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Sat, 18 May 2013 11:32:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/the-commons-the-age-of-austerity-as-not-seen-on-tv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/the-commons-the-age-of-austerity-as-not-seen-on-tv/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:43:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=354397 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/the-commons-the-age-of-austerity-as-not-seen-on-tv/feed/ 0 In light of spending cuts, perhaps a new advertising campaign is in order 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/2012/12/17/mark-carneys-visit-to-scott-brisons-vacation-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/17/mark-carneys-visit-to-scott-brisons-vacation-home/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:22:40 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=329402 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/17/mark-carneys-visit-to-scott-brisons-vacation-home/feed/ 0 A statement from the Bank of Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/showdown-in-the-commons/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/showdown-in-the-commons/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:05:06 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=324013 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/showdown-in-the-commons/feed/ 0 The benches empty as Peter Van Loan crosses the aisle http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/2-mps-walk-into-an-elevator/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/2-mps-walk-into-an-elevator/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:22:23 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321078 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/2-mps-walk-into-an-elevator/feed/ 0 I will leave the captions to the readers :)... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/fighting-c-45-on-multiple-fronts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/fighting-c-45-on-multiple-fronts/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:26:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=320004 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/fighting-c-45-on-multiple-fronts/feed/ 0 Amid all else yesterday, Nathan Cullen rose on a point of order shortly after... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/scott-brison-vs-the-budget-bill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/scott-brison-vs-the-budget-bill/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:00:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=318476 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/scott-brison-vs-the-budget-bill/feed/ 0 The Brisonbuster continues at the finance committee. Last night, Mr. Brison unleashed a 14-part... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/22/while-you-were-sleeping-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/22/while-you-were-sleeping-2/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:08:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=318038 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/22/while-you-were-sleeping-2/feed/ 0 The Finance committee spent the night going through Scott Brison’s 3,000 amendments to the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/another-voting-marathon-approaches/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/another-voting-marathon-approaches/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:07:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=316909 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/another-voting-marathon-approaches/feed/ 0 Scott Brison has submitted some 3,000 amendments to C-45 to be considered by the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/pointing-out-the-farce/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/pointing-out-the-farce/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:05:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=308352 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/pointing-out-the-farce/feed/ 0 Conservative MPs made 23 references to a “carbon tax” in the House on Friday.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/rona-ambrose-and-motion-312/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/rona-ambrose-and-motion-312/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:00:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297417 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/rona-ambrose-and-motion-312/feed/ 0 In the immediate aftermath of Motion 312′s defeat, the most scrutinized vote seems to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/13/live-a-very-long-night-for-a-very-long-bill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/13/live-a-very-long-night-for-a-very-long-bill/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:41:42 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=266888 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/13/live-a-very-long-night-for-a-very-long-bill/feed/ 0 Welcome to Aaron Wherry's live coverage of tonight's C-38 votes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/what-has-jim-flaherty-heard/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/what-has-jim-flaherty-heard/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:30:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258573 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/what-has-jim-flaherty-heard/feed/ 0 On April 24, Peggy Nash asked Human Resources Minister Diane Finley how much money... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/mitchel-raphael-on-laureens-undercover-life-and-hill-hairstyles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/mitchel-raphael-on-laureens-undercover-life-and-hill-hairstyles/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:27:01 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257819 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/mitchel-raphael-on-laureens-undercover-life-and-hill-hairstyles/feed/ 0 Laureen Harper fosters kittens and Patrick Brazeau's hair is growing http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/c-38-read-it-and-split/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/c-38-read-it-and-split/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257388 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/c-38-read-it-and-split/feed/ 0 Elizabeth May reviews the budget bill. I went over to one Conservative MP to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/this-is-supposedly-a-budget-implementation-bill-but-in-fact-it-is-a-mishmash-of-things/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/this-is-supposedly-a-budget-implementation-bill-but-in-fact-it-is-a-mishmash-of-things/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:13:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256555 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/this-is-supposedly-a-budget-implementation-bill-but-in-fact-it-is-a-mishmash-of-things/feed/ 0 The Harper government is using the budget implementation act to give itself new, unexplained... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/mitchel-raphael-on-why-some-mps-are-swimming-together-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/mitchel-raphael-on-why-some-mps-are-swimming-together-2/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:51:01 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254952 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/mitchel-raphael-on-why-some-mps-are-swimming-together-2/feed/ 0 And why others are sitting in the back row of the House http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/13/mitchel-raphael-on-party-politics-getting-dragged-into-the-ring/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/13/mitchel-raphael-on-party-politics-getting-dragged-into-the-ring/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:20:01 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238594 Will Trudeau go blue? Things are heating up between Liberal MP Justin Trudeau...,]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/13/mitchel-raphael-on-party-politics-getting-dragged-into-the-ring/feed/ 0 Will Trudeau go blue? Things are heating up between Liberal MP Justin Trudeau..., http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/what-does-it-all-mean-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/what-does-it-all-mean-2/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:08:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235951 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/what-does-it-all-mean-2/feed/ 0 On the same day the Prime Minister promises “major transformation,” Tony Clement hints at... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/the-liberals-jump-on-the-cellphone-airwaves-bandwagon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/the-liberals-jump-on-the-cellphone-airwaves-bandwagon/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:21:19 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234975 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/the-liberals-jump-on-the-cellphone-airwaves-bandwagon/feed/ 0 Once consumers embraced the idea of a set-aside, politicians followed suit 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/2011/09/30/and-then-this-happened/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/and-then-this-happened/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:19:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218179 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/and-then-this-happened/feed/ 68 John Baird is apparently very particular about his business cards. This matter was, perhaps... 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/2011/09/02/the-demise-of-the-hst-iv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/the-demise-of-the-hst-iv/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:30:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212908 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/the-demise-of-the-hst-iv/feed/ 6 Scott Brison points to the Harper government. For all this rhetoric, federal Liberal finance... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/11/no-good-purpose-is-served/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/11/no-good-purpose-is-served/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:33:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208622 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/11/no-good-purpose-is-served/feed/ 26 In Colombia yesterday, the Prime Minister attacked critics of free trade with the country.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/sensible-pragmatic-courageous/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/sensible-pragmatic-courageous/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:47:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=177550 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/sensible-pragmatic-courageous/feed/ 31 Scott Brison considers British Columbia’s carbon tax. “If you look at Campbell’s government in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-rulings/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-rulings/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:30:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176705 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/09/the-rulings/feed/ 165 House Speaker Peter Milliken finds the Conservatives in breach of parliamentary privilege 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/2011/02/08/new-year-new-fight/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/new-year-new-fight/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:15:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170879 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/new-year-new-fight/feed/ 9 Ten months after the Speaker’s ruling on documents related to the treatment of detainees... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/how-our-mps-live/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/how-our-mps-live/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:12:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163388 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/how-our-mps-live/feed/ 19 More pressing than the crumbling nature of our democracy may be the crumbling nature... 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/2010/11/11/mitchel-raphael-on-moustaches/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/11/mitchel-raphael-on-moustaches/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:20:30 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=156389 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/11/mitchel-raphael-on-moustaches/feed/ 0 Scott Brison’s lonely night, The Chia Pet MP, But were they really clapping for Rob Ford? 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/2010/11/04/the-corporate-tax-cut-debate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/04/the-corporate-tax-cut-debate/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:20:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=156254 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/04/the-corporate-tax-cut-debate/feed/ 0 Jasmin Guénette and Vincent Geloso from the Montreal Economic Institute, Maxime Bernier’s old haunt,... 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/2010/10/24/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/2010/10/21/the-commons-who-loves-ya-baby/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/the-commons-who-loves-ya-baby/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:58:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=154052 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/the-commons-who-loves-ya-baby/feed/ 0 To the Conservatives, some takeovers are more foreign than others http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/17/the-backbench-top-ten-17/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/17/the-backbench-top-ten-17/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:35:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=153006 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/17/the-backbench-top-ten-17/feed/ 0 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/12/the-blame-game/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/12/the-blame-game/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:08:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=151896 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/12/the-blame-game/feed/ 0 Canada has failed in its bid for a seat around the UN security council... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/10/the-backbench-top-ten-16/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/10/the-backbench-top-ten-16/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:14:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=151825 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/10/the-backbench-top-ten-16/feed/ 0 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/03/the-backbench-top-ten-15/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/03/the-backbench-top-ten-15/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:38:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=150569 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/03/the-backbench-top-ten-15/feed/ 0 Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least... 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/2010/09/26/the-backbench-top-ten-14/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/26/the-backbench-top-ten-14/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:37:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149517 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/26/the-backbench-top-ten-14/feed/ 0 We resume our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or... 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/2010/06/02/the-conservative-liberal-coalition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/02/the-conservative-liberal-coalition/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:55:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130162 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/02/the-conservative-liberal-coalition/feed/ 16 Two months ago, the International Trade Minister happily watched as Scott Brison negotiated directly...