Rob Clarke

The exchange you can’t miss from this afternoon’s Question Period

The House had two reasons this past fall to debate repealing and replacing the Indian Act: a private member’s bill from Conservative MP Rob Clarke and a motion from interim Liberal leader Bob Rae.

The following appeared in the Flin Flon Reminder yesterday as Conservative MP Rob Clarke’s MP report.

Bob Rae spoke in the House this morning on his motion about replacing the Indian Act.

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) held a reception at the Weston Hotel in Ottawa.

Is it just us or is it getting dim in here?

The research and social planner for Calgary—that bastion of nanny statists—voices his objection to the census changes. Stephen Gordon wonders if the government will do away with the coercive and intrusive Labour Force Survey (source of those job growth numbers that Conservatives are only too happy to celebrate). And now Dan Gardner gets his kicks in.

The Conservatives held their packed and fun Halloween party on the Hill. One of the best costumes was MP Rob Clarke (centre) seen here with his staff.

 

The seventh annual Champions of Mental Health Awards were held at the Fairmont Château Laurier ballroom. Margaret Trudeau, seen below with son Justin, got an award for being open about suffering from bipolar disorder.

Easing Peter MacKay’s pain and the faster Flaherty

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.

And so the day of apology begets its own apology