Etiket: Commons
The House of Commons resumes its work after the holiday break
The Liberals plan to move quickly to have the Ukraine free trade bill debated again and put pressure on the Conservatives to support it, as MPs return to Parliament on…
Commons ethics committee looks into Justin Trudeau’s Jamaica vacation
The House of Commons ethics committee is scheduled to meet this Wednesday to discuss the possibility of opening an investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent vacation to Jamaica. Conservative…
Recognition of Métis governments | The work of a Commons committee extended
(Ottawa) The work of a parliamentary committee studying a delicate bill that would recognize Métis governments in three provinces has been extended until at least February. Posted at 1:21 p.m.…
House of Commons | New Guest Instructions After Nazi Veteran Incident
(Ottawa) House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus will attempt to implement new instructions regarding guests at the meeting, after MPs twice stood up last September to applaud a man without…
The most popular petitions in the House of Commons in 2023
Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, reduction in spending by the Governor General of Canada, creation of a register on foreign influence activities… The duty has listed the 15 petitions having…
Greg Fergus apologizes again in the Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons once again “deeply apologized” for making a video broadcast during a partisan event, after a Commons committee asked him to show more contrition,…
House of Commons | Speaker Greg Fergus accused of participating in another partisan event
(Ottawa) Already subject to a barrage of criticism from the Conservative Party and the Bloc Québécois who are calling for his resignation for having recorded a video that was broadcast…
The NDP proposes a financial sanction for the Speaker of the House of Commons
New Democrats are pushing for the parliamentary committee tasked with “seeking appropriate corrective action” against Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus to recommend a financial penalty. Their parliamentary…
House of Commons | NDP proposes monetary penalty for Speaker Greg Fergus
(Ottawa) New Democrats are pushing for the parliamentary committee responsible for “seeking appropriate corrective action” against Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus to recommend a financial penalty. Posted…
Commons Speaker Greg Fergus admits poor judgment
” It’s my fault. It’s a hard-learned lesson, a mistake that will not be repeated.” Called to appear before a parliamentary committee Monday morning, the Speaker of the House of…
Video at a partisan event | The Speaker of the Commons apologizes
(Ottawa) The Speaker of the House of Commons, Greg Fergus, apologized Monday morning before a committee of MPs for a video he made and which was broadcast at a recent…
Speaker of the House of Commons must resign
Clearly, it is not easy to be Speaker of the House of Commons in 2023. • Read also: The fate of new president Greg Fergus will be studied by a…
Commons voting marathon continues after all night
Federal deputies continued their voting marathon on Friday, imposed by the Conservatives, after spending the night there, eating hamburgers or writing their Christmas cards. Uninterrupted voting on each of the…
Repeated votes from the Conservatives | Sleepless night in the Commons
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Ottawa) The Conservatives made good on their threat. They have paralyzed the work of the House of Commons since Thursday evening with more…
House of Commons | Greg Fergus resumes his seat as president after his appearance at a partisan event
(Ottawa) Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus returned to his chair on Thursday during a typical day in the role, the first since the outcry caused by his…
Carbon pricing | Conservatives force numerous votes to slow down the work of the Commons
(Ottawa) The official opposition in Ottawa continued Thursday to slow down the process of passing several government bills in an effort to push the Liberal government to remove carbon pricing…
Committee to look into incident involving Speaker of the House of Commons
A parliamentary committee will look into what happens next for the Speaker of the House, Greg Fergus, but a scenario where a majority of elected officials in the Commons demand…
Canadian MPs will decide the fate of Greg Fergus, Speaker of the House of Commons
It will be up to MPs to decide the fate of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Greg Fergus. Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer tabled a motion Tuesday to…
The Conservatives join the Bloc and demand the resignation of the Speaker of the Commons
Speaker of the House of Commons for barely two months, Quebec Liberal MP Greg Fergus provoked the indignation of the opposition for having participated virtually in a partisan convention in…
Human Rights Commission | Commons adopt motion to denounce remarks about Christmas
The day after the adoption of a motion to defend Christmas by the National Assembly, the House of Commons is following Quebec’s lead by adopting a similar motion. Posted at…