Each week, the Maclean’s politics team and Cormac MacSweeney sit down to hash out the week’s news in Ottawa. This week, the bureau discusses the Veterans Affairs controversy, the government’s commitment to Syrian refugees, the NDP’s proposal for proportional representation, Stephen Harper’s understanding of the Senate and how Justin Trudeau is proposing to resolve the allegations of misconduct against two Liberal MPs.

THE HEADLINES

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  ON SCIENCE
  The PM makes good politics, bad policy

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  ON FANTINO
  The veterans affairs minister endures

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  ON DISCLOSURE
  Chiefs show Canada their salaries

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  ON ALBERTA
  Why the oil patch pays off for chiefs

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  ON THE SENATE
  Why do we have the red chamber?

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  ON ELECTIONS
  Parliament debates the status quo

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