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Wed, 22 May 2013 23:27:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/rodger-cuzner-is-unimpressed-with-tony-clement/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/rodger-cuzner-is-unimpressed-with-tony-clement/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:53:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350935 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/rodger-cuzner-is-unimpressed-with-tony-clement/feed/ 0 A Liberal MP tweets seven unflattering adjectives 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/2012/12/13/twas-the-week-before-christmas/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/13/twas-the-week-before-christmas/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:00:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=327770 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/13/twas-the-week-before-christmas/feed/ 0 What rhymes with omnibus? Rodger Cuzner's annual Christmas poem http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/turnabout-fair-play-etc-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/turnabout-fair-play-etc-2/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:34:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=318765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/turnabout-fair-play-etc-2/feed/ 0 Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner’s question for the government side yesterday afternoon. Mr. Speaker, Conservative... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/sad-to-see/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/sad-to-see/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:56:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300262 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/sad-to-see/feed/ 0 In the middle of QP yesterday, Rodger Cuzner tweeted the cruelest of all criticisms:... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/the-commons-of-algebra-the-premiers-and-a-new-mom-named-jennifer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/the-commons-of-algebra-the-premiers-and-a-new-mom-named-jennifer/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:53:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295831 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/the-commons-of-algebra-the-premiers-and-a-new-mom-named-jennifer/feed/ 0 The PM, it seems, has a conversation with a premier every 9.7 days on average http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:16:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258789 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/feed/ 0 Funny how the opposition can't seem to find much in this budget bill http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/the-ballad-of-justin-and-patrick/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/the-ballad-of-justin-and-patrick/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:50:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=250123 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/the-ballad-of-justin-and-patrick/feed/ 0 From the time set aside for statements by members this afternoon, Rodger Cuzner waxes... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/a-visit-from-st-nicholas/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/a-visit-from-st-nicholas/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:37:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230015 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/a-visit-from-st-nicholas/feed/ 0 Rodger Cuzner’s second annual Christmas poem, read to the House of Commons shortly before... 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/2011/09/26/orange-ribbons-for-jack/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/orange-ribbons-for-jack/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:26:39 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217210 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/orange-ribbons-for-jack/feed/ 4 Last week MPs sported orange ribbons to remember Jack Layton.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/mitchel-raphael-on-the-first-day-back-and-two-mps%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98messy-breakup%e2%80%99/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/mitchel-raphael-on-the-first-day-back-and-two-mps%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98messy-breakup%e2%80%99/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:50:01 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/mitchel-raphael-on-the-first-day-back-and-two-mps%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98messy-breakup%e2%80%99/ Jack Layton’s chair to go to his family... MPs arriving back on the Hill]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/mitchel-raphael-on-the-first-day-back-and-two-mps%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98messy-breakup%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Jack Layton’s chair to go to his family... MPs arriving back on the Hill http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/jack-layton-1950-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/jack-layton-1950-2011/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:03:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210729 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/jack-layton-1950-2011/feed/ 11 The NDP leader passed away at his home early this morning http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/31/back-to-work-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/31/back-to-work-ii/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:02:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=169439 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/31/back-to-work-ii/feed/ 8 A statement from Conservative backbencher Phil McColeman, tabled shortly before Question Period this afternoon.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/09/mitchel-raphael-on-politicians/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/09/mitchel-raphael-on-politicians/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:00:59 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=161073 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/09/mitchel-raphael-on-politicians/feed/ 7 A Tory’s take on the drug war, The MP who wears Pierre Berton’s bow ties, and Metalhead MP loves Ottawa http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/the-commons-a-day-like-any-other/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/the-commons-a-day-like-any-other/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:35:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=133830 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/the-commons-a-day-like-any-other/feed/ 40 On the last sitting before Parliament's summer recess, a "visionless" government and the "tired" official opposition http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/01/jean-chretien-gets-hung/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/01/jean-chretien-gets-hung/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:23 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=129875 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/01/jean-chretien-gets-hung/feed/ 24 Past and current MPs came out for the hanging of Jean Chrétien’s official portrait... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/11/dearest-gordon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/11/dearest-gordon/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:01:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=106702 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/11/dearest-gordon/feed/ 54 Again harkening to simpler times, the Liberal issue another open letter: this one from... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/hill-helps-haiti-fundraiser-packed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/hill-helps-haiti-fundraiser-packed/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:56:00 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=104648 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/hill-helps-haiti-fundraiser-packed/feed/ 8 Folks from all parties packed the Hill Helps Haiti fundraiser organized by the government... