Media coverage contributes to childish depths of this Parliament

Lots of attention is paid to the actions of the players during the theatrics of Question Period; meanwhile, the motivations or consequences of certain acts and sometimes even the substance of the issues are relegated to footnote status, at best.

OTTAWAThe poisoned air billowing out from Parliament Hill has spurred some people to muse about the need to reform our political system yet again. In this instance, it is Tom Axworthy and a team of researchers at The Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University who have d...

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