Philippe Lagasse
Why the B.C. Liberals should suck it up and offer a Speaker
Voters have decided how they want the assembly divided. Why undermine the tradition of a non-partisan Speaker?
Bluffer’s guide: What did Justin Trudeau do to the Senate?
This changes everything. Or nothing. Or something.
Syria and when a democracy goes to war
Should Parliament decide when we fight?
Should the House of Commons be debating Syria right now?
On parliamentary accountability and military action
How the royal baby gave us a constitutional crisis
Why the royal succession law matters
‘The de-patriation of the Canadian constitution’
The House passes a problematic bill
The Queen of Canada is dead; long live the British Queen
Why the Conservatives must rethink their approach to succession
An Act to assent to alterations in the law touching the Succession to the Throne
The Conservatives have now tabled the legislation that will, in the words of the official news release, “end the practice of placing male heirs before their elder sisters in the line of succession” and “remove legal provisions that render heirs who marry Roman Catholics ineligible to succeed to the Throne.”
Getting to Friday
Global News journalists were told to leave Attawapiskat yesterday, apparently at the behest of Chief Theresa Spence, which brings about the following two paragraphs in this Globe story.
The latest on the F-35
Reuters, the Canadian Press, Star, Globe and CTV report that a four-person panel will review the options for a new jet fighter and John Ivison says the price tag for the F-35 will be $45.8 billion, but John Geddes notes that a panel review is not the same as an open competition.
The F-35 on trial
The NDP will convene two public roundtables this morning on the Hill to hear what Winslow Wheeler, Philippe Lagasse, Alan Williams and Scott Taylor have to say about the F-35. Official parliamentary hearings on the matter were closed in May.
The F-35 questions that need to be asked
Philippe Lagassé offers some free advice to the opposition.