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Steven Chaplin

Steven Chaplin is a former senior legal counsel in the Office of the House Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel.

It’s time for the House to admit it was wrong, and to move on

  • There is no constitutional basis in the law, powers, and privileges of the House to order documents to be given to the RCMP through
Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | October 28, 2024
House Speaker Greg Fergus agreed with the Conservatives last month that parliamentary privilege had been violated because the government didn’t comply with a vote approved by MPs to release all SDTC documents to the House law clerk within 30 days. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time for the House to admit it was wrong, and to move on

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | October 28, 2024
  • There is no constitutional basis in the law, powers, and privileges of the House to order documents to be given to the RCMP through

It’s time for the House to admit it was wrong, and to move on

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | October 28, 2024
  • There is no constitutional basis in the law, powers, and privileges of the House to order documents to be given to the RCMP through
House Speaker Greg Fergus agreed with the Conservatives last month that parliamentary privilege had been violated because the government didn’t comply with a vote approved by MPs to release all SDTC documents to the House law clerk within 30 days. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Policing the precinct requires a principled plan

  • For the second time in a decade, Parliamentarians are examining security following a “traumatic” incident that impaired the normal functioning of Parliament. In 2015,
Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | June 29, 2022
Freedom Convoy supporters are pictured through the O’Connor gates to Parliament Hill on Feb. 2, 2022. It is somewhat perplexing that Parliamentarians are being forced to examine what were clearly policing failures through a parliamentary security lens, writes Steven Chaplin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Policing the precinct requires a principled plan

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | June 29, 2022
  • For the second time in a decade, Parliamentarians are examining security following a “traumatic” incident that impaired the normal functioning of Parliament. In 2015,

Policing the precinct requires a principled plan

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | June 29, 2022
  • For the second time in a decade, Parliamentarians are examining security following a “traumatic” incident that impaired the normal functioning of Parliament. In 2015,
Freedom Convoy supporters are pictured through the O’Connor gates to Parliament Hill on Feb. 2, 2022. It is somewhat perplexing that Parliamentarians are being forced to examine what were clearly policing failures through a parliamentary security lens, writes Steven Chaplin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Be careful what you ask for—Parliament’s new responsibility for security

  • This past week has seen some developments in the House of Commons’ role in holding the government to account. Wittingly or not the House
Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | June 23, 2021
Iain Stewart, president of the Public Health Agency of Canada, pictured on June 21, 2021, before the House of Commons where he was publicly chastised by House Speaker Anthony Rota for failing to release documents related to the firing of two scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Screen capture image: courtesy of ParlVu

Be careful what you ask for—Parliament’s new responsibility for security

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | June 23, 2021
  • This past week has seen some developments in the House of Commons’ role in holding the government to account. Wittingly or not the House

Be careful what you ask for—Parliament’s new responsibility for security

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | June 23, 2021
  • This past week has seen some developments in the House of Commons’ role in holding the government to account. Wittingly or not the House
Iain Stewart, president of the Public Health Agency of Canada, pictured on June 21, 2021, before the House of Commons where he was publicly chastised by House Speaker Anthony Rota for failing to release documents related to the firing of two scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Screen capture image: courtesy of ParlVu

‘WE’ don’t need lawyers at parliamentary committees

  • The Kielburger brothers, as leaders of the WE Charity, were summoned to appear before the House Ethics Committee recently to provide testimony on what
Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | March 24, 2021
Craig Kielburger, centre, and Marc Kielburger, right, the founders of WE Charity, and their legal counsel William McDowell, left, pictured speaking remotely before the House Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee on March 15, 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘WE’ don’t need lawyers at parliamentary committees

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | March 24, 2021
  • The Kielburger brothers, as leaders of the WE Charity, were summoned to appear before the House Ethics Committee recently to provide testimony on what

‘WE’ don’t need lawyers at parliamentary committees

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | March 24, 2021
  • The Kielburger brothers, as leaders of the WE Charity, were summoned to appear before the House Ethics Committee recently to provide testimony on what
Craig Kielburger, centre, and Marc Kielburger, right, the founders of WE Charity, and their legal counsel William McDowell, left, pictured speaking remotely before the House Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee on March 15, 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We should have confidence in the way confidence is working in Parliament

  • Some commentators, such as Andrew Coyne in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, suggest that what constitutes a vote of confidence
Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | November 23, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 6, 2020, on the Hill. It should also not be forgotten that at any time the opposition can bring a motion of non-confidence in the government, whether the government wants it or not, writes Steven Chaplin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We should have confidence in the way confidence is working in Parliament

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | November 23, 2020
  • Some commentators, such as Andrew Coyne in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, suggest that what constitutes a vote of confidence

We should have confidence in the way confidence is working in Parliament

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | November 23, 2020
  • Some commentators, such as Andrew Coyne in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, suggest that what constitutes a vote of confidence
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 6, 2020, on the Hill. It should also not be forgotten that at any time the opposition can bring a motion of non-confidence in the government, whether the government wants it or not, writes Steven Chaplin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parliamentary accountability need not be a casualty of the pandemic

  • OTTAWA—The COVID-19 pandemic is not only putting extraordinary pressures on medical care workers, governments and economies, but on Parliament and legislatures. These bodies are
Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | April 20, 2020
The House of Commons Speaker's Parade, pictured on April 11, 20202, opening up the emergency House sitting to pass the government's $73-billion wage subsidy bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parliamentary accountability need not be a casualty of the pandemic

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | April 20, 2020
  • OTTAWA—The COVID-19 pandemic is not only putting extraordinary pressures on medical care workers, governments and economies, but on Parliament and legislatures. These bodies are

Parliamentary accountability need not be a casualty of the pandemic

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | April 20, 2020
  • OTTAWA—The COVID-19 pandemic is not only putting extraordinary pressures on medical care workers, governments and economies, but on Parliament and legislatures. These bodies are
The House of Commons Speaker's Parade, pictured on April 11, 20202, opening up the emergency House sitting to pass the government's $73-billion wage subsidy bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs must recognize and accept challenge to provide fair, equitable, harassment-free workplace

  • OTTAWA—Every employee is entitled to fair and equitable terms of employment that provide a harassment-free workplace with terms and conditions of employment that also
Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | July 23, 2018
Every employee is entitled to fair and equitable terms of employment that provide a harassment-free workplace with terms and conditions of employment that also provides them with dignity and respect both as employees and as individuals. Establishing such employment relationships at the House of Commons has unique challenges that require careful balancing that takes into account a number of factors that make the mere application of employment regimes for most employment relationships difficult, if not impossible, writes Steve Chaplin. The Hill Times file photograph

MPs must recognize and accept challenge to provide fair, equitable, harassment-free workplace

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | July 23, 2018
  • OTTAWA—Every employee is entitled to fair and equitable terms of employment that provide a harassment-free workplace with terms and conditions of employment that also

MPs must recognize and accept challenge to provide fair, equitable, harassment-free workplace

Opinion | BY STEVEN CHAPLIN | July 23, 2018
  • OTTAWA—Every employee is entitled to fair and equitable terms of employment that provide a harassment-free workplace with terms and conditions of employment that also
Every employee is entitled to fair and equitable terms of employment that provide a harassment-free workplace with terms and conditions of employment that also provides them with dignity and respect both as employees and as individuals. Establishing such employment relationships at the House of Commons has unique challenges that require careful balancing that takes into account a number of factors that make the mere application of employment regimes for most employment relationships difficult, if not impossible, writes Steve Chaplin. The Hill Times file photograph
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