Regardless of where an MP sits, each must pass the same test when proposing laws or amendments: earning a majority support in the Commons and Senate.

OTTAWA – At least two Conservative backbenchers say they would have supported Brent Rathgeber’s private member's bill to expose the salaries of senior federal civil servants in its original form.

Mark Warawa wants to speak. The Conservative MP who set off a backbench rebellion and in doing so re-defined freedom of speech in the modern House of Commons is expected to finally touch on the issue that started it all: abortion.