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Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/from-the-magazine-17/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/from-the-magazine-17/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:40:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=367766 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/from-the-magazine-17/feed/ 0 Checking in on the Ruth Ellen Brosseau Experiment http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/01/raising-the-bar/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/01/raising-the-bar/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365543 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/01/raising-the-bar/feed/ 0 Dismissed as ‘Vegas girl’ when she was elected, Brosseau has defied expectations 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/2012/11/29/the-commons-know-your-cuts-of-meat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-commons-know-your-cuts-of-meat/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:11:17 +0000 Sue Allan http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321513 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-commons-know-your-cuts-of-meat/feed/ 0 Gerry Ritz refuses to apologize http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/glam-orange-stilettos-mock-awards-the-2012-press-gallery-dinner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/glam-orange-stilettos-mock-awards-the-2012-press-gallery-dinner/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:01:00 +0000 Sue Allan http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=311191 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/glam-orange-stilettos-mock-awards-the-2012-press-gallery-dinner/feed/ 0 A star-studded photo gallery by Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/06/xl-foods-gerry-ritz-and-ruth-ellen-brosseau/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/06/xl-foods-gerry-ritz-and-ruth-ellen-brosseau/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:49:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301082 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/06/xl-foods-gerry-ritz-and-ruth-ellen-brosseau/feed/ 0 The Star, Globe and Calgary Herald list the problems at XL Foods. Federal food... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/the-commons-playing-20-questions-with-gerry-ritz/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/the-commons-playing-20-questions-with-gerry-ritz/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:47:01 +0000 Sue Allan http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300455 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/the-commons-playing-20-questions-with-gerry-ritz/feed/ 0 The Commons: The Agriculture Minister returns to the House http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/the-milk-wars/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/the-milk-wars/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:22:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270257 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/the-milk-wars/feed/ 0 The Dairy Farmers of Canada are not impressed with Martha Hall Findlay. The Conservatives... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/c-38-the-opposition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/c-38-the-opposition/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258400 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/c-38-the-opposition/feed/ 0 Courtesy of YouTube, a selection of opposition speeches in response to the budget bill.... 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/2012/03/22/free-ride/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/22/free-ride/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:43:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=247182 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/22/free-ride/feed/ 0 The Globe finds six NDP MPs who were elected on the cheap. Another one... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/the-fight-for-saint-maurice%e2%80%94champlain/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/the-fight-for-saint-maurice%e2%80%94champlain/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:17:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/the-fight-for-saint-maurice%e2%80%94champlain/feed/ 0 The Marketing Research and Intelligence Association says it will be looking into the automated... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/the-house-the-meaning-of-lise-st-denis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/the-house-the-meaning-of-lise-st-denis/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:34:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232768 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/the-house-the-meaning-of-lise-st-denis/feed/ 0 Once more to our periodic series on the House of Commons. Lise St-Denis’ constituents... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/from-the-magazine-12/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/from-the-magazine-12/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:18:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230471 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/from-the-magazine-12/feed/ 0 From the most recent print edition, 900 words or so on the tax debate... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/let%e2%80%99s-get-this-party-started/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/let%e2%80%99s-get-this-party-started/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:45:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-this-party-started/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/let%e2%80%99s-get-this-party-started/feed/ 0 When the NDP won an unprecedented 103 seats in the federal election, an eclectic cast of unknowns was thrust into the spotlight 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/2011/09/29/the-commons-whatever-peter-mackay-did-he-supports-the-troops/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/the-commons-whatever-peter-mackay-did-he-supports-the-troops/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:07:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217952 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/the-commons-whatever-peter-mackay-did-he-supports-the-troops/feed/ 14 Tony Clement could use a gazebo-loving veteran right about now http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/18/this-is-the-week-that-was-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/18/this-is-the-week-that-was-2/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:17:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198337 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/18/this-is-the-week-that-was-2/feed/ 12 The House debated Libya and the meaning of regime change. The opposition demanded to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/the-house-of-mutual-appreciation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/the-house-of-mutual-appreciation/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:54:13 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197146 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/the-house-of-mutual-appreciation/feed/ 14 Ruth-Ellen Brosseau rose yesterday to ask her first question of the government. When she... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/talk-of-the-town/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/talk-of-the-town/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 11:45:10 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192369 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/talk-of-the-town/feed/ 2 The NDP’s best-known rookie MP finally speaks—in French, no less—and the reviews are good http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/union-made/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/union-made/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 13:45:58 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191267 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/union-made/feed/ 36 The real power structure in the party comes from organized labour http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/12/everyone-is-very-nice/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/12/everyone-is-very-nice/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 15:02:49 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191345 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/12/everyone-is-very-nice/feed/ 9 The MP for Berthier-Maskinonge visits her constituents. According to participants in one meeting, she... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/10/the-house-the-meaning-of-ruth-ellen-brosseau/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/10/the-house-the-meaning-of-ruth-ellen-brosseau/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 20:48:37 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191089 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/10/the-house-the-meaning-of-ruth-ellen-brosseau/feed/ 75 What precisely is the problem here? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/berthier-maskinonge-the-ndps-stalingrad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/berthier-maskinonge-the-ndps-stalingrad/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 22:58:46 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191020 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/berthier-maskinonge-the-ndps-stalingrad/feed/ 101 We are all having a good time chortling about the Ruth Ellen Brosseau Crisis... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/07/it-was-just-symbolic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/07/it-was-just-symbolic/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 20:44:56 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=190842 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/07/it-was-just-symbolic/feed/ 99 NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau gives her first interview. Initially, she said, she put... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/theres-a-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/theres-a-problem/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 14:35:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=190092 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/theres-a-problem/feed/ 60 The existential crisis that is Ruth Ellen Brosseau’s election is captured here in four...