Etiket: Commons
The Dental Bill passed by the House of Commons
(OTTAWA) The Liberal dental care bill passed third reading in the House of Commons on Thursday, despite opposition from the Conservatives and Bloc. Posted at 8:49 p.m. Laura Osman The…
Commons calls for inquiry into grocery chain profits
The House of Commons on Monday unanimously called for the Competition Bureau to investigate the profits of grocery store chains. The New Democratic Party (NDP) motion also called for tougher…
Immigrants | House of Commons committee calls emergency meeting
(Ottawa) The House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration has called an emergency meeting to consider allegations that the Department of Citizenship and Immigration misled a judge ,…
Federal MPs are overflowing with imagination to circumvent the ban on saying “Justinflation” in the House of Commons.
The Conservatives’ cheeky term for inflation under the Liberals got some MPs into trouble in the House of Commons, where it’s forbidden to say ‘Justinflation’. Speaker Anthony Rota repeatedly chastised…
Debates in the House of Commons | Haro on the expression “Justinflation”
(Ottawa) Speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, wants to remove the phrase “Justinflation” from the log of proceedings. Posted at 5:37 p.m. Melanie Marquis The Press A few…
Access to Information Act to be studied by Commons committee
(Ottawa) The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics plans to look into Canada’s widely criticized access to information system – a file that has…
A first muscular confrontation between Trudeau and Poilievre in the Commons
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre blamed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for burning as much fuel in a month from air travel as about 20 families use to heat their homes…
According to the Leader of the Government in the Commons | Poilievre must not continue his “circus” in parliament
(Ottawa) The new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre must not continue his “circus” in the House of Commons, said the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Mark Holland,…
The House of Commons officially pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially paid tribute Thursday morning, in the Commons, to “our queen”, “the only sovereign that the majority of us have known”. “Many words have been used…
Other Hockey Canada leaders to speak before Commons committee
Other Hockey Canada executives will appear before members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage regarding allegations that players from two national teams at the World Junior…
Rogers outage | Two House of Commons committee hearings on Monday
(Ottawa) The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology will hold two hearings Monday into the Rogers outage that lasted more than 15 hours and left millions of…
A Commons committee will investigate the outage at Rogers
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology will study the Rogers Communications outage that left millions of Canadians without communications for more than 15 hours last week.…
End of the obligation to wear a mask in the Commons
(Ottawa) Wearing a mask is no longer officially required in the Commons, House Speaker Anthony Rota said Friday, the day after the end of the parliamentary session. Posted at 11:13…
House of Commons | Hybrid works extended for a year
(OTTAWA) The one-year extension of the hybrid format of the House of Commons was approved by a majority of MPs on Thursday, just before they begin a summer break from…
Compulsory vaccination | Conservative MP asked to leave House of Commons
(OTTAWA) A Conservative MP who refuses to disclose her vaccination status tried to enter the House of Commons on Friday and was told to leave. Posted at 7:30 p.m. Cathay…
Prayer to the Commons | “Praying to God and voting is a little annoying”, says the president of the Canadian bishops
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois can count on substantial support in its crusade to abolish the reading of the prayer in the House of Commons and replace it with a moment…
Secularism | Prayer in the Commons remains
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois motion to eliminate the prayer recited before the start of business in the House of Commons was defeated on Wednesday. Posted at 3:43 p.m. Updated at…
Prayer remains in the Commons
The prayer will continue to be recited daily in the House of Commons. The Bloc motion that aimed to replace it with a moment of reflection was defeated by a…
Secularism | The Bloc wants to eliminate prayer in the Commons
(Ottawa) Bloc Québécois MP Martin Champoux will table a motion on Tuesday to replace the reading of the prayer at the start of a sitting in the House of Commons…
The Bloc Québécois calls for an end to prayer in the House of Commons
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 and…