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Prorogue?
I’m at the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner right now and a quiet rumour among a small number of the gathered people here is that Prime Minister Stephen Harpe
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Fact, fiction and speculation
Fact: “The Liberal Opposition plans to introduce a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons on Monday” (source) But: Notice of motions are introduced regul
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The trap is set
The latest news is that the potential of Bloc-Liberal-NDP coalition government in waiting is shrinking a bit now that the Conservatives have promised to remove
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Liveblogging Flaherty’s economic statement
4:09pm: Persuant to a standing order I do not recall, the Minister of Finance tables his economic statement. 4:10pm: Time of unprecedented economic deterioratio
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First Speech from the Throne of the 40th Parliament
Reactions (if you represent a stakeholder and would like to see your release quoted here, email me): Liberal: The official Opposition is focused on making Parli
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Speaker election – interviews
In general, I’m asking the same four questions 1) 30 second to 1 minute pitch on why you should be Speaker 2) Why replace the incumbent? 3) It’s a minority Parl
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Spotted on Parliament Hill
yesterday at about 3:30pm in the window of a Liberal MP (either Alan Tonks, Mike Savage or Andy Scott – hard to tell) Section 322(1) of the Canadian Elections A
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Call the Parliament Hill window police
Spotted in Hedy Fry’s 5th floor office window at the Confederation Building on Parliament Hill: I’m not sure how Fry qualifies as a veteran, but she’s got the s
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Is the Cadman affair the business of government?
… in the strictest Parliamentary sense that is. It would seem that the answer is no. The House justice committee chair Art Hanger (Conservative MP, Calgary Nort