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Fri, 24 May 2013 11:39:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/the-backbench-spring-bruce-hyer-champions-independence/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/the-backbench-spring-bruce-hyer-champions-independence/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:01:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=375690 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/the-backbench-spring-bruce-hyer-champions-independence/feed/ 0 'I was not really the one who was punished by the party and by our system here' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/garneau-on-the-long-gun-registry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/garneau-on-the-long-gun-registry/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:00:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=323063 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/garneau-on-the-long-gun-registry/feed/ 0 While we’re sorting out everyone’s position on the gun registry, here are Marc Garneau’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/mulcair-on-the-long-gun-registry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/mulcair-on-the-long-gun-registry/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:00:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=323061 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/mulcair-on-the-long-gun-registry/feed/ 0 While we’re sorting out everyone’s position on the gun registry, here are Thomas Mulcair’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-tries-to-explain-himself/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-tries-to-explain-himself/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:41:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322915 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-tries-to-explain-himself/feed/ 0 The Liberal leadership candidate explains how he defines failure. Finally, he explained why the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/ex-justice-minister-martin-cauchon-blasts-trudeau-over-gun-registry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/ex-justice-minister-martin-cauchon-blasts-trudeau-over-gun-registry/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:02:38 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322878 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/ex-justice-minister-martin-cauchon-blasts-trudeau-over-gun-registry/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Liberal leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau is coming under fire from a former... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/throwing-the-gun-registry-under-the-bus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/throwing-the-gun-registry-under-the-bus/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:23:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322748 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/throwing-the-gun-registry-under-the-bus/feed/ 0 Chris Selley mocks Justin Trudeau’s latest comments on the gun registry. On Sunday Team... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-and-the-long-gun-registry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-and-the-long-gun-registry/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:00:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322537 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-and-the-long-gun-registry/feed/ 0 Over the weekend, Justin Trudeau used the word “failure” to describe the long gun... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/hand-over-gun-registry-data-quebec-superior-court-tells-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/hand-over-gun-registry-data-quebec-superior-court-tells-ottawa/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:38:24 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291834 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/hand-over-gun-registry-data-quebec-superior-court-tells-ottawa/feed/ 0 MONTREAL - Quebec has won the latest stage in its legal battle against the federal government to keep long-gun registry data for the province. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/the-commons-stephen-harper-environmentalist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/the-commons-stephen-harper-environmentalist/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 02:28:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262508 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/the-commons-stephen-harper-environmentalist/feed/ 0 “I was telling Laureen before I left the house today,” the Prime Minister quipped,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/qa-bruce-hyer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/qa-bruce-hyer/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:45:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254538 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/qa-bruce-hyer/feed/ 0 On the occasion of his departure from the NDP caucus, Bruce Hyer and I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/candice-hoeppner-political-scientist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/candice-hoeppner-political-scientist/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:04:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241367 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/candice-hoeppner-political-scientist/feed/ 0 Speaking in the House before the vote to eliminate the long-gun registry last week,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/threats-and-support-for-vic-toews/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/threats-and-support-for-vic-toews/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:28:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240964 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/threats-and-support-for-vic-toews/feed/ 0 A second video purported to be from Anonymous has been released. The Canadian Association... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/the-long-gun-registry-very-nearly-at-an-end/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/the-long-gun-registry-very-nearly-at-an-end/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:15:40 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240339 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/the-long-gun-registry-very-nearly-at-an-end/feed/ 0 The Harper government’s bill to end the long gun registry passed the House last... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/13/about-that-hitler-analogy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/13/about-that-hitler-analogy/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:13:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239553 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/13/about-that-hitler-analogy/feed/ 0 Last Tuesday, Conservative MP Larry Miller compared the long-gun registry to Hitler. He quickly... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/that-didnt-happen-in-canada-but-it-could-have/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/that-didnt-happen-in-canada-but-it-could-have/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:57:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238719 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/that-didnt-happen-in-canada-but-it-could-have/feed/ 0 Whatever his apology yesterday, Larry Miller stands by his Hitler comparison. “While I retracted... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/like-hitler/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/like-hitler/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:30:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238274 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/like-hitler/feed/ 0 Larry Miller makes sure the last hours of debate on the long-gun registry don’t... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/back-to-business/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/back-to-business/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:30:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236506 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/back-to-business/feed/ 0 The House of Commons reconvenes this morning at 11am. First to be debated is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/finger-guns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/finger-guns/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:14:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228681 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/finger-guns/feed/ 29 Conservative MP Jim Hillyer was apparently quite excited to vote in favour of eliminating... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/the-permanent-campaign-continues/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/the-permanent-campaign-continues/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:43:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227228 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/the-permanent-campaign-continues/feed/ 15 The NDP buys billboard space to attack the elimination of the long-gun registry. The... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/registered-division/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/registered-division/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:35:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226582 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/registered-division/feed/ 3 The long-gun registry splits the NDP leadership contenders. Brian Topp, the Montreal-born Toronto union... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/to-the-shredder/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/to-the-shredder/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:21:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226514 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/to-the-shredder/feed/ 26 The information commissioner has concerns about the government’s commitment to destroy records related to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/this-week-in-party-discipline/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/this-week-in-party-discipline/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:45:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223567 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/this-week-in-party-discipline/feed/ 6 Two New Democrats—Bruce Hyer and John Rafferty—have been sanctioned by interim party leader Nycole... