Bev Oda addresses “the confusion” over the KAIROS document
Tag Archives: Pierre Paquette
It depends how you define truth, honesty and accountability
After John McKay, Paul Dewar and Pierre Paquette rose on points of privilege yesterday, several more points were made after QP today, including the government’s response via Tom Lukiwski, the parliamentary secretary to the Government House leader.
‘We call on you to uphold the highest standards of discourse’
Shortly after Question Period, Liberal John McKay rose to raise a question of privilege related to International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda. He concluded as follows.
The world’s longest April Fool’s joke
Despite not having done anything with the bill since April 1 and despite anonymous government sources saying the initiative was doomed, the government sent up Tom Lukiwski last week to affirm that there is a commitment to moving forward, at some unspecified date, with Bill C-12, an act to amend the constitution to add more seats to the House of Commons.
The Backbench Top Ten
Our weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs, excluding the Prime Minister, cabinet members and party leaders. A celebration of all that is great and ridiculous about the House of Commons. Last week’s rankings appear in parentheses.
The new new deadline on Afghan detainee documents
And so next week looks potentially pivotal in various ways for various parties.
Day 16 of 14 (II)
Never mind the prediction part of that last update. Talks have ended for the day. All parties will convene again tomorrow morning at 9am.
The Commons: Shrug and dismiss
“This issue has long since been dealt with.”
The Speaker takes a stand (III)
Yesterday’s debate, in its entirety, after the jump.
In memoriam
Canadian Press photographer Tom Hanson passed away suddenly last night. Canwest reporter David Akin notes his passing here.