The Liberal party apologized to Speaker Greg Fergus Tuesday for using partisan language to advertise his event, after the Opposition Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois called for his resignation. The opposition parties called it yet another display of partisan behaviour from the Speaker of the House of Commons. The latest accusation stems from a post on the … Read more
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault faced heated remarks from Conservative MPs in the House of Commons Thursday about Global News’ reporting into his business activities. Tory MP Michael Barrett, who is a member of the ethics committee, asked Boissonnault why he is receiving “outstanding” payments from a lobbying firm owned by a longtime business associate and … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Planned protests against the carbon price outside Liberal and NDP MP offices on May 3 have prompted a security warning from the House of Commons. In an email to all 338 MPs and their staff on Thursday, the House of Commons’ sergeant-at-arms encouraged MPs to take extra … Read more
After Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from the House of Commons Tuesday for refusing to withdraw what was deemed unparliamentary language, many Canadians began asking: who decides what words are unparliamentary, and what words count? Conservatives called the decision biased and demanded House Speaker Greg Fergus resign, saying he had lost the confidence of … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was booted from the House of Commons on Tuesday after calling Justin Trudeau a “wacko prime minister.” Speaker of the House Greg Fergus took the step Tuesday during question period, kicking Poilievre out for using language he said was “not considered parliamentary.” The Conservative leader blamed Trudeau for allowing British Columbia … Read more
The federal government has been forced to adjust the set-up in the House of Commons and committee rooms after another language interpreter suffered a significant hearing injury. The incident occurred April 8 during a closed-door meeting of the House foreign-affairs committee. “I always do caution everyone to pay attention to that, because we have had … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size GC Strategies partner Kristian Firth testified in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the RCMP has raided one of his properties, but said it was not related to the ArriveCan app. Firth’s IT firm is the main contractor behind the controversial pandemic-era program, but he told the … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The House of Commons is expected to soon reprimand a private citizen for the first time in more than 100 years over the ArriveCan app, in the latest development in a widening scandal over the nearly $60 million pandemic-era project. GC Strategies partner Kristian Firth – whose … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s non-confidence motion in the government over the carbon price increase set for April 1 has failed. Poilievre faced a vote on the motion after his earlier push this week to stop the annual carbon price increase was defeated, and he introduced the non-confidence motion. The House of Commons shut down Poilievre’s … Read more
The Liberal government wants to impose “health breaks” to eliminate overnight voting in the House of Commons and to combat what they say is Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre’s personal agenda to “obstruct and create chaos.” Government House leader Steve MacKinnon introduced the motion Monday, with the New Democrats voicing their immediate support for it. It would … Read more
