Greg Rickford Sticks Out Tongue
On Thursday, in the House of Commons, Conservative cabinet minister Greg Rickford stuck out his tongue and mouthed “blah blah blah” at Liberal MPs across the floor. Canadians from coast to coast freaked out—or ...
Leona Aglukkaq’s “Bad Idea”: Reading a Newspaper During QP
Question period is valuable for Canadians, just like a reproductive organ is valuable for a horny high school virgin. Don’t we wish we could use it properly? Sadly, we don’t. Is there any point in trying? Earli...
Speaker to Remain Silent During Question Period
After the defeat of an NDP sponsored motion on Tuesday evening, the Speaker is to remain silent and not police question period.
On Monday, Government House Leader, Peter Van Loan threw a curve ball to the ND...
Conservatives Not Keen To Give Speaker Scheer Power
Last week, Tom Mulcair, Andrew Scheer, and Paul Calandra grabbed the nation’s attention when they locked horns in a fight that all but the most enthusiastic political junkies would call “The Grumble in the Jung...
Surely Speaker Scheer Isn’t Scheerious
On Tuesday, Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair became quite angry when, after repeatedly asking questions about Canada’s engagement in the latest war in Iraq, he received a string of non-answers from Paul Calandra, ...
Tearful Paul Calandra Issues Apology to NDP
Today, Conservative freedom fighter and Question Period exemplar Paul Calandra gave an emotional apology to the NDP for his comments (or lack thereof) during Tuesday’s Question Period.
What happened, you ask...
Senators Plot Senate Reform in Secret Meetings
Shocking revelations from the Senate (h/t the Hill Times), and it's another scandal, but one that'll only upset upper-level Conservative and Liberal operatives. Instead of another spending scandal or the classi...
Some Northern Gateway Food for Thought | Counter-Point
This article is part of our series Counter-Counter-Counter-Point. For an article a bit more jazzed about the pipeline, see Dylan Kruger's take.
Canadians should know all there is to know about the ...
Going to Work Optional for Liberal MPs
In a Member’s Statement on Thursday afternoon, Conservative MP Randy Hoback bashed Liberal International Trade critic Chrystia Freeland for not doing her job.
The newly elected Liberal “star candidate” from ...
Question. Period?
My fellow Canadians, the skies have darkened, and the threat of despotism looms on the horizon once again. Two days after the end of the holidays for our elected representatives, the leader of the...