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/10/mitchel-raphael-on-the-great-sausage-caper-and-a-present-for-parliamentary-geeks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/10/mitchel-raphael-on-the-great-sausage-caper-and-a-present-for-parliamentary-geeks/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:40:33 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=95665 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/10/mitchel-raphael-on-the-great-sausage-caper-and-a-present-for-parliamentary-geeks/feed/ 7 This weeks gossip http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/30/the-most-important-book-on-the-hill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/30/the-most-important-book-on-the-hill/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:06:02 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=95182 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/30/the-most-important-book-on-the-hill/feed/ 34 The launch of the second edition of House of Commons Procedure and Practice was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/17/this-is-perhaps-getting-personal-iii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/17/this-is-perhaps-getting-personal-iii/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:23:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=92986 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/17/this-is-perhaps-getting-personal-iii/feed/ 26 Oh good, now there’s video. Heartening for sure to see Mr. Del Mastro championing... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/26/fancy-footwear-as-the-hill-times-turns-20/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/26/fancy-footwear-as-the-hill-times-turns-20/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:29:46 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=84152 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/26/fancy-footwear-as-the-hill-times-turns-20/feed/ 16 The Hill Times celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Library and Archives Canada on... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/14/the-commons-fall-comes-early-to-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/14/the-commons-fall-comes-early-to-ottawa/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:53:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=81606 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/14/the-commons-fall-comes-early-to-ottawa/feed/ 67 The MPs report on their summer vacations and try out some new put-downs http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/21/beer-chocolate-and-mps/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/21/beer-chocolate-and-mps/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:23:55 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=65921 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/21/beer-chocolate-and-mps/feed/ 3 The lineup for Ontario Tory MP Scott Reid’s sixth annual Ontario microbrewery beer tasting/Quebec... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/mitchel-raphael-on-the-picture-that-took-20-years-to-get/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/mitchel-raphael-on-the-picture-that-took-20-years-to-get/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 17:40:00 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=3652 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/mitchel-raphael-on-the-picture-that-took-20-years-to-get/feed/ 0 Why the Ruby Dhalla story is not big in the Philippines, and how Bob Rae beat Ignatieff in the Parliamentarians of the Year awards http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/27/the-commons-the-roasting-of-jim-flaherty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/27/the-commons-the-roasting-of-jim-flaherty/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 22:18:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=60275 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/27/the-commons-the-roasting-of-jim-flaherty/feed/ 15 "We cannot believe the minister on the previous [deficit] estimate. Why should we believe him on this number?" http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/14/the-commons-why-do-you-hate-shamwow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/14/the-commons-why-do-you-hate-shamwow/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 22:22:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=57401 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/14/the-commons-why-do-you-hate-shamwow/feed/ 26 The Liberals, Bloc and NDP gang up on the Conservatives over employment insurance http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/08/there-are-but-two-things-we-can-all-agree-on/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/08/there-are-but-two-things-we-can-all-agree-on/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 16:27:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=55821 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/08/there-are-but-two-things-we-can-all-agree-on/feed/ 9 The following statement from Liberal whip Rodger Cuzner was greeted with a standing ovation... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/29/the-commons-retro-wednesday/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/29/the-commons-retro-wednesday/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:36:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=53489 The Scene. ...Ralph Goodale stood to applause and chants of his first name, a]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/29/the-commons-retro-wednesday/feed/ 7 The Scene. ...Ralph Goodale stood to applause and chants of his first name, a http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/14/liberals-take-back-bar/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/14/liberals-take-back-bar/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:46:14 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=49623 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/14/liberals-take-back-bar/feed/ 23 A Liberal group called “The League of Former Hill Staffers” recently organized a “take... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/03/which-is-the-greater-act-of-heroism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/03/which-is-the-greater-act-of-heroism/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:01:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=48035 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/03/which-is-the-greater-act-of-heroism/feed/ 30 John Baird and Colin Kenny trespass on Toronto airport grounds to expose security flaws.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/25/try-the-veal-iii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/25/try-the-veal-iii/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:20:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=45590 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/25/try-the-veal-iii/feed/ 8 Liberal whip Rodger Cuzner’s member statement before QP today.  Mr. Speaker, we read in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/13/the-speaker-takes-a-stand-iii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/13/the-speaker-takes-a-stand-iii/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:04:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=43241 Mr. Tim Uppal (Edmonton—Sherwood Park, CPC)...]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/13/the-speaker-takes-a-stand-iii/feed/ 5 Yesterday’s debate, in its entirety, after the jump. Mr. Tim Uppal (Edmonton—Sherwood Park, CPC)... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/14/the-final-day-early-returns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/14/the-final-day-early-returns/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:01:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=12857 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/14/the-final-day-early-returns/feed/ 0 For the Liberals… Re-elected: Scott Brison, Todd Russell, Scott Simms, Gerry Byrne, Rodger Cuzner,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/03/btc-roll-call/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/03/btc-roll-call/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:06:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2691 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/03/btc-roll-call/feed/ 0 Not that anyone’s currently around to hold a vote. Nor that there could be...