Joan Fraser

How should the Senate be?

Beset with scandal, the Senate adjourns and passes up two opportunities to assert itself and its purpose. Now what?

Double Frum on the Hill

Sen. Linda Frum held a special reception on the Hill for her brother David Frum, a journalist, writer and former speechwriter for George W. Bush. The occasion was the launch of her brother’s new book Patriots.

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Speaking of constitutional crises

Canadian Press sums up the struggle over crime legislation in the Senate thusly.