"The Globe called Canada's Parliament the most dysfunctional in the English-speaking world. [John Ibbitson's feature in Jan. 9, headlined 'Few countries can claim such a pathetic Parliament.'] Is it?"

Mike Storeshaw

Conservative strategist

"Bemoaning the state of Parliament has been a bit of a cottage industry for as far back as I can remember. Business seems to have picked up a bit on that front since Parliament underwent its 105^th prorogation, an event that seems to have riled up a lot of opposition members who couldn't have cared less when the same thing was done by the governments in which they were members. All that...