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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-commons-the-silly-and-the-hallowed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-commons-the-silly-and-the-hallowed/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:28:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376631 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/the-commons-the-silly-and-the-hallowed/feed/ 0 An hour and a half in the life of the House of Commons http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/the-conservative-fight-against-new-ridings-in-saskatchewan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/the-conservative-fight-against-new-ridings-in-saskatchewan/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:30:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347556 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/the-conservative-fight-against-new-ridings-in-saskatchewan/feed/ 0 Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski says Conservative party director of operations Jenni Byrne is responsible... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/the-key-to-improving-decorum-lies-in-reducing-minimum-engagement/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/the-key-to-improving-decorum-lies-in-reducing-minimum-engagement/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:03:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=346312 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/the-key-to-improving-decorum-lies-in-reducing-minimum-engagement/feed/ 0 A Conservative MP considers House reform http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/parliament-heal-thyself/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/parliament-heal-thyself/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:13:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241016 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/parliament-heal-thyself/feed/ 0 On Friday, MPs spent a couple hours—starting here, resuming here—discussing the rules and procedure... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/guarding-the-illusion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/guarding-the-illusion/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239880 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/guarding-the-illusion/feed/ 0 Tom Lukiwski, the government’s deputy House leader, is worried that TV cameras might show... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/a-variety-of-carryings-on/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/a-variety-of-carryings-on/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:45:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228704 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/a-variety-of-carryings-on/feed/ 5 After QP this afternoon, the Speaker ruled on a pair of disturbances in the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/clap-trap/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/clap-trap/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:37:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227609 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/clap-trap/feed/ 25 Last week, Tom Lukiwski rose to express the government’s side shock and dismay at... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/if-you-want-to-insult-the-dignity-of-the-house-you-have-to-get-elected-first/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/if-you-want-to-insult-the-dignity-of-the-house-you-have-to-get-elected-first/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:29:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227027 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/if-you-want-to-insult-the-dignity-of-the-house-you-have-to-get-elected-first/feed/ 20 On Wednesday evening, during a vote on the government’s Canadian Wheat Board legislation, a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/25/the-commons-the-second-night-of-a-long-day/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/25/the-commons-the-second-night-of-a-long-day/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:07:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199052 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/25/the-commons-the-second-night-of-a-long-day/feed/ 0 The ongoing saga of a round-the-clock filibuster http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-commons-confusion-clarified-and-personified/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-commons-confusion-clarified-and-personified/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:14:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=178188 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-commons-confusion-clarified-and-personified/feed/ 62 Bev Oda addresses "the confusion" over the KAIROS document http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/the-constantly-evolving-nature-of-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/the-constantly-evolving-nature-of-democracy/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:04:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=177307 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/the-constantly-evolving-nature-of-democracy/feed/ 22 Stephen Harper, explaining Bev Oda’s situation. “Mr. Speaker, once again, the reality is that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/13/twenty-questions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/13/twenty-questions/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:02:39 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=177314 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/13/twenty-questions/feed/ 50 Tabatha Southey listens to Tom Lukiwski. This week in the House, Tom Lukiwski, the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/10/kangaroo-court-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/10/kangaroo-court-2/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:09:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176777 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/10/kangaroo-court-2/feed/ 41 During debate yesterday following the Speaker’s ruling, Conservative Tom Lukiwski, the parliamentary secretary to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/it-depends-on-how-you-define-truth-honesty-and-accountability/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/it-depends-on-how-you-define-truth-honesty-and-accountability/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:42:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=173759 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/it-depends-on-how-you-define-truth-honesty-and-accountability/feed/ 5 After John McKay, Paul Dewar and Pierre Paquette rose on points of privilege yesterday,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/08/do-you-think-its-easy-to-make-priorities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/08/do-you-think-its-easy-to-make-priorities/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:54:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=162780 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/08/do-you-think-its-easy-to-make-priorities/feed/ 75 How many number one priorities can the government have? More than one, it seems. 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/2010/07/27/the-commons-verifiable-data-is-no-match-for-riddles-and-notions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/27/the-commons-verifiable-data-is-no-match-for-riddles-and-notions/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:18:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=140449 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/27/the-commons-verifiable-data-is-no-match-for-riddles-and-notions/feed/ 0 A committee hearing on the long-form census spells out the epitaph for this whole sorry affair http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/27/the-ruling/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/27/the-ruling/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:25:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=122676 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/27/the-ruling/feed/ 186 Below, the full English text of Speaker Peter Milliken’s ruling, delivered in the House... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/23/repeat-anything-enough-it-starts-to-seem-true/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/23/repeat-anything-enough-it-starts-to-seem-true/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:03:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=122261 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/23/repeat-anything-enough-it-starts-to-seem-true/feed/ 87 By the time the last Liberal leader was disposed of, his full name was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/13/colvin-redux/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/13/colvin-redux/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:32:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=120196 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/13/colvin-redux/feed/ 16 Richard Colvin is in Ottawa today to testify at hearings of the Military Police... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/the-commons-a-little-light-reading/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/the-commons-a-little-light-reading/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:53:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=117674 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/the-commons-a-little-light-reading/feed/ 21 The government is accused of delivering "two boxes of contempt" to Parliament http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/due-course/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/due-course/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:36:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=117594 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/due-course/feed/ 7 A week ago, when Derek Lee, Jack Harris and Claude Bachand raised their questions... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/2500-pages-of-what/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/2500-pages-of-what/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:37:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=117586 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/2500-pages-of-what/feed/ 17 The government sent up Tom Lukiwski this morning to table some 2,500 pages of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/did-no-one-hear-dean-del-mastros-plea-for-decency/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/did-no-one-hear-dean-del-mastros-plea-for-decency/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:34:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93193 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/did-no-one-hear-dean-del-mastros-plea-for-decency/feed/ 4 After Question Period just now, Navdeep Bains rose on a point of order to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/27/the-commons-you-bore-us-mr-ignatieff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/27/the-commons-you-bore-us-mr-ignatieff/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:10:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=52756 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/27/the-commons-you-bore-us-mr-ignatieff/feed/ 31 After initial civilities, the House erupts—making a 'Sheeple' proud http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/26/the-commons-starring-charlie-angus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/26/the-commons-starring-charlie-angus/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:17:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=39481 The Scene.... Charlie Angus is either the best kind of politician or the worst]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/26/the-commons-starring-charlie-angus/feed/ 7 The Scene.... Charlie Angus is either the best kind of politician or the worst http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/12/the-commons-way-to-go-skippy-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/12/the-commons-way-to-go-skippy-2/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:22:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=1998 And so the day of apology begets its own apology The Scene.... It couldn’t]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/12/the-commons-way-to-go-skippy-2/feed/ 0 And so the day of apology begets its own apology The Scene.... It couldn’t http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/02/the-commons-the-boys-are-back-in-town/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/02/the-commons-the-boys-are-back-in-town/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:42:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=1552 The Prime Minister and his loyal Doberman return to rouse the government lads The ...]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/02/the-commons-the-boys-are-back-in-town/feed/ 0 The Prime Minister and his loyal Doberman return to rouse the government lads The ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/04/22/the-talentless-mr-anders/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/04/22/the-talentless-mr-anders/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:20:01 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=196 Must-reads: Andrew Cohen on anti-intellectualism in American politics; ...James Travers on the in-and-out; Greg]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/04/22/the-talentless-mr-anders/feed/ 0 Must-reads: Andrew Cohen on anti-intellectualism in American politics; ...James Travers on the in-and-out; Greg