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-commons-a-gun-measuring-contest-in-the-house/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-commons-a-gun-measuring-contest-in-the-house/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:32:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222992 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-commons-a-gun-measuring-contest-in-the-house/feed/ 10 On the eve of eliminating the long-gun registry, we seem to have started a debate about guns http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-registry-and-privacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-registry-and-privacy/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:32:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223003 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-registry-and-privacy/feed/ 13 Public Safety Minister Vic Toews first claimed that long-gun registry data needed to be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:41:48 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/feed/ 70 “Tories delist sniper rifles, self-loading weapons,” says the front-page Toronto Star headline, followed by... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/29/this-is-the-week-that-was-17/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/29/this-is-the-week-that-was-17/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:39:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222543 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/29/this-is-the-week-that-was-17/feed/ 0 Martin Singh touted himself as the pro-business candidate. Thomas Mulcair touted himself as Stephen... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/quebec-refusing-to-destroy-gun-registry-data/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/quebec-refusing-to-destroy-gun-registry-data/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:43:46 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222014 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/quebec-refusing-to-destroy-gun-registry-data/feed/ 5 Provincial government wants to replace federal registry with provincial equivalent http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/the-commons-bonfire-of-the-registry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/the-commons-bonfire-of-the-registry/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:06:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221824 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/the-commons-bonfire-of-the-registry/feed/ 86 We mustn't lose sight of the clear and present danger this registry poses http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/here-for-victims-except-this-once/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/here-for-victims-except-this-once/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:37:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221778 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/here-for-victims-except-this-once/feed/ 15 A note from the office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime. Following... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/the-house-on-weakness/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/the-house-on-weakness/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:30:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218423 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/the-house-on-weakness/feed/ 41 A footnote on the meaning of Brad Trost. Here is a question put to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-house-when-politicians-speak-to-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-house-when-politicians-speak-to-us/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:30:42 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174677 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-house-when-politicians-speak-to-us/feed/ 9 Rather than simply lament for how little attention is paid to the institution, I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/the-keeper-of-the-flame/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/the-keeper-of-the-flame/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:22:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166401 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/the-keeper-of-the-flame/feed/ 93 Given Larry Miller’s exalted status within the Conservative government, it is almost always worth... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/the-commons-this-is-about-victims/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/the-commons-this-is-about-victims/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:58:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=162573 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/the-commons-this-is-about-victims/feed/ 105 No one disagrees about that http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/long-gun-savings/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/long-gun-savings/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:24:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159487 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/long-gun-savings/feed/ 18 Savings would fall between $1.6 million and $4-million http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/07/ideas-are-dangerous/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/07/ideas-are-dangerous/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:00:17 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149911 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/07/ideas-are-dangerous/feed/ 0 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was praised for rising above ideology http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:17:24 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/feed/ 0 We learned via the Star’s Susan Delacourt that MP Scott Simms “has a raw,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/the-gun-registry-vote-a-shaken-mp-an-unsatisfying-debate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/the-gun-registry-vote-a-shaken-mp-an-unsatisfying-debate/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:06:50 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148814 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/the-gun-registry-vote-a-shaken-mp-an-unsatisfying-debate/feed/ 0 How can voters judge whether their MPs did the right thing? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/153-151/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/153-151/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:54:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148811 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/153-151/feed/ 0 MPs vote 153-151 to kill motion that would have scrapped registry http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/the-commons-ignatieffs-sharp-right-hook/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/the-commons-ignatieffs-sharp-right-hook/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:49:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148751 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/the-commons-ignatieffs-sharp-right-hook/feed/ 0 Ignatieff's "warm and fuzzy" message seems to stagger Harper http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/with-an-hour-and-a-fifteen-minutes-to-go/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/with-an-hour-and-a-fifteen-minutes-to-go/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:30:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148779 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/with-an-hour-and-a-fifteen-minutes-to-go/feed/ 0 Messrs Ignatieff and Layton are promising that all of their respective sides will be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/why-oppose-registering-guns-but-support-licencing-their-owners/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/why-oppose-registering-guns-but-support-licencing-their-owners/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:12:05 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148742 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/why-oppose-registering-guns-but-support-licencing-their-owners/feed/ 0 I’ve just been listening to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews responding to opposition MPs... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/recorded-division/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/recorded-division/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:51:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148603 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/recorded-division/feed/ 0 The actual text that will be put before the House this evening at approximately... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/junius-explains-that-gun-registry-math/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/junius-explains-that-gun-registry-math/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:34:05 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148581 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/junius-explains-that-gun-registry-math/feed/ 0 How journalists and politicians got the idea it costs just $4 million a year http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/speaking-for-the-victims/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/speaking-for-the-victims/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:15:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148445 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/speaking-for-the-victims/feed/ 0 Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, in QP this afternoon. “Mr. Speaker, in fact, we... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/today-in-automotive-news/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/today-in-automotive-news/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:11:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148323 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/today-in-automotive-news/feed/ 16 Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner is presently speaking to reporters on the Hill in front...