OTTAWA -- A Liberal senator says the government's plan to reform MP pensions will result in such a drastic cut to take-home

While few would dispute that the pensions provided for MPs are generous, one former MP cautions it would be a mistake to

The Conservative caucus has accepted a government proposal that would ease the burden on taxpayers by more than tripling

With Pauline Marois now officially inaugurated as the sixth separatist premier of everyone's favorite French-speaking province, you might reckon that our nation's gigantic, months-long Quebec politics bender would finally be coming to an end. Also, you might be an idiot. Speaking of not-so-smart ideas, Harper's plans to reform parliamentary pensions aren't going over so well in the media...