http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:36:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-backbench-spring-what-about-the-liberal-motion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-backbench-spring-what-about-the-liberal-motion/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:32:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376168 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-backbench-spring-what-about-the-liberal-motion/feed/ 0 The fate of members' statements faces a vote http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/nobodys-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/nobodys-home/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:00:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340729 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/nobodys-home/feed/ 0 Tim Harper notes the eerie silence around the nation’s legislatures. Anecdotally, it appears Canadians... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/the-absentee-b-c-legislature/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/the-absentee-b-c-legislature/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:12:10 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336019 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/the-absentee-b-c-legislature/feed/ 0 Why we should be worried about a government that sits for only 19 days in a full calendar year http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/running-away-from-the-legislature/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/running-away-from-the-legislature/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:44:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=303794 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/running-away-from-the-legislature/feed/ 0 Peter Loewen condemns Dalton McGuinty’s use of prorogation. Is McGuinty’s comportment worse than Harper’s?... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/our-troubled-house/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/our-troubled-house/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257227 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/our-troubled-house/feed/ 0 The New Democrats have called a news conference for 10:30am this morning to outline... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/power-parliament-and-the-prime-minister/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/power-parliament-and-the-prime-minister/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 20:57:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257187 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/power-parliament-and-the-prime-minister/feed/ 0 Donner winners Mark Jarvis and Lori Turnbull argue that the Prime Minister has become... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/in-praise-of-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/in-praise-of-democracy/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:30:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256253 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/in-praise-of-democracy/feed/ 0 Last night in Toronto, the Donner Prize for the best public policy book in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/saving-the-house-of-commons-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/saving-the-house-of-commons-ii/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:01:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228475 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/saving-the-house-of-commons-ii/feed/ 4 Further to this, Mark Jarvis chimes in via email with some of the other... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/at-the-prime-ministers-whim/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/at-the-prime-ministers-whim/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:27:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227207 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/at-the-prime-ministers-whim/feed/ 47 Amid speculation that the Prime Minister might prorogue Parliament, Lori Turnbull advocates for the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/in-defence-of-partisanship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/in-defence-of-partisanship/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:48:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217144 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/in-defence-of-partisanship/feed/ 23 iPolitics publishes an excerpt from Democratizing the Constitution. There are several reasons why the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/in-memoriam-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/in-memoriam-3/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:15:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201011 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/in-memoriam-3/feed/ 15 Peter Aucoin, the celebrated political science professor and scholar, passed away yesterday at the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/dont-get-cocky/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/dont-get-cocky/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:14:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196217 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/dont-get-cocky/feed/ 15 Mark Jarvis manages to take issue with both sides of the Brigette DePape debate.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/the-house-considering-reform/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/the-house-considering-reform/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 18:00:40 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193839 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/the-house-considering-reform/feed/ 12 Last month, Mark Jarvis wrote here about potential parliamentary reforms as part of our...