A quick refresher on the Caretaker Convention (and how it might apply to the ongoing cross-border trade war)
Officially, the 44th Parliament is still on track to reopen for business — and, more specifically, the launch of a...
Kady O'Malley
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How would an early return to regular parliamentary proceedings work, exactly?
Those sweeping new 20 per cent tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is, at last check, still threatening to impose...
An (annotated) Process Nerd timeline for the Liberal leadership race
With just a few days to go until the deadline for prospective Liberal leadership hopefuls to file the necessary paperwork...
The prime minister’s stepping down and Parliament has been prorogued. What happens next?
First off, a quick caveat to curious newcomers — and a reassurance to regular (or even occasional/irregular) readers: In the...
The estimates may be cleared for takeoff, but the rest of the Liberal government’s fall legislative agenda is still grounded
It is emphatically not the beginning of the end, nor even the end of the beginning. The ruling handed down...
So, exactly what House business is (and isn’t) on hold due to the ongoing privilege debate, and how is it likely to end?
Even for an inveterate Process Nerd, such statistics can be tricky to pin down, but as it heads into a...
Is this how the current minority parliament ends? Not with a bang, but a privilege debate?
There is, of course, always the chance that, at some point over the next day or two, a cross-aisle deal...
Latest privilege standoff highlights potential risk of production orders
As far as high-stakes political drama goes, it doesn’t (yet) have the same sense of urgency as a non-confidence vote...
Could an opposition-backed call to turn over docs to the RCMP make it harder for the auditor general to do her job?
It was billed by its backers as a show of parliamentary force in a minority setting: A motion adopted during...
The supply and confidence deal is dead. Can the minority Liberal government still control the House agenda?
Before digging into exactly how last week’s decision by the New Democrats to pull the plug on their supply-and-confidence agreement...
Could an opposition-backed call to turn over docs to the RCMP make it harder for the auditor general to do her job?
It was billed by its backers as a show of parliamentary force in a minority setting: A motion adopted during...
Fine print of the NSICOP foreign interference report suggests ‘naming names’ could be trickier than it sounds
It’s been just over a week since the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians went public with what would...
MPs have ordered a key ArriveCAN contractor to appear before the House of Commons next week. What happens now?
It may have been overshadowed by the two-and-a-half minutes of twilight that briefly engulfed the precinct yesterday afternoon, but a...
Latest pitch to overhaul election laws could make it harder to keep tabs on the party fundraising circuit
Heads up to anyone with a penchant for tracking the party fundraising circuit: It may be about to get a...
Process Nerd: What happens to the ArriveCAN committee probe(s) now?
As has been noted on more than one occasion in this corner, a lot can happen in a week —...
What’s next for the Senate-amended farm fuel bill and two other backbench battles to watch
“A very unique and, perhaps, tortuous process.” While conceding that he’s hardly an objective, impartial observer, it’s difficult to disagree...
By the numbers: How MPs ran out the clock on the now-wrapped fall sitting
“There is no unanimous consent. We are going out in style for Christmas.” So noted assistant deputy speaker Carol Hughes...
Can the Conservatives really keep the House of Commons sitting until Christmas?
Before diving into the question posed by the headline — spoiler alert for the impatient: the answer is “almost certainly...
What’s going on with the (latest) privilege complaint against the speaker?
Gazing out at his fellow MPs from his front row seat at the front of the chamber on Monday afternoon...
What happens when a backbench proposal shows up in a government bill?
Last week, Process Nerd took a closer look at the parliamentary fine print last week to determine exactly what happens...