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CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Unpacking my Canada Crime Bill C10 hunger strike

Posted May 21st, 2012 by Obert Madondo

Today, May 21st is the day 69 of my indefinite hunger strike protesting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cruel new crime law, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”, formerly omnibus crime Bill C10. This potentially-fatal ac…

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That was quick

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Ethical Oil has already turned yesterday’s QP exchange into an attack ad.

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C-38: What it is and where this is going

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

In this week’s print edition, I write about the budget bill and its various…

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How to properly chastise another MP

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

As noted yesterday, there was a small discussion after QP yesterday about the proper…

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The Commons: No questions asked

Posted May 17th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Just as there haven’t been answers these last few weeks

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Line?

Posted May 17th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Three cabinet ministers appeared, under debatable circumstances, this morning before the finance subcommittee studying…

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Backing the bus over John Baird

Posted May 17th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

John Baird was thrown under the bus on Tuesday. Yesterday, the president of the…

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Employment

The Commons: Help Wanted

Posted May 16th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

‘Mr. Speaker, I actually have some examples here of what constitutes suitable employment’, reported Ted Menzies

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Climate Change

The late show

Posted May 16th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Starting around 9:30pm last night, the House of Commons spent four hours considering the…

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Climate Change

The Conservatives on cap-and-trade: yes, no and maybe

Posted May 16th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Before throwing the Foreign Affairs Minister under the bus yesterday afternoon, Peter Kent actually…

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The Commons: More than 400 pages and still short on details

Posted May 15th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Funny how the opposition can’t seem to find much in this budget bill

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Throwing John Baird under the bus

Posted May 15th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Pressed this afternoon to explain John Baird’s linking of the National Roundtable’s demise to…

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C-38: The NDP’s response

Posted May 15th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

The official opposition has launched a three-part response to the budget bill, including public…

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Climate Change

The carbon tax: history’s greatest monster

Posted May 15th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Without amendment or correction, John Baird’s warning that a carbon tax would kill your…

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What has Jim Flaherty heard?

Posted May 15th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

On April 24, Peggy Nash asked Human Resources Minister Diane Finley how much money…

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C-38 goes to committee

Posted May 14th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

The budget bill has passed at second reading by a vote of 149-132.
It…

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The Commons: John Baird saves your family

Posted May 14th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Or perhaps the minister misspoke…

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Tony Clement responds

Posted May 14th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

To John McCallum’s challenge, the President of the Treasury Board tweets a citation.
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Challenging Tony Clement

Posted May 14th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

Seemingly in response to a column by the Globe’s Barrie McKenna on the government’s…

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The neutered Parliament?

Posted May 14th, 2012 by Aaron Wherry

At the end of this Globe report on moves toward greater cooperation among parliamentary…

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