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From the same issue of Canadian Parliamentary Review. Bill Blaikie as Oprah. “Parliament is...
View ArticleThe coveted Commons endorsement
The next Speaker of the House of Commons should be Joe Comartin. Here’s why....
View ArticleA very NDP Christmas
Former NDP MPs Bill Blaikie and Alexa McDonough returned to the Hill for the...
View ArticleMPs in kilts
On the evening of the Throne Speech, Speaker Peter Milliken held his annual Robbie...
View ArticleThe Maclean's bump
Reigning Parliamentarian of the Year Bill Blaikie wins a seat in the Manitoba government....
View ArticleShall I compare thee to a summer's day?
As someone who is employed for the expressed purposes of describing—”sketching,” as they say—...
View ArticleBill Blaikie’s daughter and Ignatieff’s rival
The next generation of politicians is stepping up
View ArticleHow Justin Trudeau could have changed electoral history
Victory moustaches!... At the Toronto NDP victory celebration, which was filled with people sporting
View ArticleRight place, right time, right party
Paul Wells on how Ted Byfield helped pave the way for Harper's majority win
View ArticleYour parliamentarians of the year
Last night at the Chateau Laurier, Maclean’s and our gracious sponsors handed out the...
View ArticleNDP Convention – scenes from the second day
The NDP chose a new leader over the weekend in dramatic fashion
View ArticleThe Commons: Tom’s first day at school
Thomas Mulcair rose and so did the entirety of his caucus, his colleagues sounding his arrival with a great 'Woooo!'
View ArticleThose who do not remember history
Further to this, astute tweeter Steve Lloyd points out that Stephen Harper was specifically...
View ArticleThe Commons: The NDP convenes with its past and its future
A weekend in Montreal with Mulcair and his brothers and sisters
View ArticleThe Reform Act and how to fix Parliament
Steve Paikin interviews Michael Chong about the Reform Act. Meanwhile, the grand debate about what to do with our Parliament and our politics continues. Conservative MP James Rajotte, who seconded the...
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The eternal, futile quest for perfect democracy
In the fall of 1984—long before Brent Rathgeber or Elizabeth May or Michael Chong’s Reform Act—when the House of Commons convened to mark the arrival of a new government with a Speech from the Throne,...
View ArticleWhy don’t MPs vote electronically?
The idea that MPs should vote on bills and motions electronically is an interesting case study in parliamentary reform. On a certain level, it is a bit silly that MPs should have to stand one-by-one...
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