Perimeter Security Agreement, at the heart…
Whoever thought it was a good idea to try and get Nycole Turmel to start rhyming in English should probably pack up their desk, because it was a bad, bad…
What’s this? A group of MPs – including a backbench government MP – realise that they’re not spending enough time scrutinising the estimates, and that an hour with the minister…