Fabian Manning
The chamber of second chances
Jeff Jedras counts 11 defeated Conservative candidates in the Senate.
The selflessness to resign, the willingness to be reappointed
Two months before being reappointed to the Senate, Fabian Manning seems to have commended himself on his willingness to resign.
Consolation prizes
Stephen Harper, a champion of an elected senate, has quietly appointed three Conservatives—Josee Verner, Larry Smith and Fabian Manning—who were just rejected by voters
Senators gone sort of wild
CBC looks into the case of a Senate committee run amok.
Weekend Notes (Vol. 1, No. 19)
In the print edition this week there are two pages under this byline on the enigmatic Peter Van Loan, thus marking the 376th time I’ve referred to the government House leader in print in my short time with this magazine. This time though there’s further commentary from Ralph Goodale, Michael Ignatieff, historian Ned Franks (who confesses he can’t watch QP anymore) and Senator David Smith.