MP Deepak Obhrai launches direct attack on fellow Tory’s reform bill

I have a story up today on PostMedia's newswires, which tells the tale of Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai and the letter that he wrote to all Conservative Senators and MPs, warning them about what he believes the dangers in fellow MP Michael Chong's reform bill to be. It was a really great story to write because it gave me a chance to talk to the various players and to hear all of their various takes on the letter and the bill, and it shows that there will be a great deal of debate for this bill once it finally reaches the Commons, probably later in the spring. And it's also great that it was in the top five stories on National Newswatch today, which is always gratifying to see.

Royal family entitled to ‘extraordinary’ membership in the Order of Canada

I have a story up on the PostMedia wire service today, that looks at the changes made to the constitutions of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit in order to allow for the members of the royal family to become members of these Orders, despite not being Canadian citizens. It was a bit of a crazy day to write this story, with the royal baby fever going on and all of the usual royal commentators otherwise occupied and Rideau Hall's media office being short-staffed, but I managed to make my deadline (just barely), and got a pretty good story out of it in the end.