Scott Reid

Scott Reid’s confession, and the dream of honesty in politics

Marie-Danielle Smith: The Tory MP is sorry he lied to me—and to Parliament. Let’s not waste his moment of truth.

Scott Reid: Taking democracy to the people

The winner in the Civic Engagement category at the 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards says referendums can ‘break through party discipline’

A rookie minister finds herself in a minor furor

Maryam Monsef, the rookie minister for democratic institutions, faces opposition indignation in her second question period

Inside the most insider campaign function: Election debate prep

Scott Reid takes you behind the scenes and reveal the five essential components of how party leaders prepare for election debates

The QP Clip: Nathan Cullen and Scott Reid correct each other

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

Marc Mayrand speaks up

The anecdotal, philosophical matter of the Fair Elections Act

The Reform Act and how to fix Parliament

Michael Chong explains himself and the debate continues

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What we’re talking about when we talk about Mark Warawa

We’re talking about abortion, but also Parliament

Tolerating civil disobedience

In a pair of blog posts, Brent Rathgeber explains his concerns with some of the tactics used by Idle No More protesters.

From the Maclean’s issue on Ottawa’s powerful, five people who are no longer

Power is fleeting. As Paul Wells reports, for some, it’s already fled

Doug Finley roasted

A tribute dinner was held to honour Conservative Senator Doug Finley at the War Museum. Proceeds went to the Scottish Society of Ottawa.