Management of Hill reno gets thumbs up from AG, but faster choices needed
As of July 2022, PSPC has spent $880.7-million out of an estimated $4.5-billion to $5-billion on renovating Centre Block and constructing the final phase of the Parliament Welcome Centre.
Liberals’ filibuster at House Affairs ‘ugly to watch,’ but it’s a ‘survival technique,’ say pollsters and politicos
The Liberals’ ongoing filibuster at the House Affairs Committee is ‘ridiculous,’ but Grit pundit Scott Reid says as hard as it might be to imagine, there’s a point behind it, there’s a principle there. However, if the filibuster becomes the story, then the whole thing will eventually roll back on the government.
Leaks on China’s interference attempts ‘deeply damaging to Canadian democracy’: former CSE official
Neither the Conservatives or Liberals are helping to restore confidence in Canada’s elections by engaging in partisan politics.
‘No miracle recipe’: new freelance interpreters not adding capacity to House, Senate services as injuries, attrition affect hours available
Though 10 people passed the recent accreditation exam, the Translation Bureau can’t ‘reallocate resources to either the Senate or the House,’ says new CEO Dominic Laporte.
‘Mixed emotions’ in the north, anger in Toronto over final Ontario riding redraw draft
‘It seems like they just took a problem in Scarborough and moved it into North York,’ says Liberal MP Micheal Coteau, whose riding is being broken up and eliminated under the final proposal.
B.C.’s new seat shakes up the Southern Interior as final riding proposal sparks concerns
‘They have created a completely different new riding on both west and east sides, and now there’s no public input process,’ says NDP MP Richard Cannings of the final changes proposed to his riding.
Quebec MPs line up to oppose province’s riding map proposal
Pollster Dan Arnold says, ‘by and large,’ Conservatives stand to gain the most electorally from this decade’s riding redistribution effort, including in Alberta, where three seats are being added.
House clerk selection process wrongly attacked
It is in the government’s best interest to appoint a competent and impartial clerk. We don’t have an American-style Congress which operates as a fully autonomous institution independent of the executive.
NDP, CPC MPs take joint Manitoba riding-redraw appeal to PROC
The Procedure and House Affairs Committee recently heard MPs’ objections to the final proposed new maps for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with NDP MP Daniel Blaikie making pitches for both provinces.
Interim House clerk named, but no word on process to appoint permanent successor
Government House Leader Mark Holland announced deputy clerk Eric Janse’s appointment as interim clerk of the House of Commons on Jan. 30.
