MPs will not hold a priority debate on how to release the names of politicians implicated in a foreign interference report released earlier this year. House Speaker Greg Fergus ruled Monday that the question of privilege raised by NDP MP Jenny Kwan in June didn’t rise to the level of a “prima facie” violation of MPs’ … Read more
Tensions flared between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during a raucous Thursday question period, with Singh at one point walking into the aisle to yell at the Conservative leader. Poilievre used his first round of questions to criticize the Bloc Québécois and NDP after both parties announced they wouldn’t support a … Read more
If the Conservatives want to bring the Liberal government down over the carbon tax, they won’t have the help of the Bloc Québécois, one Quebec MP says. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been pressuring the other opposition parties to help him force a “carbon tax election” this fall. To do that, Poilievre would need both … Read more
Sule’s Charm Many opposition MPs see NCP MP Supriya Sule as the go-to person for issues to be raised in Parliament. She enjoys warm relations and good equations with her Lok Sabha colleagues across party lines. Sule enjoys warm relations with DMK MP Kanimozhi, SP MP Dimple Yadav, TMC MP Saugata Roy, TDP MP Lavu … Read more
Members of Parliament belonging to the INDIA bloc on Tuesday staged a protest at the entrance of the Parliament House by demanding the rollback of 18% GST on medical and life insurance premiums. The protesting MPs, carrying placards with ‘Tax terrorism’ written on them raised slogans against the Centre, accusing it of putting additional burden … Read more
Big screens inside the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha chambers have put several MPs in the spotlight and many times they have been caught unawares. When FM Nirmala Sitharaman was replying to the budget debate in the Upper House on Wednesday, MoS (social justice) Ramdas Athavale, seated just behind the FM, was seen on TV … Read more
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched a market study into the country’s domestic air passenger service, noting that fares remain pricier than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. In the study’s terms of reference published earlier this week, the bureau says there are signs “domestic airfares in Canada may be relatively high,” and that “average airfares … Read more
The Liberal government says measures to monitor and assess foreign interference threats will be part of all future federal byelections, not just general elections. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force (SITE) will be watching for signs of meddling in two September byelections: one in Quebec, … Read more
A prominent gun control group fears the Liberal government has abandoned its commitment to enact a comprehensive ban on assault-style firearms, citing “no tangible progress” on key steps to fulfil the pledge. In an open letter to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, PolySeSouvient spokesperson Nathalie Provost expresses concern that “we won’t see these measures materialize in … Read more
MPs should differentiate between protesting on road and in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said in an interview to ET: On Budget session MPs come from different political parties, with different ideologies, so there would be agreements and disagreements, but debate in Parliament should be held in a positive manner, keeping national interest in … Read more
