Tag Archives: Marlene Jennings
This is the week that was
The Conservatives were bashful. And mysterious. And succinct.
The case for Marlene Jennings’ concern
When Marlene Jennings wrote to the director of public prosecutions in April—the letter is available here—she laid out her case as follows.
‘My sense is that they’re taking it very seriously’
The RCMP has conducted at least one interview towards some kind of investigation of the G8 Legacy Fund.
The Liberals’ wake and some parting remarks
The final humiliation: a cash bar
Drag queens, MPs and a Liberal fundraiser
Liberal MP Hedy Fry squeezed in a fundraiser to help with the debt she incurred from her leadership run in 2006. The event was held at Ottawa’s hot new gay bar Flamingo. Below, Fry and Bob Rae do a tribute to Sonny and Cher.
Marlene Jennings is sorry
An apology, of sorts, offered after Question Period yesterday.
Make your own Commons
No sketch today on account of commitments elsewhere.
Shadow cabinet shuffle
Michael Ignatieff has significantly restructured his government-in-waiting. Ralph Goodale is elevated to deputy leader, David McGuinty becomes house leader, Scott Brison replaces John McCallum in finance, Gerard Kennedy takes over environment, Dominic LeBlanc goes to defence, Ujjal Dosanjh goes to health, Marlene Jennings gets justice and Denis Coderre returns to the shadow cabinet as natural resources critic.
The Commons: Sound and fury signifying a lack of anything
“It is like a skit out of Monty Python, except it is not funny”