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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/liberal-biennial-convention-2012-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/liberal-biennial-convention-2012-ottawa/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:12:05 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/liberal-biennial-convention-2012-ottawa/feed/ 0                            ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards-party/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:11:19 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227090 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards-party/feed/ 0 Maclean’s 5th annual Parliamentarians of the Year Awards ceremony at the Fairmont Château Laurier.  ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/your-parliamentarians-of-the-year/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/your-parliamentarians-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:40 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226358 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/your-parliamentarians-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Last night at the Chateau Laurier, Maclean’s and our gracious sponsors handed out the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/the-commons-james-moores-audition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/the-commons-james-moores-audition/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:39:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226271 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/the-commons-james-moores-audition/feed/ 0 Even Moore's pretend government has to answer for Tony Clement http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/the-commons-rest-assured-your-vote-is-appreciated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/the-commons-rest-assured-your-vote-is-appreciated/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:09:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217343 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/the-commons-rest-assured-your-vote-is-appreciated/feed/ 15 A vote for the Conservatives is a vote for Tony Clement to buy whatever he wants http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/of-love-and-politics-and-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/of-love-and-politics-and-life/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:00:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=211424 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/of-love-and-politics-and-life/feed/ 5 Jonathan McLeod notes Jack Layton’s use of the word “love.” It is unfortunate that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/mitchel-raphael-on-the-liberals-wake-and-some-parting-remarks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/mitchel-raphael-on-the-liberals-wake-and-some-parting-remarks/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 13:35:06 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192360 The final humiliation: a cash bar... Last week the Liberals gathered the night before]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/mitchel-raphael-on-the-liberals-wake-and-some-parting-remarks/feed/ 33 The final humiliation: a cash bar... Last week the Liberals gathered the night before http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/24/the-commons-repeat-after-them/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/24/the-commons-repeat-after-them/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:19:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179208 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/24/the-commons-repeat-after-them/feed/ 54 John Baird does his best impression of a television ad http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/flatlined/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/flatlined/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:19:13 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176560 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/flatlined/feed/ 361 Ignatieff has done a lot of things right, but he's still dead in the polls http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/political-or-ministerial/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/political-or-ministerial/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:33:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176432 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/political-or-ministerial/feed/ 73 More concerns are raised about what Jason Kenney does with his time. … opposition... 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/2011/02/28/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/2011/02/14/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/2011/02/07/the-commons-lawrence-cannon-sees-whats-going-on-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/the-commons-lawrence-cannon-sees-whats-going-on-here/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:23:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170810 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/the-commons-lawrence-cannon-sees-whats-going-on-here/feed/ 46 Canada's Foreign Minister is no fool http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/the-worlds-longest-april-fools-joke/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/the-worlds-longest-april-fools-joke/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:54:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=162500 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/the-worlds-longest-april-fools-joke/feed/ 25 Despite not having done anything with the bill since April 1 and despite anonymous... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/24/the-commons-yelling-into-the-abyss/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/24/the-commons-yelling-into-the-abyss/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:07:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159818 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/24/the-commons-yelling-into-the-abyss/feed/ 110 How does a government that once promised never to run a deficit justify being in the red? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/the-commons-what-alien-hordes-may-come/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/the-commons-what-alien-hordes-may-come/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:30:55 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159505 only $16-billion on fighter jets?]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/the-commons-what-alien-hordes-may-come/feed/ 110 Can we really be content to spend only $16-billion on fighter jets? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/07/the-backbench-top-ten-19/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/07/the-backbench-top-ten-19/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:05:45 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=156726 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/07/the-backbench-top-ten-19/feed/ 2 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/02/the-commons-this-government-of-powerless-men/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/02/the-commons-this-government-of-powerless-men/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:02:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=155794 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/02/the-commons-this-government-of-powerless-men/feed/ 0 In this moment, Tweeting Tony is quite possibly the most powerful man in Ottawa http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/31/155324/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/31/155324/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:43:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=155324 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/31/155324/feed/ 0 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/28/the-commons-sergeant-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/28/the-commons-sergeant-harper/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:50:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=154994 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/28/the-commons-sergeant-harper/feed/ 0 It won't be long before Mr. Harper will appear here in a camouflage suit and beret http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/24/the-backbench-top-ten-18/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/24/the-backbench-top-ten-18/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:31:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=154284 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/24/the-backbench-top-ten-18/feed/ 0 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/20/the-commons-sound-economic-theory/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/20/the-commons-sound-economic-theory/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:01:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=153774 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/20/the-commons-sound-economic-theory/feed/ 0 Suddenly, it matters what economists think http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/18/i-am-not-a-pirate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/18/i-am-not-a-pirate/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:07:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=153096 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/18/i-am-not-a-pirate/feed/ 0 Here is the prepared text of Liberal deputy leader Ralph Goodale’s speech to the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/27/the-commons-vic-toews-makes-a-funny/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/27/the-commons-vic-toews-makes-a-funny/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:57:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149614 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/27/the-commons-vic-toews-makes-a-funny/feed/ 0 In fairness to Toews, it must be hard to explain why thousands of dollars were spent on glow sticks http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/what-you-can-do-with-a-lot-of-money-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/what-you-can-do-with-a-lot-of-money-ii/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:49:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149351 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/what-you-can-do-with-a-lot-of-money-ii/feed/ 0 The Globe, Star, Post, Canadian Press, CBC and CTV take turns pointing out their... