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MPs plan Senate offensive to get private members’ bills through

‘It’s going to be a different exercise than it is through the House of Commons where I know most of my colleagues and can speak to them any time,’ says Liberal MP Colin Fraser.

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July 17, 2017

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Bills on gun control, digital privacy, and Métis governments among business in busy fall for Parliamentary committees

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Ottawa Liberal MP Arya sponsors e-petition calling on government to reconsider proposed foreign influence transparency registry

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Milking it? MPs raise concerns with supply management bill but signal support

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Bills on gun control, digital privacy, and Métis governments among business in busy fall for Parliamentary committees

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House and Senate committees will be reviewing bills related to the overhaul of federal privacy laws, the carbon price on farm fuel, and the seizure of dangerous drugs in the postal system.

Bills on gun control, digital privacy, and Métis governments among business in busy fall for Parliamentary committees

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

House and Senate committees will be reviewing bills related to the overhaul of federal privacy laws, the carbon price on farm fuel, and the seizure of dangerous drugs in the postal system.

Ottawa Liberal MP Arya sponsors e-petition calling on government to reconsider proposed foreign influence transparency registry

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

The federal government's proposed foreign influence registry has the potential to be abused against ethnic minorities in Canada, says Liberal MP Chandra Arya. And British Columbia ISG Senator Yuen Pau Woo says it will ‘do more harm than good.' If the e-petition garners 500 signatures, the government will have to respond.

Ottawa Liberal MP Arya sponsors e-petition calling on government to reconsider proposed foreign influence transparency registry

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

The federal government's proposed foreign influence registry has the potential to be abused against ethnic minorities in Canada, says Liberal MP Chandra Arya. And British Columbia ISG Senator Yuen Pau Woo says it will ‘do more harm than good.' If the e-petition garners 500 signatures, the government will have to respond.

Milking it? MPs raise concerns with supply management bill but signal support

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'I feel like I'm watching the same movie I saw two years ago where a part of the House of Commons, under pressure, will vote in favour, but is doing everything it can to tell us that Bill C‑282 is ultimately a bad bill,' says Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay.

Milking it? MPs raise concerns with supply management bill but signal support

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'I feel like I'm watching the same movie I saw two years ago where a part of the House of Commons, under pressure, will vote in favour, but is doing everything it can to tell us that Bill C‑282 is ultimately a bad bill,' says Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay.