Conservative debate beyond the Manning conference
Tag Archives: Brian Storseth
Spreading the good word beyond the House of Commons
Reference to a “carbon tax” turns up in the Lacombe Globe in an op-ed by Conservative MP Blaine Calkins.
Section 13: How the battle for free speech was won
Five years, two tribunals, secret hearings, a court challenge and a turning point
Vote night
Last night, the House defeated an opposition motion that called on the government to reverse cuts to science and research and an opposition motion that called on the government to reverse cuts to search-and-rescue.
Hockey Night in Barrie: NHL meets MPs
Ontario Conservative MP Patrick Brown’s annual Hockey Night in Barrie continues to grow. Each year the charity fundraiser for the Royal Victoria Hospital has MPs and NHL players sharing the ice for a game.
The MP who has to talk about the Senate all summer
Handy having an orthopaedic surgeon
The QP 20
Michael Chong’s motion on Question Period reform is seconded by no less than 20 MPs. Those seconders include 14 Conservatives (Mike Allen, Dona Cadman, Maxime Bernier, Larry Miller, Gord Brown, Nina Grewal, James Rajotte, John Cummins, Peter Braid, Rick Casson, Greg Thompson, Merv Tweed, Brian Storseth and Bruce Stanton), four Liberals (Frank Valeriote, Martha Hall Findlay, Glen Pearson and Siobhan Coady) and two New Democrats (Denise Savoie and Brian Masse).
The Commons: Stubborn Stéphane
Neither cowardly nor spineless, this man is most certainly a mule