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/09/get-in-line/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/09/get-in-line/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:30:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=146213 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/09/get-in-line/feed/ 0 Saskatchewan is quite keen to see a new football stadium in Regina. “We are... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/07/shadow-cabinet-shuffle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/07/shadow-cabinet-shuffle/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:20:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=145588 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/07/shadow-cabinet-shuffle/feed/ 0 Michael Ignatieff has significantly restructured his government-in-waiting. Ralph Goodale is elevated to deputy leader,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/31/the-unexperienced-lifer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/31/the-unexperienced-lifer/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:05:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=144600 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/31/the-unexperienced-lifer/feed/ 0 Do MPs generally have too little experience or too much? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/12/mourning-mario/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/12/mourning-mario/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:27:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=142606 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/12/mourning-mario/feed/ 0 Ottawa tonight mourns the passing of a lovely giant of a man. Condolences and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/04/the-new-new-deadline-on-afghan-detainee-documents/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/04/the-new-new-deadline-on-afghan-detainee-documents/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:37:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130965 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/04/the-new-new-deadline-on-afghan-detainee-documents/feed/ 22 And so next week looks potentially pivotal in various ways for various parties. Bloc... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/03/day-6-of-14/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/03/day-6-of-14/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 14:33:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=123840 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/03/day-6-of-14/feed/ 4 Joe Comartin and Jack Harris have just now briefed reporters on this morning’s negotiations.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/the-negotiations-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/the-negotiations-ii/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:08:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=123156 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/the-negotiations-ii/feed/ 4 Liberal house leader Ralph Goodale and justice critic Dominic LeBlanc emerged just now to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/12/what-they-said-iv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/12/what-they-said-iv/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:58:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=119818 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/12/what-they-said-iv/feed/ 0 On February 1, 2008, a Globe and Mail report tied Asadullah Khalid to allegations... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-peering-into-tomorrow-blind-as-a-bat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-peering-into-tomorrow-blind-as-a-bat/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:41:31 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=114072 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-peering-into-tomorrow-blind-as-a-bat/feed/ 104 PAUL WELLS on Jim Flaherty's "tough budget" http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/14/when-the-going-gets-tough-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/14/when-the-going-gets-tough-2/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:12:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=97998 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/14/when-the-going-gets-tough-2/feed/ 133 The Prime Minister is rumoured to be considering the reset button. Rumours swirling around... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/the-commons-picking-up-the-crisis-where-we-left-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/the-commons-picking-up-the-crisis-where-we-left-it/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=92837 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/the-commons-picking-up-the-crisis-where-we-left-it/feed/ 27 Turns out, what the health minister was saying is that they'd "try" to get all Canadians vaccinated by Christmas http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/old-tyme-heckle-of-the-day/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/old-tyme-heckle-of-the-day/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=92838 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/old-tyme-heckle-of-the-day/feed/ 13 Ralph Goodale, expressing his displeasure with something or other Pierre Poilievre said. Horse feathers!... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/04/the-commons-questions-assurances-innuendo-and-a-man-named-donald/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/04/the-commons-questions-assurances-innuendo-and-a-man-named-donald/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:00:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=90656 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/04/the-commons-questions-assurances-innuendo-and-a-man-named-donald/feed/ 28 Iggy asks why, Layton does some digging and Tony Clement takes a break http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/26/the-commons-unsophisticated-debate-will-not-be-tolerated-in-this-place/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/26/the-commons-unsophisticated-debate-will-not-be-tolerated-in-this-place/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:25:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=89006 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/26/the-commons-unsophisticated-debate-will-not-be-tolerated-in-this-place/feed/ 40 Members of the gallery should know better than to imitate the performers below http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/23/more-numbers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/23/more-numbers/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:44:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=88753 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/23/more-numbers/feed/ 73 The CBC offers its analysis of stimulative spending. According to the analysis of the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/the-commons-tell-the-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/the-commons-tell-the-truth/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:55:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=88662 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/the-commons-tell-the-truth/feed/ 45 The Liberals may have statistics on their side, but the Tories have a Liberal http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/86660/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/86660/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:45:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=86660 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/86660/feed/ 42 Amid reports that Canada’s H1N1 plan is flawed, here is the first exchange in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/28/the-commons-economic-porn/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/28/the-commons-economic-porn/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:37:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=84456 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/28/the-commons-economic-porn/feed/ 38 John Baird addresses the pressing questions: Where's the PM? Where are those pictures of the PM? And where does that stimulus money go?