COVID-19 in Government: The Consequences of Public Opinion Erling Rolseth Mar 4, 2021 Sameer Zuberi, Kamal Khera, Niki Ashton, Rod Phillips, and Pierre Arcand are just a few members of federal and…
The Dumbest Ideas of the 2019 Election Nikita Buchko Oct 16, 2019 Policy ideas and platforms are a central arena of competition for parties vying to form government next year. But…
Brexit-era Defections Highlight Parliamentary Defects Emily Hunt Mar 14, 2019 Brexit is only a symptom of a much larger problem. A second referendum may help manage a byproduct of this systemic…
Back in Session: Canada’s Progress on Policies and the First… Jennifer Chan Oct 21, 2017 Since Parliament entered summer recess, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been busy attending the G7, walking in …
A Day Inside Myanmar’s Unremarkable Parliament Allegra Mendelson Oct 16, 2017 55 years ago, the world watched as Myanmar, formerly Burma, suffered a revolutionary coup d'état in which the…
Video Games and National Economies: The Valve Solution Ronny al-Nosir Feb 21, 2015 Last month, the Coalition of the Radical Left (also known as SYRIZA), a left-wing party, swept the Greek…
“Just watch me!” – false flag politics and terrorism Ronny al-Nosir Nov 16, 2014 On October 22nd 2014, an armed individual assaulted the National War Memorial as well as the Parliament…
Fair Elections Act: Cue Mayrand Nadir Khan Mar 7, 2014 Thud. Marc Mayrand’s translation earpiece slipped off his ear and fell to the table as he was holding up a voter…
The Curious Case of Scott Reid Nadir Khan Jan 23, 2014 It's hard to get a handle on MP Scott Reid. Mercurial? Thinking man? Old school Parliamentarian? Perhaps he…
Procedure as Handcuffs, Procedure as Wings Nadir Khan Jan 15, 2014 This week, MIR and Loon Calls introduces a new columnist. Nadir Khan is a Canadian politics junkie and former…