Non-binding motions: the end-run around Parliament
Non-binding parliamentary motions and UN declarations are expressions of values. They carry no force of law. But Canadian bureaucracies have treated them as…
94 posts in Parliament of Canada from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Non-binding parliamentary motions and UN declarations are expressions of values. They carry no force of law. But Canadian bureaucracies have treated them as…
It appears that Former Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau fainted in the Senate today as he rose to debate Prime Minister Mark Carney’s fast-tracked major…
The newly elected leader of the Conservative Party Erin O’Toole announced his picks for his House Leadership Team today. This slate of MPs will represent the…
Earlier this month, Mulroney appointee and Harper lieutenant Marjorie LeBreton announced her retirement as Government leader in the Senate. LeBreton, who is…
CPC MP Blaine Calkins: “Well thank you Speaker. I’m honoured to rise today to introduce my private member’s bill. As you correctly stated it, it is an Act to…
The Conservatives have been making news lately for their attack ads on Justin Trudeau claiming that the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada is “just in…
Kevin Page is the Parliamentary Budget Officer and a politically expedient folk hero in some circles. His office was created by the Harper government in 2006,…
Before Senator Victor Oh was a Senator, he said “I believe voluntary information is more accurate than mandatory” regarding the mandatory long-form census…
Global News today reports that the freeze on MP pay raises will be lifted, The freeze on MP salaries, which hasn’t given them a pay raise since 2010, will be…