Aaron Wherry covers all the goings-on in and around Parliament Hill. Follow Aaron on Twitter: @aaronwherry
Michael Ignatieff proposes senate reform.
Ignatieff proposed a 12-year term limit on Senate positions and an arms-length committee tasked with vetting candidates. ”I’d even go as far as to limit the prime minister’s prerogative to appoint senators. That is, I’d pass (appointments) through a public service appointment commission, so we scrub it and get the best possible appointees.”
The roster of people who’ve snubbed the Queen reveals as much covert vanity as it does quiet principle
Every day, Zoran Milich walks the streets of New York City, camera in hand
It’s a pity to let the naysayer role obscure valid insights into Internet-savvy authoritarian regimes
If you do just one thing today, it should be to watch the trailer for ‘Iron Sky’
The roots of a tortured clan
His way of forcing the reader to see and smell the squalor of 19th century England is still unmatched in its moral force
