Brian Storseth

Brian Storseth vs. Brent Rathgeber

Conservative debate beyond the Manning conference

Spreading the good word beyond the House of Commons

Reference to a “carbon tax” turns up in the Lacombe Globe in an op-ed by Conservative MP Blaine Calkins.

Five years, two tribunals, a raft of secret hearings, a Supreme Court challenge. How the battle for free speech was won.

Section 13: How the battle for free speech was won

Five years, two tribunals, secret hearings, a court challenge and a turning point

Vote night

Last night, the House defeated an opposition motion that called on the government to reverse cuts to science and research and an opposition motion that called on the government to reverse cuts to search-and-rescue.

Hockey Night in Barrie: NHL meets MPs

Ontario Conservative MP Patrick Brown’s annual Hockey Night in Barrie continues to grow. Each year the charity fundraiser for the Royal Victoria Hospital has MPs and NHL players sharing the ice for a game.

The MP who has to talk about the Senate all summer

Handy having an orthopaedic surgeon

The QP 20

Michael Chong’s motion on Question Period reform is seconded by no less than 20 MPs. Those seconders include 14 Conservatives (Mike Allen, Dona Cadman, Maxime Bernier, Larry Miller, Gord Brown, Nina Grewal, James Rajotte, John Cummins, Peter Braid, Rick Casson, Greg Thompson, Merv Tweed, Brian Storseth and Bruce Stanton), four Liberals (Frank Valeriote, Martha Hall Findlay, Glen Pearson and Siobhan Coady) and two New Democrats (Denise Savoie and Brian Masse).

The Commons: Stubborn Stéphane

Neither cowardly nor spineless, this man is most certainly a mule