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Fri, 24 May 2013 03:39:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/are-any-conservatives-mailing-out-those-trudeau-attacks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/are-any-conservatives-mailing-out-those-trudeau-attacks/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 12:30:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378997 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/are-any-conservatives-mailing-out-those-trudeau-attacks/feed/ 0 Another five Conservatives say they won't be participating http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/photo-gallery-mps-and-plaid-speaker-scheers-robbie-burns-dinner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/photo-gallery-mps-and-plaid-speaker-scheers-robbie-burns-dinner/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:16:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344891 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/photo-gallery-mps-and-plaid-speaker-scheers-robbie-burns-dinner/feed/ 0 Mitchel Raphael takes in the Speaker's second annual celebration of the Scottish bard http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/a-bad-precedent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/a-bad-precedent/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:48:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=330308 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/a-bad-precedent/feed/ 0 Conservative MP Larry Miller suggests opposition complaints about the size of this year’s omnibus... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/sometimes-common-sense-does-not-prevail/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/sometimes-common-sense-does-not-prevail/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:31:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=289075 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/sometimes-common-sense-does-not-prevail/feed/ 0 Conservative MP Larry Miller offers his thoughts on the Lord’s Prayer controversy in Grey... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/worrying-about-windmills/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/worrying-about-windmills/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:57:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=274758 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/worrying-about-windmills/feed/ 0 Conservative MPs Bev Shipley, Larry Miller and Garry Schellenberger support a moratorium on wind... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/all-politics-is-local-wind-turbines/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/all-politics-is-local-wind-turbines/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:44:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273500 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/all-politics-is-local-wind-turbines/feed/ 0 Health Canada has announced a study of the potential health impacts of wind turbines.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/john-baird-vs-the-un/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/john-baird-vs-the-un/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:49:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264429 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/john-baird-vs-the-un/feed/ 0 Late last week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird seemed to announce that Canada was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/the-commons-give-us-your-tired-your-poor-your-convicted/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/the-commons-give-us-your-tired-your-poor-your-convicted/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 22:19:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256184 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/the-commons-give-us-your-tired-your-poor-your-convicted/feed/ 0 Thomas Mulcair had news. Or, rather, he'd read the news. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/a-conservative-st-patricks-day-bash/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/a-conservative-st-patricks-day-bash/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:55:04 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=247126 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/a-conservative-st-patricks-day-bash/feed/ 0 A St. Patrick’s Day celebration was held in the office of MP James Rajotte... 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/2012/02/10/odious-and-obscene/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/10/odious-and-obscene/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:25:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239131 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/10/odious-and-obscene/feed/ 0 Irwin Cotler stood after Question Period to ask the Speaker to deal with Larry... 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/2011/02/08/mps-in-kilts-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/mps-in-kilts-2/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:30:04 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170861 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/mps-in-kilts-2/feed/ 7 Speaker Peter Milliken’s held  his 10th annual Robbie Burns dinner. Below, Defense Minister Peter... 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/2010/11/21/the-backbench-top-ten-21/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/21/the-backbench-top-ten-21/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:08:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159345 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/21/the-backbench-top-ten-21/feed/ 10 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/14/the-backbench-top-ten-20/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/14/the-backbench-top-ten-20/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:29:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=158030 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/14/the-backbench-top-ten-20/feed/ 4 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/the-qp-20/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/the-qp-20/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 16:12:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=129751 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/the-qp-20/feed/ 13 Michael Chong’s motion on Question Period reform is seconded by no less than 20... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/16/summer-is-no-time-to-be-consulting-with-canadians/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/16/summer-is-no-time-to-be-consulting-with-canadians/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:04:45 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=108039 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/16/summer-is-no-time-to-be-consulting-with-canadians/feed/ 10 Presented with a petition demanding he return to Ottawa, Conservative MP Larry Miller offers... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/27/is-our-children-learning/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/27/is-our-children-learning/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:56:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=104068 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/27/is-our-children-learning/feed/ 70 Conservative MP Larry Miller finds a sympathetic high school civics teacher. A student asked... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/01/liberal-media-conspiracy-infiltrates-harper-cabinet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/01/liberal-media-conspiracy-infiltrates-harper-cabinet/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:30:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=90068 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/01/liberal-media-conspiracy-infiltrates-harper-cabinet/feed/ 137 Congratulations are due to Peter MacKay. In a startling reversal of roles, it was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/21/the-vast-left-wing-conspiracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/21/the-vast-left-wing-conspiracy/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:39:55 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=88282 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/21/the-vast-left-wing-conspiracy/feed/ 79 Conservative MP Larry Miller tells us what’s really going on here with all these... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/14/heavens-how-did-that-get-there-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/14/heavens-how-did-that-get-there-ii/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:55:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=87142 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/14/heavens-how-did-that-get-there-ii/feed/ 24 Upon further review, Gerald Keddy notices the Conservative logo on that giant novelty cheque... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/jim-flahertys-permanent-tax-on-everything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/jim-flahertys-permanent-tax-on-everything/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:45:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=76995 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/jim-flahertys-permanent-tax-on-everything/feed/ 26 Federal budget 2008. Replacing remaining provincial retail sales taxes (RSTs) with value-added  taxes harmonized... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/21/newsmakers-of-the-week-may-21/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/21/newsmakers-of-the-week-may-21/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 19:40:00 +0000 Lianne George http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=3619 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/21/newsmakers-of-the-week-may-21/feed/ 3 John McCain's mom talks back, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy criticizes the pope, and Woody Allen sues American Apparel http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/27/what-garth-heard/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/27/what-garth-heard/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:21:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=52614 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/27/what-garth-heard/feed/ 30 The most entertaining parts of Sheeple, Garth Turner’s awkwardly titled account of his most... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/26/this-is-a-sad-commentary-on-parliament/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/26/this-is-a-sad-commentary-on-parliament/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:00:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=45675 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/26/this-is-a-sad-commentary-on-parliament/feed/ 5 A Parliamentary investigation into the listeriosis outbreak goes nowhere.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/16/mps-nachos-and-a-loon-the-all-party-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/16/mps-nachos-and-a-loon-the-all-party-party/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:20:50 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=43624 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/16/mps-nachos-and-a-loon-the-all-party-party/feed/ 7 Every year Nova Scotia NDP MP Peter Stoffer (below) organizes the All-Party Party for...