http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/parliament-as-defender-of-the-public-purse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/parliament-as-defender-of-the-public-purse/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 03:29:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381977 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/parliament-as-defender-of-the-public-purse/feed/ 0 Pierre Poilievre invokes the highest principle http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/time-to-have-some-nice-tolerant-babies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/time-to-have-some-nice-tolerant-babies/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379314 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/time-to-have-some-nice-tolerant-babies/feed/ 0 Let’s stop worrying about the why, people. The cause of all ‘isms’ is the ‘ists’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/pierre-poilievre-commits-sociology-on-the-floor-of-the-house-of-commons/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/pierre-poilievre-commits-sociology-on-the-floor-of-the-house-of-commons/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:54:45 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=377663 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/pierre-poilievre-commits-sociology-on-the-floor-of-the-house-of-commons/feed/ 0 The Conservative MP engages the debate about root causes http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/20/the-commons-stephen-harper-is-very-sensitive/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/20/the-commons-stephen-harper-is-very-sensitive/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:57:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362712 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/20/the-commons-stephen-harper-is-very-sensitive/feed/ 0 And Pierre Poilievre calls us all to a higher purpose http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/20/peter-van-loan-objects-to-name-calling-proceeds-to-name-call/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/20/peter-van-loan-objects-to-name-calling-proceeds-to-name-call/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:56:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362468 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/20/peter-van-loan-objects-to-name-calling-proceeds-to-name-call/feed/ 0 The Government House Leader is profoundly saddened http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/the-commons-john-baird-pierre-poilievre-and-the-hypocritical-oath/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/the-commons-john-baird-pierre-poilievre-and-the-hypocritical-oath/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:53:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=355478 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/the-commons-john-baird-pierre-poilievre-and-the-hypocritical-oath/feed/ 0 The gleeful master of gotcha and the Minister of State for I-Know-You-Are-But-What-Am-I? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/pierre-poilievre-intellectual/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/pierre-poilievre-intellectual/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:26:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352387 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/pierre-poilievre-intellectual/feed/ 0 A mudslinging idealist http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/the-commons-this-uncivil-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/the-commons-this-uncivil-democracy/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:55:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344205 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/the-commons-this-uncivil-democracy/feed/ 0 It would be nice if MPs were nicer, but that's not the problem http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/return-of-the-dots/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/return-of-the-dots/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:14:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=343538 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/return-of-the-dots/feed/ 0 Our visual guide to Question Period http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/live-another-long-night-for-another-long-bill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/live-another-long-night-for-another-long-bill/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:00:00 +0000 Sue Allan http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=323329 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/live-another-long-night-for-another-long-bill/feed/ 0 Aaron Wherry's formerly live blog from a long night in the House http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/25-most-important-people-in-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/25-most-important-people-in-ottawa/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:00:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=317426 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/25-most-important-people-in-ottawa/feed/ 0 The Maclean's 2012 power list http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-perfect-partisan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-perfect-partisan/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:55:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=316818 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-perfect-partisan/feed/ 0 Pierre Poilievre stays on message.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/19/interactive-commons-the-dots-are-newly-updated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/19/interactive-commons-the-dots-are-newly-updated/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:56:39 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=316360 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/19/interactive-commons-the-dots-are-newly-updated/feed/ 0 Look who's talking in Question Period http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/08/the-commons-why-do-we-have-an-intergovernmental-affairs-minister/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/08/the-commons-why-do-we-have-an-intergovernmental-affairs-minister/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:41:46 +0000 Sue Allan http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=313086 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/08/the-commons-why-do-we-have-an-intergovernmental-affairs-minister/feed/ 0 The Commons: Time for Peter Penashue to justify the existence of his portfolio http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/07/questioning-the-existence-of-the-intergovernmental-affairs-minister/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/07/questioning-the-existence-of-the-intergovernmental-affairs-minister/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:55:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312328 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/07/questioning-the-existence-of-the-intergovernmental-affairs-minister/feed/ 0 Yesterday afternoon, the NDP sent up Robert Aubin to ask Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/the-commons-horrible-reality-intrudes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/the-commons-horrible-reality-intrudes/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:28:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=311531 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/the-commons-horrible-reality-intrudes/feed/ 0 Bob Rae holds the House with questions about Ashley Smith http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/the-prince-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/the-prince-2/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:34:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=308635 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/the-prince-2/feed/ 0 The Ottawa Citizen profiles Pierre Poilievre. Baird’s influence on Poilievre is obvious, Martin says.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/15/the-commons-not-enough-time-to-explain-so-dont-bother-trying/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/15/the-commons-not-enough-time-to-explain-so-dont-bother-trying/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:25:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=303456 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/15/the-commons-not-enough-time-to-explain-so-dont-bother-trying/feed/ 0 Gerry Ritz has now taken 50 questions on the travails of XL foods. Still, the opposition seems unsatisfied http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/21/the-farce-is-strong-in-these-ones-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/21/the-farce-is-strong-in-these-ones-2/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:59:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296106 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/21/the-farce-is-strong-in-these-ones-2/feed/ 0 Among the Conservaties who stood in the House this week and criticized the NDP’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/pierre-poilievre-v-organized-labour/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/pierre-poilievre-v-organized-labour/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:40:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=289784 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/pierre-poilievre-v-organized-labour/feed/ 0 In response to PSAC’s endorsement of PQ candidates, the parliamentary secretary wants to make... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/another-one-for-the-conservatives/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/another-one-for-the-conservatives/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:42:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=287048 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/another-one-for-the-conservatives/feed/ 0 Glen McGregor figures the Conservatives would be favoured to win the new riding of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/the-conservative-race-in-calgary-centre-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/the-conservative-race-in-calgary-centre-2/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:48:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=286343 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/the-conservative-race-in-calgary-centre-2/feed/ 0 Apparently with the support of Jason Kenney, Joan Crockatt won the Conservative nomination in... 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/2012/06/08/stephen-harper-thomas-mulcair-and-europe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/08/stephen-harper-thomas-mulcair-and-europe/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:41:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=265466 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/08/stephen-harper-thomas-mulcair-and-europe/feed/ 0 Before QP yesterday, the Conservatives used four members’ statements—from Shelly Glover, Randy Hoback, Bernard... 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/2012/06/06/the-commons-we-are-an-island-that-louis-xiv-is-protecting-from-debt-zombies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/the-commons-we-are-an-island-that-louis-xiv-is-protecting-from-debt-zombies/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:22:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264640 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/the-commons-we-are-an-island-that-louis-xiv-is-protecting-from-debt-zombies/feed/ 0 Our analogies runneth over http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/bill-c-38-the-governments-arguments/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/bill-c-38-the-governments-arguments/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:45:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258402 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/bill-c-38-the-governments-arguments/feed/ 0 Courtesy of YouTube, a selection of budget bill speeches from Conservative MPs. Pierre Poilievre... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/good-cop-bad-cop/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/good-cop-bad-cop/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:45:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254080 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/good-cop-bad-cop/feed/ 0 While the Conservatives lament via news release, four Conservative ministers tweet their best wishes.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/12/the-commons-two-wrongs-make-a-farce/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/12/the-commons-two-wrongs-make-a-farce/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:20:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=245416 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/12/the-commons-two-wrongs-make-a-farce/feed/ 0 Nycole Turmel wanted to talk about the apparently impending confession of Pierre Poutine http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/01/what-the-election-commissioner-said/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/01/what-the-election-commissioner-said/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:30:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=243110 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/01/what-the-election-commissioner-said/feed/ 0 It's true there's no evidence dirty tricks changed the overall election. But that doesn't mean it didn't affect close races. 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/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/innocent-until-and-even-after-being-proven-guilty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/innocent-until-and-even-after-being-proven-guilty/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:01:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225763 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/innocent-until-and-even-after-being-proven-guilty/feed/ 6 New Democrat MP Mathieu Ravignat asked yesterday whether the government would be pursuing the... 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/2011/10/26/parliament-now-literally-a-joke/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/parliament-now-literally-a-joke/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:27:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221884 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/parliament-now-literally-a-joke/feed/ 3 Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport, responding this afternoon to the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/the-commons-over-and-over-again/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/the-commons-over-and-over-again/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:32:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221684 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/the-commons-over-and-over-again/feed/ 14 Each and every day, someone asks Tony Clement a question he has no intention of answering http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-commons-the-house-rules/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-commons-the-house-rules/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:44:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176721 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-commons-the-house-rules/feed/ 100 And for this government, that's a laughing matter http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/the-commons-stephen-harper-ever-undaunted/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/the-commons-stephen-harper-ever-undaunted/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:34:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176474 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/the-commons-stephen-harper-ever-undaunted/feed/ 222 No matter the scandals that surround him, this prime minister is loud and proud http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/07/the-commons-leaping-over-a-low-bar/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/07/the-commons-leaping-over-a-low-bar/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:12:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176275 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/07/the-commons-leaping-over-a-low-bar/feed/ 121 Baird invokes the sponsorship scandal to divert from the in-and-out 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/2011/03/02/the-commons-law-and-points-of-order/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/02/the-commons-law-and-points-of-order/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:07:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175528 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/02/the-commons-law-and-points-of-order/feed/ 99 Respect for campaign spending limits may be debatable, but the rules barring photography certainly aren't http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/the-commons-a-five-year-old-accounting-dispute/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/the-commons-a-five-year-old-accounting-dispute/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:04:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175135 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/the-commons-a-five-year-old-accounting-dispute/feed/ 141 Those accusations of election fraud? A mere administrative matter. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/the-commons-bow-before-the-independent-business-owner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/the-commons-bow-before-the-independent-business-owner/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:55:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171259 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/the-commons-bow-before-the-independent-business-owner/feed/ 101 As soon as MPs know precisely what they want, they will give it to them http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/putting-things-in-perspective/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/putting-things-in-perspective/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:40:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=151617 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/putting-things-in-perspective/feed/ 0 The Prime Minister’s Office helpfully assures the country that Pierre Poilievre is not a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/21/ufc-champs-brings-out-the-mps/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/21/ufc-champs-brings-out-the-mps/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 15:59:39 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=128157 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/21/ufc-champs-brings-out-the-mps/feed/ 4 MPs from all parties joined the long lineup on the Hill to pay homage...