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Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/the-science-economics-and-politics-of-climate-change/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/the-science-economics-and-politics-of-climate-change/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:47:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378747 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/the-science-economics-and-politics-of-climate-change/feed/ 0 Further to last week’s debate on environmental policy and climate change, Stephen Gordon checks... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/notes-on-a-floor-crossing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/notes-on-a-floor-crossing/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:40:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=356154 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/notes-on-a-floor-crossing/feed/ 0 Considering the case of Claude Patry http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/meanwhile-in-peterborough/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/meanwhile-in-peterborough/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:42:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338605 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/meanwhile-in-peterborough/feed/ 0 In response to the latest report about investigations into his campaign, Dean Del Mastro... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/the-f-35-cheap-by-comparison-to-a-national-health-care-system/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/the-f-35-cheap-by-comparison-to-a-national-health-care-system/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:00:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=325901 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/the-f-35-cheap-by-comparison-to-a-national-health-care-system/feed/ 0 Dean Del Mastro attempts to put the F-35 in perspective. If we were to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/26/dean-del-mastro-stands-with-justin-bieber/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/26/dean-del-mastro-stands-with-justin-bieber/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:01:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=319512 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/26/dean-del-mastro-stands-with-justin-bieber/feed/ 0 The pop star might’ve been booed last night at the Grey Cup and his... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/26/dean-del-mastro-vs-the-internet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/26/dean-del-mastro-vs-the-internet/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:00:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=307633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/26/dean-del-mastro-vs-the-internet/feed/ 0 The Conservative MP suggests Parliament should think about dealing with anonymous Internet commenters. One... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/claymation-ed-broadbent-vs-dean-del-mastro/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/claymation-ed-broadbent-vs-dean-del-mastro/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:57:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301643 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/claymation-ed-broadbent-vs-dean-del-mastro/feed/ 0 The Broadbent Institute released a report today on income inequality. Dean Del Mastro is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/pro-life-but-voting-against-motion-312/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/pro-life-but-voting-against-motion-312/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:00:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296794 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/pro-life-but-voting-against-motion-312/feed/ 0 Liberal MP Sean Casey says he’ll be voting no on Motion 312. As a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/07/dean-del-mastro-wants-to-talk/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/07/dean-del-mastro-wants-to-talk/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:00:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=272862 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/07/dean-del-mastro-wants-to-talk/feed/ 0 Two days after Dean Del Mastro told the Peterborough Examiner that he would not... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/seeking-dean-del-mastro/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/seeking-dean-del-mastro/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:00:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=272811 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/seeking-dean-del-mastro/feed/ 0 Liberal MP Scott Andrews has formally requested that the ethics committee be recalled to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/05/i-will-be-fully-exonerated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/05/i-will-be-fully-exonerated/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:46:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=272211 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/05/i-will-be-fully-exonerated/feed/ 0 In the process of making an unrelated announcement yesterday, Dean Del Mastro emerged to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/27/the-case-of-dean-del-mastro-and-the-cheques/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/27/the-case-of-dean-del-mastro-and-the-cheques/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:04:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270976 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/27/the-case-of-dean-del-mastro-and-the-cheques/feed/ 0 Two weeks ago, Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher reported that three donors to Dean... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/the-commons-whatever-dean-del-mastro-did-somebody-somewhere-probably-did-something-worse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/the-commons-whatever-dean-del-mastro-did-somebody-somewhere-probably-did-something-worse/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:44:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=265229 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/the-commons-whatever-dean-del-mastro-did-somebody-somewhere-probably-did-something-worse/feed/ 0 Duly, Del Mastro did stand to speak both for, and of himself http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/james-moore-vs-the-birds-and-the-bees/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/james-moore-vs-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259580 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/james-moore-vs-the-birds-and-the-bees/feed/ 0 In response to the Heritage Minister’s criticism of the Canadian Science and Technology Museum,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/save-us-your-excellency/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/save-us-your-excellency/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:27:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=247094 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/save-us-your-excellency/feed/ 0 Rick Mercer rants and calls on the Governor General.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/09/what-were-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-document-disclosure/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/09/what-were-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-document-disclosure/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:51:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=245066 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/09/what-were-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-document-disclosure/feed/ 0 The government side has made a point this week of explaining that it has... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/the-commons-no-apologies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/the-commons-no-apologies/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:31:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=244810 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/the-commons-no-apologies/feed/ 0 The way a Conservative backbenchers sees it, this is all about "sore losers" http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/a-straight-answer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/a-straight-answer/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:30:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=244806 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/a-straight-answer/feed/ 0 Momentarily setting aside questions about what amount of investigation was conducted by Dean Del... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/lets-replace-question-period-with-twitter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/lets-replace-question-period-with-twitter/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:10:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=244703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/08/lets-replace-question-period-with-twitter/feed/ 0 Yesterday, the NDP’s Pat Martin asked the government for details of its dealings with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/the-commons-the-yellow-piece-of-paper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/the-commons-the-yellow-piece-of-paper/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:05:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=244523 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/the-commons-the-yellow-piece-of-paper/feed/ 0 Dean Del Mastro's notes tell him voters have been demeaned http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/dean-del-mastro-has-an-elevator-to-catch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/dean-del-mastro-has-an-elevator-to-catch/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:00:55 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=244200 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/dean-del-mastro-has-an-elevator-to-catch/feed/ 0 A report from The National last night.