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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:25:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-backbench-spring-justin-trudeau-democracy-and-abortion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-backbench-spring-justin-trudeau-democracy-and-abortion/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:28:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376371 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-backbench-spring-justin-trudeau-democracy-and-abortion/feed/ 0 Is the new Liberal leader going to whip all votes on abortion? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/the-commons-the-age-of-austerity-as-not-seen-on-tv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/the-commons-the-age-of-austerity-as-not-seen-on-tv/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:43:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=354397 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/the-commons-the-age-of-austerity-as-not-seen-on-tv/feed/ 0 In light of spending cuts, perhaps a new advertising campaign is in order http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/07/will-the-seven-point-plan-be-enough-to-prevent-a-russian-invasion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/07/will-the-seven-point-plan-be-enough-to-prevent-a-russian-invasion/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:10:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=325100 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/07/will-the-seven-point-plan-be-enough-to-prevent-a-russian-invasion/feed/ 0 This morning’s QP has just concluded. The F-35 procurement was, predictably, a particular point... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/mps-had-just-taken-themselves-out-of-the-game/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/mps-had-just-taken-themselves-out-of-the-game/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:53:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=302882 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/mps-had-just-taken-themselves-out-of-the-game/feed/ 0 Liberal MP John McKay laments the defeat of Motion 312. As MPs exited the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/who-will-be-voting-in-favour-of-motion-312/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/who-will-be-voting-in-favour-of-motion-312/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:23:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296406 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/who-will-be-voting-in-favour-of-motion-312/feed/ 0 Liberal MP John  McKay will vote in favour of Stephen Woodworth’s motion. (Interim Liberal... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/20/its-classic-dopey-on-dopey/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/20/its-classic-dopey-on-dopey/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:58:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=276136 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/20/its-classic-dopey-on-dopey/feed/ 0 Opposition MPs criticize Jason Kenney for agreeing with what he thought Rob Ford was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/guns-crime-and-public-policy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/guns-crime-and-public-policy/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:01:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=275104 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/guns-crime-and-public-policy/feed/ 0 To the official statements on last night’s shooting in Scarborough, the Globe adds comment... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/reaction-to-the-danzig-shooting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/reaction-to-the-danzig-shooting/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:52:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=275075 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/reaction-to-the-danzig-shooting/feed/ 0 A joint statement from Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/maybe-we-need-a-bit-more-of-the-pbo-not-less/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/maybe-we-need-a-bit-more-of-the-pbo-not-less/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:34:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269892 John McKay:... Mr. Speaker, in November]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/maybe-we-need-a-bit-more-of-the-pbo-not-less/feed/ 0 Yesterday’s QP exchange on the Parliamentary Budget Officer. John McKay:... Mr. Speaker, in November http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/the-commons-a-long-night-of-known-unknowns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/the-commons-a-long-night-of-known-unknowns/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 04:22:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257705 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/the-commons-a-long-night-of-known-unknowns/feed/ 0 Less than 10 minutes into the evening, the NDP's Jack Harris seemed to give up hope http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/attempting-to-demand-the-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/attempting-to-demand-the-truth/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:31:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256081 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/attempting-to-demand-the-truth/feed/ 0 Beyond the matter of the toy shuttles and beneath the daily debate over the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/03/the-liberal-response/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/03/the-liberal-response/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:13:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=250308 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/03/the-liberal-response/feed/ 0 The Liberals blame the Prime Minister. “The Harper Conservatives have done nothing but stonewall... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/panda-jokes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/panda-jokes/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:30:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240319 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/panda-jokes/feed/ 0 During QP yesterday, Megan Leslie became the first MP to work the names of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/the-commons-post-script/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/the-commons-post-script/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:26:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230066 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/the-commons-post-script/feed/ 10 The Harper government has a gift for Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/23/human-rights-the-rule-of-law-and-the-death-of-gadhafi/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/23/human-rights-the-rule-of-law-and-the-death-of-gadhafi/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:18:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221247 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/23/human-rights-the-rule-of-law-and-the-death-of-gadhafi/feed/ 24 A statement from the Prime Minister on the liberation of Libya. “Today, Canadians join... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/if-we-dont-start-talking-about-it-nothing-will-change/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/if-we-dont-start-talking-about-it-nothing-will-change/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:45:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218853 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/if-we-dont-start-talking-about-it-nothing-will-change/feed/ 0 Tuesday night the House overwhelmingly passed the Liberal motion calling for a national suicide... