Category: Editorials

Sitting on the edge of a governance precipice

TORONTO – Since my first election to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, it has received public investments for repair, refurbishing and restoration that are mind-boggling. From1988-1995, the project received $100 million (a lot of money at the time!), then most recently in 2018, a contract worth $5 billion was allocated to complete the project. It being a government contract, and Ottawa being the most unpredictable National capital, weather wise, in the world, that number is likely to be revised upward. 

Prorogation tests various Parliamentary principles

TORONTO – There is no more apt descriptor to encapsulate Federal Court’s hearing on the matter of prorogation . than the question: why are we here (in Court) and not there (in Parliament)?. The soon to be former Prime Minister – former because he resigned effective a specific date in the future, not immediately – has provoked a constitutional matter involving 1. the rule of law, 2. executive overreach and 3. the erosion of the role and powers of Parliament. This according to the Applicants in Court File N.:T-60-25.