MP Serré reups call for extra funds, legislation to address northern Ontario seat loss
If legislation isn’t introduced to protect the region’s seats, it’s ‘guaranteed northern Ontario goes to eight seats’ with the next redistribution, says Liberal MP Marc Serré.
Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel
So far, 32 MPs have disclosed sponsored trips in 2024 worth a little more than $250,000, far below the $844,000 reported by this time in 2023.
House, Senate get green light for 2025-26 spending asks
The House Board of Internal Economy is set to strike a new subcommittee to oversee the administration’s planned strategic review.
House approves new funds, office handover rules ahead of next election
With five new ridings coming into play and many riding names and boundaries changing, the BOIE recently approved measures to help MPs with the post-election transition.
Fresh tech incoming for MP riding offices
Members of Parliament from across the country will be getting new phones, printers, computers, and network connection devices for their riding offices post-election.
Liberal delays on key economic documents a strategy to blame opposition for ‘paralyzing the House,’ say political players
The government could table its fall economic statement and public accounts at any time, but it’s a ‘convenient opportunity’ to blame opposition parties for filibustering, says former Conservative staffer Yaroslav Baran. But former Liberal staffer Olivier Cullen says the government’s message about Conservative ‘games’ is a ‘win.’
Parliament is stuck: we need leaders, not fiddlers and fire starters
Fighting for Canadians should be at the top of the agenda. Instead, we’re stuck in scandal and sideshows.
Trudeau’s reset options dwindle as government puts itself above Parliament
There is only one answer: Hand over the documents, if only to show that Pierre Poilievre is wrong when he says you’re out to ‘axe the facts.’
House filibuster is putting money for military, dental care, and keeping the government lights on at risk
Treasury Board President Anita Anand says departments are ‘okay for the next three to four weeks’ if a vote on supplementary estimates is delayed by the House standoff.
New government spending request will be snared in parliamentary gridlock while privilege debate persists
The Liberals can carry on without a supply bill for a few months, but responding to new pressures will be ‘trickier,’ says PBO Yves Giroux. If the gridlock persists to spring, government will come to ‘a screeching halt.’