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/near-miss/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/near-miss/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:47:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179848 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/near-miss/feed/ 11 Not only does this reckless, unnecessary, opportunistic election imperil everything you hold dear, it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-commons-confusion-clarified-and-personified/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-commons-confusion-clarified-and-personified/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:14:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=178188 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-commons-confusion-clarified-and-personified/feed/ 62 Bev Oda addresses "the confusion" over the KAIROS document http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-rulings/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-rulings/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:30:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176705 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-rulings/feed/ 165 House Speaker Peter Milliken finds the Conservatives in breach of parliamentary privilege http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/the-commons-this-unserious-business/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/the-commons-this-unserious-business/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:37:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175907 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/the-commons-this-unserious-business/feed/ 38 Pierre Poilievre must have a highly developed sense of humour http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/01/the-case-for-and-against-bev-oda/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/01/the-case-for-and-against-bev-oda/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:53:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175221 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/01/the-case-for-and-against-bev-oda/feed/ 21 The House Speaker heard final arguments on Monday http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/it-depends-on-how-you-define-truth-honesty-and-accountability/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/it-depends-on-how-you-define-truth-honesty-and-accountability/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:42:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=173759 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/it-depends-on-how-you-define-truth-honesty-and-accountability/feed/ 5 After John McKay, Paul Dewar and Pierre Paquette rose on points of privilege yesterday,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/17/we-call-on-you-to-uphold-the-highest-standards-of-discourse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/17/we-call-on-you-to-uphold-the-highest-standards-of-discourse/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:43:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=173482 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/17/we-call-on-you-to-uphold-the-highest-standards-of-discourse/feed/ 23 Shortly after Question Period, Liberal John McKay rose to raise a question of privilege... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/the-commons-where-is-the-minister/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/the-commons-where-is-the-minister/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:51:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172979 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/the-commons-where-is-the-minister/feed/ 41 In spite of her courage and her principles, Bev Oda would not stand and explain herself http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/15/the-commons-she-could-not-be-clearer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/15/the-commons-she-could-not-be-clearer/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:39:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172682 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/15/the-commons-she-could-not-be-clearer/feed/ 180 The Commons: Bev Oda has certainly brought about a certain kind of transparency http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/what-she-said/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/what-she-said/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:03:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/what-she-said/feed/ 154 For the context to Ms. Oda’s statement in the House today, John McKay’s point... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/the-commons-this-era-of-shouted-fragments-and-empty-sentences/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/the-commons-this-era-of-shouted-fragments-and-empty-sentences/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:59:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172299 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/the-commons-this-era-of-shouted-fragments-and-empty-sentences/feed/ 43 Alas, there are days when even full sentences are insufficient http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/profoundly-disturbing-questions-that-evidently-remain-unanswered/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/profoundly-disturbing-questions-that-evidently-remain-unanswered/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:35:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171844 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/profoundly-disturbing-questions-that-evidently-remain-unanswered/feed/ 72 Last December, Liberal John McKay rose on a point of privilege to assert that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/15/a-procedural-pursuit-of-the-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/15/a-procedural-pursuit-of-the-truth/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:05:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163866 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/15/a-procedural-pursuit-of-the-truth/feed/ 3 Here then an interesting test of the system’s ability to demand and require the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/12/the-backbench-top-ten-23/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/12/the-backbench-top-ten-23/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:57:42 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163427 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/12/the-backbench-top-ten-23/feed/ 1 After a week away, our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/the-secret-shame-of-macleans/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/the-secret-shame-of-macleans/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:52:22 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148828 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/the-secret-shame-of-macleans/feed/ 0 A history of moral panic about marijuana in Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/02/church-and-state-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/02/church-and-state-2/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:54:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130222 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/02/church-and-state-2/feed/ 43 Steve Paikin comes perhaps as close as anyone is going to get to having... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/a-recent-committee-that-didnt-leak-secrets/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/a-recent-committee-that-didnt-leak-secrets/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:26:51 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=123248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/a-recent-committee-that-didnt-leak-secrets/feed/ 26 How the House Afghanistan committee can avoid becoming a "leaky sieve" http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/the-commons-questions-endure/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/the-commons-questions-endure/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:06:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=114112 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/the-commons-questions-endure/feed/ 34 "Why, precisely, was it necessary to go without this daily exercise in accountability for the last month?" http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/08/national-biotechnology-week/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/08/national-biotechnology-week/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:31 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=85961 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/08/national-biotechnology-week/feed/ 4 BIOTECanada held a special reception for MPs at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier as part... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/09/trudeau-flaherty-prentice-take-a-quiet-ride/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/09/trudeau-flaherty-prentice-take-a-quiet-ride/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:21:02 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=63060 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/09/trudeau-flaherty-prentice-take-a-quiet-ride/feed/ 4 Magna chairman Frank Stronach rolled quietly into town to promote his new electric car... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/01/church-and-state/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/01/church-and-state/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:30:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=61038 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/01/church-and-state/feed/ 28 John McKay talks to Charlie Lewis about Liberal efforts to reach out and touch... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/29/when-keeping-it-partisan-goes-wrong/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/29/when-keeping-it-partisan-goes-wrong/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 18:13:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=60859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/29/when-keeping-it-partisan-goes-wrong/feed/ 71 As Kady notes, things apparently got a bit uncomfortable during QP this morning. Here’s...