The Reform Act 2013 has now been tabled, and it’s pretty much as has been reported, with the three key areas around the powers around nominations, caucus membership and forcing a leadership review on party leaders. (Text and sixty-second explainer here). Aaron Wherry rounds up some of the declared support today, including from the Conservative caucus, and those now outside like Brent Rathgeber, as well as some of the reaction and analysis to date. Alice Funke aka Pundit’s Guide looks at ways in which the provisions can be subverted by parties or leaders. Tim Harper points out the bill’s silence about a leader having to deal with an unsuitable candidate during an election. Andrew Coyne has a Q&A with Chong about the bill and tries to dispel some of the myths or concerns, but fails to ask some of the more pertinent questions around membership and inputs.

Today in ClusterDuff news, we learn that the Benjamin Perrin emails were under “litigation freeze” because of the lawsuits related to the privacy breach of student loan data at HRSDC. Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault is launching a preliminary investigation into why those emails were believed deleted. Meanwhile in the Senate, the Liberals attempted to move a motion to have Michael Runia of Deloitte and Senator Irving Gerstein be called before committee to testify as to their activities around the Duffy audit. It doesn’t look like it will pass, however, as Conservative senators are arguing that this is the wrong time to be asking those questions.

Also in the Senate today, we learned that Conservative Senator David Braley resigned abruptly, three years before he was due to and before he even qualifies for a pension. Not that it will hurt him, mind you, as he’s already a man of some means who owns two football teams. Braley cited a desire to spend more time with family, as well as his frustration with the cloud of scandal over the chamber and the suspension of those three senators, which he felt was tainting everyone in it. Other Senators say that there are others who may also follow him out, but aren’t naming names just yet. Let me add that the last thing we need is a mass of vacancies in the chamber, because it will simply exacerbate the problems that it is currently experiencing as a result of Harper’s glut of appointment that stressed the Chamber’s ability to integrate them adequately.

Commons Committees are reducing from 12 members to 10 – one less Conservative and NDP MP each – for no apparent reason, and with no debate.

The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner has cleared Christian Paradis over a conflict of interest allegation – again – this time for lobbying a fellow minister to have a jobs centre moved to his riding. At this point, I’m sure she should be giving some kind of bulk discount for Paradis investigations.

A Senate committee plans to look at the role of the CBC now that its loss of hockey revenues will impact its operations. The chair of the committee hopes that all of the attention on the Senate at the moment will keep Conservatives from being too partisan about anti-CBC positions.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson doesn’t have an opinion about a proposal by the Canadian Chiefs of Police to make possession of small amounts of marijuana a ticketing offence.

Senator Roméo Dallaire crashed his car on Parliament Hill yesterday after falling asleep at the wheel – a result of the fatigue brought on by overwork he’s been engaged in to combat his PTSD. His interview on Power & Politics is a must-see.

Suspended senator Mike Duffy has undergone open-heart surgery.

With news of a fourth possible military suicide this week also comes this story of a soldier who attempted suicide after being told that his PTSD was going to end his career.

The 85-year-old Ontario farmer who has been fighting against the expropriation of his land – land granted to his family after the American Revolution – has finally given up the fight. He was the final holdout before the expansion of CFB Trenton to house a new training facility for Canadian Special Forces.

Philippe Lagassé looks at the UK’s crafted convention around votes for military deployments, which has become all check and no balance, damaging the role of Responsible Government.

The virtual tour of the Prime Minister’s office is now on Google Maps, and Emily Senger takes us through some of the things we find there.

And the government focus-tested these proposed logos for the Canada 150 celebrations coming up in 2017. I’m torn about which one of these I like best/dislike the least.

Up today: Thomas Mulcair will speak to the Economic Club of Canada about NDP plans on the energy file, especially as it relates to environmental assessments and cap-and-trade.