Ticking clock looms over parliament

My column this week on Loonie Politics looks at the limited amount of time left in Parliament before they rise for the summer, the heavy workload before them, and the fact that the government can attempt to game the calendar to ensure that contentious bills – like an upcoming omnibus budget bill – won't get adequate scrutiny because there simply won't be time, which is a problem for democracy.

Selinger gong show a preview of Reform Act future

My column this week on Loonie Politics looks at what happened with the leadership contest in Manitoba, and how Michael Chong's Reform Act can make this kind of a terrible situation a more common occurrence because of how those provisions echo the problems in the Manitoba rules going forward, which is not a good situation for anyone.