Canadian Politics
O Canada?
Yesterday, when tweeting the throne speech, I was puzzled to find the line “Our Government will also ask Parliament to examine the original gender-neutral…
Speech From The Throne
14 posts on Speech From The Throne from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Politics
Speech from the Throne, full text
If you can read faster than the Governor General, here is the Throne Speech: Honourable Senators, Members of the House of Commons, Ladies and gentlemen, We are…
Canadian Politics
Speech from the Throne, what to expect
The Governor General will deliver the speech from the Throne today in the Senate outlining the government agenda for the 3rd session of the 40th Parliament.…
Parliament of Canada
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…
Parliament of Canada
Government’s motion on Afghanistan will split Liberals
The following is text of the government’s motion on extending the mission in Afghanistan. My comments appear between segments of the motion. The key point of…
Stéphane Dion
Ignatieff laughs behind Dion’s back
I was sitting up in the gallery on the day after the Speech from the Throne to catch the show after question period. Stephane Dion would be making a decision…
Canadian Politics
Tonight’s Throne Speech
Prime Minister Harper has penned the mandate he seeks from Parliament for its next session and Governor General Michaelle Jean will deliver the Speech from the…
Conservative Party of Canada
“Canadians don’t want an election right now”
The line “Canadians don’t want an election right now” is becoming an interesting bit of spin now used by both the Liberals and the Conservatives regarding both…
Stephen Harper
PM does Q&A
The Prime Minister held a press conference today in the National Press Theatre to the surprise of Ottawa observers and certainly the Parliamentary Press…