Etiket: Commons
The Bloc demands an end to the prayer in the Commons
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois believes that it is time to put an end to the reading of a prayer at the opening of each sitting of the House of Commons…
House of Commons | Liberal House leader says he wants a calmer tone
(Ottawa) Government House Leader Mark Holland calls on elected officials to tone down the debate in the Commons, after tempers flared the day before and the Conservatives accused the Prime…
Commons rejects motion reiterating women’s free choice of abortion
A Bloc motion reiterating the “free choice” of women to have an abortion or not was defeated Tuesday in the Commons. The Bloc Québécois Deputy House Leader, Christine Normandin, tried…
“Jewish blood”, “neo-Nazis” | The House of Commons condemns Sergei Lavrov for his remarks
(Ottawa) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s “false, defamatory and offensive” remarks earned him condemnation from elected federal officials in Ottawa. Posted at 4:22 p.m. Melanie Marquis The Press Prime Minister…
Conservative Party leadership race | Charest wants to be in the Commons quickly if he becomes leader
(Ottawa) Jean Charest intends to enter the House of Commons as quickly as possible, thanks to a by-election, if he becomes leader of the Conservative Party on September 10. Posted…
House of Commons | The debate on the political weight of Quebec resumes with renewed vigor
(Ottawa) The government of Justin Trudeau tabled a bill on Thursday that will prevent the number of seats for Quebec in the House of Commons from going from 78 to…
[Redécoupage électoral] Quebec would keep its seats, but not its relative weight in the Commons
Justin Trudeau’s government will protect Quebec’s current number of seats in the Commons and therefore partially rejects Elections Canada’s proposal that would have removed a federal riding from the province.…
House of Commons | Ottawa ensures that Quebec will not lose a seat
(Ottawa) The federal government is preparing to act so that Quebec does not lose a seat during the redrawing of the Canadian electoral map. Posted at 5:55 p.m. Mary Woolf…
Electoral redistricting | The political weight of Quebec will be protected, votes the House of Commons
The political weight of Quebec will be protected in the electoral redistricting in sight in Canada. A large majority of federal elected officials positioned themselves Wednesday in favor of a…
Emergency Measures Act | House of Commons approves state of emergency
(Ottawa) Federal MPs adopted the motion declaring a crisis situation on Monday evening, keeping alive the Emergency Measures Act. Posted at 11:49 Updated at 8:23 p.m. Mylene Crete The Press…
Police operation in Ottawa | The House of Commons will not sit on Friday
(OTTAWA) The House of Commons will not sit on Friday to debate the emergency measures the government has put in place to deal with the protest right outside its doors,…
The House of Commons will not sit due to the police operation in Ottawa
The House of Commons will not sit on Friday to debate the emergency measures the government has put in place to deal with the protest right outside its doors, which…
Demonstration in Ottawa | GoFundMe will testify before a House of Commons committee
(Ottawa) Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will explain to MPs the measures it has in place to prevent the funding of extremism. Posted at 3:12 p.m. NDP MP Alistair MacGregor announced Thursday…
Racist symbols at Ottawa protest | Moving testimony of MP Greg Fergus in the Commons
Member of Parliament for Hull-Aylmer, Greg Fergus, delivered poignant testimony in response to protesters who have brandished racist symbols in recent days in Ottawa. Posted yesterday at 11:12 p.m. ANTOINE…
Data collection by public health | House of Commons ethics committee to investigate
(Ottawa) The House of Commons Ethics Committee is expected to hold an emergency meeting later this week to investigate the Public Health Agency’s decision to collect data from millions of…
Secularism law: Trudeau and Blanchet exchange arguments and insults in the Commons
Stung by the Bloc leader’s attacks in the House, the Prime Minister delivered a fiery plea against Quebec’s law on the secularism of the state on Wednesday. Justin Trudeau defended…
COVID-19 vaccines: Erin O’Toole refuses to explain the absence of four of his deputies in the Commons
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole refuses to explain the absence of at least four of his MPs in the House of Commons since the passage of a recent motion strengthening the…
COVID-19 vaccines: Erin O’Toole refuses to explain the absence of four of his deputies in the Commons
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole refuses to explain the absence of at least four of his MPs in the House of Commons since the passage of a recent motion strengthening the…
Unanimity in the Commons for the prohibition of conversion therapy
The House of Commons was the scene of a rare gesture devoid of partisan politics on Wednesday as the Conservatives passed a motion unanimously to speed up passage of Bill…
House of Commons | MPs re-elect Anthony Rota as President
We will have to wait a few more years before perhaps seeing a second woman as Speaker of the House of Commons. Liberal Anthony Rota, who led the boat during…