House of Commons Summary – March 20 to 22
Shorter summary today as the House is off this week, but we’ve got two Motions on the Carbon Tax and a few Bill updates.
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House of Commons Summary – March 18 to 19
Not a lot this week as the House only just came back from break. Only real noteworthy part is an NDP Motion on the conflict in Gaza.
House of Commons Summary – Feb 26 to March 1
Fair bit happened last week, with some progress on the ArriveCAN issue and a change in the House’s hours of operation.
House of Commons Summary – Feb 14 to 16
We’ve got updates on a few Bills, including C-273, which prevents parents and teachers from using force on children!
Commons Update – June 19 to 22
Lots of Bill updates as the House finishes up for the summer break!
Commons Update – June 12 to 16
We’ve got an Opposition Motion on climate change as well as several Bill updates!
Commons Update – June 5 to 9
Opposition Motions Our first Opposition Motion this week is from Luc Berthold (Conservative, Quebec, Mégantic—L’Érable): Lots to unpack here. First, the price the first carbon tax adds to the price of gas will (after sales tax) be around 41 cents in 2030. It’s currently only 14 cents/litre. Also worth noting once again that this tax only applies in provinces/territories that don’t have their own system in place, so right now only Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Yukon, and Nunavut are affected. Second, “carbon tax two” only applies to companies that fail to meet targets for reducing emissions. So it’ll only...
Commons Update – May 29 to June 2
We’ve got Opposition Motions about the opioid crisis and election interference, as well as updates to C-281 – International Human Rights Act, and C-244 – Copyright and maintenance!
Commons Update – May 15 to 19
We cover an Opposition Motion about immigration and see some updates on C-22 – Canada Disability Benefit Act!
House of Commons Update – May 8 to 12
Lots of debate on Chinese interference last week, get the details here!
Commons Update – April 24 to 28
Last week the Senate sent back its final response on C-11, and some progress was made on a few other Bills!
Commons Update – April 17 to 21
Last week we had a few Motions regarding the budget!
C-11, The Senate, and the House
We finally track down the original wording for the Senate’s amendments to C-11, and cover what the House disagreed with and why!