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Several weeks ago, I asked NDP MP Megan Leslie and Conservative Michelle Rempel if they might sit down for a joint interview. They both agreed and so over salads—they each went with the nicoise, I went with the caesar—we sat and talked about life on the Hill. (As luck would have it, we sat down the same day the environment commissioner’s report was being debated.) The result is this piece.

Jim Travers, 1948-2011

Toronto Star columnist Jim Travers passed away yesterday at the age of 62 and after nearly 40 years in journalism. Last year, Mr. Travers won the National Newspaper Award for political writing after penning a lament and clarion call for Canadian democracy. His words then are only more vital now.