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/06/the-commons-robocalls-in-human-form/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/06/the-commons-robocalls-in-human-form/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:56:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=244168 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/06/the-commons-robocalls-in-human-form/feed/ 0 As far as the government is concerned, it's the opposition that's to blame for all these mischievous phone calls http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/ask-a-simple-question-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/ask-a-simple-question-4/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:35:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=243851 Bob Rae.... Mr. Speaker,]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/ask-a-simple-question-4/feed/ 0 From QP this afternoon, a classic of the genre Bob Rae.... Mr. Speaker, http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/we-dont-have-any-information-about-what-happened-in-guelph/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/we-dont-have-any-information-about-what-happened-in-guelph/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:30:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=243657 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/we-dont-have-any-information-about-what-happened-in-guelph/feed/ 0 Whatever Peter MacKay said, Dean Del Mastro says the government doesn’t know what happened... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/03/oops-again/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/03/oops-again/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:16:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=243607 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/03/oops-again/feed/ 0 The government’s rhetorically problematic week comes to an unfortunate end. The prime minister and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/many-many-complaints-to-elections-canada-not-just-a-few/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/many-many-complaints-to-elections-canada-not-just-a-few/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:32:53 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=243464 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/many-many-complaints-to-elections-canada-not-just-a-few/feed/ 0 The agency has been inundated with 31,000 "contacts" on the bogus calls issue http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/speaking-of-unsubstantiated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/speaking-of-unsubstantiated/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:49:39 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=243379 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/speaking-of-unsubstantiated/feed/ 0 The Conservative side tried yesterday to turn around the accusations against them. This apparently ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/29/the-commons-let-us-debate-that-which-is-unsubstantiated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/29/the-commons-let-us-debate-that-which-is-unsubstantiated/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:32:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242925 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/29/the-commons-let-us-debate-that-which-is-unsubstantiated/feed/ 0 Whatever happened, the Conservatives had nothing to do with it http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/the-commons-the-prime-minister-tries-to-yell-it-all-away/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/the-commons-the-prime-minister-tries-to-yell-it-all-away/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:14:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242690 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/the-commons-the-prime-minister-tries-to-yell-it-all-away/feed/ 0 How dare the opposition question the government's commitment to democracy? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-commons-stephen-harper-decides-to-play-poker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-commons-stephen-harper-decides-to-play-poker/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:59:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242457 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-commons-stephen-harper-decides-to-play-poker/feed/ 0 The PM thinks there simply isn't much to say about the mysterious phone calls to voters http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-harper-governments-explanation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-harper-governments-explanation/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:19:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242454 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-harper-governments-explanation/feed/ 0 More on QP in a moment, but here—from Dean Del Mastro, in response to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/25/whats-next-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/25/whats-next-3/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:35:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242254 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/25/whats-next-3/feed/ 0 Bob Rae raises the possibility of challenging election results in court. The NDP continues... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/late-to-the-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/late-to-the-party/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:51:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236855 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/late-to-the-party/feed/ 0 The Conservative party platform for last year’s election contained two references to Old Age... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/19/this-is-the-week-that-was-20/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/19/this-is-the-week-that-was-20/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:42:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226152 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/19/this-is-the-week-that-was-20/feed/ 0 Pat Martin tweeted a bad word. But refused to apologize. And claimed a kind... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/the-commons-darkness-in-the-mid-afternoon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/the-commons-darkness-in-the-mid-afternoon/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:42:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225927 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/the-commons-darkness-in-the-mid-afternoon/feed/ 31 Is it just us or is it getting dim in here? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/the-commons-drawing-a-line-at-stupid/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/the-commons-drawing-a-line-at-stupid/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:04:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225233 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/the-commons-drawing-a-line-at-stupid/feed/ 14 The House is easily offended. Sometimes. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/law-class/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/law-class/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:30:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225100 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/law-class/feed/ 7 The House of Commons law clerk considers Dean Del Mastro’s demand that the CBC... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/06/this-is-the-week-that-was-18/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/06/this-is-the-week-that-was-18/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:15:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=224000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/06/this-is-the-week-that-was-18/feed/ 0 Brian Topp won the endorsement of Charmaine Borg. Paul Dewar sided with Robin Hood,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/faith-police/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/faith-police/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:30:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223358 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/faith-police/feed/ 28 In addition to being a part-time pollster, Dean Del Mastro is also an amateur... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/22/this-is-the-week-that-was-16/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/22/this-is-the-week-that-was-16/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:22:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221244 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/22/this-is-the-week-that-was-16/feed/ 0 Paul Dewar and Brian Topp divvied up endorsements. Nathan Cullen proposed joint nomination meetings.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/how-to-talk-out-of-both-sides-of-your-mouth-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/how-to-talk-out-of-both-sides-of-your-mouth-ii/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:36:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220541 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/how-to-talk-out-of-both-sides-of-your-mouth-ii/feed/ 3 Glen McGregor notes that, while Dean Del Mastro thinks “a lot of Canadians would... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/07/highly-discriminatory/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/07/highly-discriminatory/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:00:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213390 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/07/highly-discriminatory/feed/ 26 Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro imparts his feelings on the Ontario election campaign. More... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/whos-entitled-to-old-age-security/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/whos-entitled-to-old-age-security/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:21:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212559 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/whos-entitled-to-old-age-security/feed/ 2 In light of a short-lived NDP motion on Old Age Security eligibility, Kevin Milligan... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/the-commons-why-so-bashful/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/the-commons-why-so-bashful/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:12:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198455 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/the-commons-why-so-bashful/feed/ 16 Rona Ambrose delivers a lullaby of bafflegab in defense of cutbacks http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/the-commons-so-it-ends/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/the-commons-so-it-ends/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:55:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179447 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/the-commons-so-it-ends/feed/ 140 What happened today may be an admission of defeat on the part of the 40th Parliament