http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/give-them-a-rope/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/give-them-a-rope/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:14:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236992 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/give-them-a-rope/feed/ 0 The Conservative senator seemingly has some ideas on reducing prison expenses http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/our-looming-constitutional-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/our-looming-constitutional-crisis/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:15:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235517 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/our-looming-constitutional-crisis/feed/ 0 In the midst of defending the Senate, Colin Kenny offers the following. No question,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/the-commons-lise-st-denis-day/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/the-commons-lise-st-denis-day/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:06:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232616 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/the-commons-lise-st-denis-day/feed/ 0 'I wasn't an NDP member, I was a member elected to represent all people in my riding' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/topp-on-democratic-reform/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/topp-on-democratic-reform/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:30:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/topp-on-democratic-reform/feed/ 0 Brian Topp’s latest policy paper covers democratic and parliamentary reform, including a move to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/keep-the-senate-secondary/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/keep-the-senate-secondary/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:59:40 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232532 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/keep-the-senate-secondary/feed/ 0 Kathryn Blaze Carlson’s consideration of an elected Senate includes an intriguing anecdote from Senator... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/see-the-politician-run/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/see-the-politician-run/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:11:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232524 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/see-the-politician-run/feed/ 0 From the latest issue of the print edition, 1300 words or so on the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/no-rush/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/no-rush/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:36:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228937 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/no-rush/feed/ 0 While the omnibus crime bill was rushed through the House so fast even the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/revolution-by-referendum/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/revolution-by-referendum/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:30:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227747 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/revolution-by-referendum/feed/ 0 Nathan Cullen puts democratic reform on the agenda. As Prime Minister, Nathan Cullen would: ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/thats-what-the-senate-is-for/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/thats-what-the-senate-is-for/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:06:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227679 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/thats-what-the-senate-is-for/feed/ 0 Responding yesterday during QP to complaints about the Immigration and Refugee Board, Jason Kenney... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/beaver-be-gone/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/beaver-be-gone/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:00:31 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222528 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/beaver-be-gone/feed/ 0 At 36, our national emblem is apparently getting long in the bucked tooth http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/a-muddled-senate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/a-muddled-senate/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:16:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/a-muddled-senate/feed/ 15 Jeff Jedras notes Stephane Dion’s continued dissection of the Harper government’s Senate reforms, including... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/a-senate-if-we-must-but-must-we-have-a-senate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/a-senate-if-we-must-but-must-we-have-a-senate/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:37:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201740 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/a-senate-if-we-must-but-must-we-have-a-senate/feed/ 6 It is obviously noteworthy that the Canadian public largely supports Stephen Harper’s proposed reforms... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/our-upper-house-of-ill-repute/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/our-upper-house-of-ill-repute/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:30:55 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199590 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/our-upper-house-of-ill-repute/feed/ 40 Andrew Coyne on why the Senate is intolerable http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/29/original-sin/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/29/original-sin/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:09:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199374 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/29/original-sin/feed/ 61 JJ McCullough blames the founding fathers for the Senate. Canada is a living example... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/just-say-no-for-various-reasons/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/just-say-no-for-various-reasons/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:39:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199257 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/just-say-no-for-various-reasons/feed/ 58 Stephane Dion explains why Alberta and British Columbia should rejected the Senate Reform Act.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/27/the-case-for-leaving-as-is/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/27/the-case-for-leaving-as-is/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:15:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199112 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/27/the-case-for-leaving-as-is/feed/ 0 Matthew P. Harrington argues against the currently proposed Senate reforms. At present, the Senate... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/26/this-is-the-week-that-was-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/26/this-is-the-week-that-was-3/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:18:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199068 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/26/this-is-the-week-that-was-3/feed/ 0 The Conservatives were bashful. And mysterious. And succinct. The House talked and talked and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/idea-alert-56/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/idea-alert-56/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:03:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198657 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/idea-alert-56/feed/ 0 The NDP’s Pat Martin wants to defund the Senate. In the midst of a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/the-reform-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/the-reform-party/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:40:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198648 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/the-reform-party/feed/ 35 Through Tim Harper, Progressive Consevative senator Lowell Murray explains his concerns with the current... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/that-senate-reform-bill-alive-in-the-water/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/that-senate-reform-bill-alive-in-the-water/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:25:50 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198641 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/that-senate-reform-bill-alive-in-the-water/feed/ 0 Why Harper is not creating a formally elected Senate http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/a-non-binding-voluntary-basis-for-encouragement-to-consider-fundamental-change/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/a-non-binding-voluntary-basis-for-encouragement-to-consider-fundamental-change/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:07:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198526 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/a-non-binding-voluntary-basis-for-encouragement-to-consider-fundamental-change/feed/ 66 The government has now tabled its Senate Reform Act. It would not require provinces... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/ottawa-hints-at-abolishing-senate-if-reform-doesnt-pass/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/ottawa-hints-at-abolishing-senate-if-reform-doesnt-pass/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:36:19 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198387 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/ottawa-hints-at-abolishing-senate-if-reform-doesnt-pass/feed/ 16 Kenney says government is willing to consider "dramatic" changes 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/2011/06/16/sober-second-thoughts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/sober-second-thoughts/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:15:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197621 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/sober-second-thoughts/feed/ 9 Senators appointed by Stephen Harper with the expressed purpose of pushing through his reforms... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/to-reform-the-senate-why-term-limits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/to-reform-the-senate-why-term-limits/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:36:02 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197315 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/to-reform-the-senate-why-term-limits/feed/ 35 What is Harper trying to achieve? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/senate-reform-goes-centre-stage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/senate-reform-goes-centre-stage/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:35:21 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196281 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/senate-reform-goes-centre-stage/feed/ 12 Why the Tories believe slow-moving Senate reform might work this time http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/the-commons-humble-brag/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/the-commons-humble-brag/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:14:18 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196885 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/the-commons-humble-brag/feed/ 18 Across the street and behind a metal barricade, a young man in a bike... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/09/when-senate-pages-attack/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/09/when-senate-pages-attack/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:08:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196592 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/09/when-senate-pages-attack/feed/ 130 From his scrum after QP yesterday, Bob Rae suggests we not overreact—ANTHRAX!—to Brigette DePape’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/dont-get-cocky/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/dont-get-cocky/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:14:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196217 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/dont-get-cocky/feed/ 15 Mark Jarvis manages to take issue with both sides of the Brigette DePape debate.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/we-are-taking-this-incident-very-seriously/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/we-are-taking-this-incident-very-seriously/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:44:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196166 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/08/we-are-taking-this-incident-very-seriously/feed/ 134 Senator David Tkachuk, chair of the Senate standing committee on internal economy, budgets and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/an-iconic-moment/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/an-iconic-moment/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:55:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195728 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/an-iconic-moment/feed/ 81 Michael Moore salutes Brigette DePape. “For a young person to do that and to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/it-offended-her-professional-responsibilities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/it-offended-her-professional-responsibilities/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:50:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195726 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/it-offended-her-professional-responsibilities/feed/ 90 Ned Franks considers the circumstances of the rogue Senate page. Brigette DePape’s breaking of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/a-contempt-of-parliament/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/a-contempt-of-parliament/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:09:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195687 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/a-contempt-of-parliament/feed/ 166 A statement this evening from the office of the Speaker of the Senate. The... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/this-country-needs-a-canadian-version-of-an-arab-spring/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/this-country-needs-a-canadian-version-of-an-arab-spring/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:44:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195617 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/this-country-needs-a-canadian-version-of-an-arab-spring/feed/ 159 In the midst of the Governor General’s reading, a Senate page decided to protest... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/addition-by-subtraction/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/addition-by-subtraction/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:42:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195551 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/addition-by-subtraction/feed/ 2 While the government pursues a larger House and a reformed Senate, former MP Reginald... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/good-news-bad-news-may-19-26-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/good-news-bad-news-may-19-26-2011/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:00:27 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195083 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/good-news-bad-news-may-19-26-2011/feed/ 0 Google lets you pay with your cellphone; California mistakenly releases hundreds of violent inmates http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-call-came-from-inside-the-house/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-call-came-from-inside-the-house/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:35:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195150 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-call-came-from-inside-the-house/feed/ 21 Senator Michael MacDonald has some issues with Senate reform http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:16:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/feed/ 8 Senator Hugh Segal is proposing a Senate reform referendum. Conservative Senator Hugh Segal thinks... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/31/reform-or-bust/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/31/reform-or-bust/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 17:59:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/31/reform-or-bust/feed/ 13 In response to Stephen Harper’s proposed Senate reforms, the Quebec government says it will... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/tories-to-push-for-senate-term-limits-elections/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/tories-to-push-for-senate-term-limits-elections/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 15:34:45 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194584 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/tories-to-push-for-senate-term-limits-elections/feed/ 6 Government will introduce legislation for Senate reform in June http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/right-now-if-harper-wanted-to-he-could-be-a-complete-dictator/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/right-now-if-harper-wanted-to-he-could-be-a-complete-dictator/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 21:38:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193887 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/right-now-if-harper-wanted-to-he-could-be-a-complete-dictator/feed/ 85 Senator Bert Brown explains why we need a Senate quite unlike the one we... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/the-chamber-of-second-chances/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/the-chamber-of-second-chances/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 21:32:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193074 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/the-chamber-of-second-chances/feed/ 13 Jeff Jedras counts 11 defeated Conservative candidates in the Senate. Sending people that quit... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/and-now-a-word-from-brad-wall-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/and-now-a-word-from-brad-wall-2/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 18:07:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192962 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/and-now-a-word-from-brad-wall-2/feed/ 11 Noted democracy advocate Brad Wall laments for Stephen Harper’s latest Senate appointments. “I think... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/from-the-backbenches/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/from-the-backbenches/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 16:37:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192733 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/from-the-backbenches/feed/ 25 Yesterday’s Senate appointments prompt anonymous complaint. One of Mr. Harper’s MPs suggested that the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/the-selflessness-to-resign-the-willingness-to-be-reappointed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/the-selflessness-to-resign-the-willingness-to-be-reappointed/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 20:37:06 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192543 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/the-selflessness-to-resign-the-willingness-to-be-reappointed/feed/ 4 Two months before being reappointed to the Senate, Fabian Manning seems to have commended...