An unscripted moment in the House
Tag Archives: David Tilson
Why did the NDP vote against the war memorials bill?
Vic Toews wonders.
The Commons: How big is your budget?
Halloween in the Commons: Time to shame the committee chairs
C-38: David Tilson and the megaquarry
Noting his pursuit of a federal environmental assessment for a proposed quarry in his riding, the NDP suggests Conservative MP David Tilson should be voting against the budget implementation act.
David Tilson will not submit to your tyranny
Whatever his concerns about previous efforts “to force Canadians to divulge detailed personal information under threat of prosecution,” Tony Clement did still, at last report, “strongly encourage” Canadians to participate in the new voluntary survey. Conservative MP David Tilson is not so encouraged.
‘Because you people are writing about it’
David Tilson explains why the immigration committee is investigating Ruby Dhalla.
The Commons: The show trial of Ruby Dhalla
The nannies detail mental torture and physical stress; Dhalla denies it, brags about their basement apartment
Kady is no doubt excited
The immigration committee calls in the nannies.
What Garth heard
The most entertaining parts of Sheeple, Garth Turner’s awkwardly titled account of his most recent time in politics, are almost definitely the previously undisclosed bits of private conversation and internal discussion Turner claims to have been party to. If only because truly candid, available-for-public-consumption comment from a politician is otherwise so rare.
BTC: Confidence men
There’s an old idea in football that when one arrives in the end zone, one should eschew the typical dancing and “act like you’ve been there before”—a quote attributed variously to any number of old and grouchy football coaches. The point being that true confidence doesn’t require theatric expression.