OTTAWA — The House of Commons passed legislation Tuesday to implement an update to Canada's free trade agreement with Ukraine that its president signed during a visit to Ottawa last year. Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly speaks to the media during a press conference ...
The House of Commons consists of 338 elected Members of Parliament, better known as simply “MPs” each of whom represents a differentelectoraldistrict, also known as aridingorconstituency,which is a specific geographic region of the country. The differentprovincesof Canada are divided into ridings...
As Speaker, he steered the House of Commons through tumultuous and unprecedented situations. He had been in the job for just three months when the COVID-19 spread to Canada and all parties agreed to suspend Parliament. The pandemic ushered in the age of hybrid Parliament,...
New Board of Directors 2025 Posted on December 12, 2024 -Passive House Canada News New board members share a passion for sustainable building This month, Passive House Canada welcomes three new directors to the Board of Directors, as well as three returning directors, Andrea… Read more » ...
First woman to lead a major political party in Canada died Jan. 15 in Halifax at the age of 77 Politicians of all stripes paid tribute in the House of Commons to Alexa McDonough on Monday, remembering her as a fearless advocate for social justice and a trailblazer for women in ...
, and 15 years after Bennett’s death. It was requested by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the Speaker of the House of Commons, Roland Michener. Once again, the aim was to fill in gaps in the collection of official portraits of Canada’s prime ministers in the House of Commons....
Rogers has proposed a $26 billion buyout of Shaw Communications. (Canadian Press Photo) A parliamentary committee says a proposed multibillion-dollar takeover of one of Canada’s largest telecoms should not proceed. But the House of Commons industry and technology committee ...
Toronto (September 26, 2023) - As the spiraling fallout caused by a former Nazi Waffen-SS unit member being invited to and celebrated on the floor of the House of Commons continues to mount, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) is calling for Anthony Rota to resign from his role as...
In the words of one constitutional scholar, it is “one of Parliament’s undoubted privileges.” And it’s even in the manual. “The House has never set a limit on its power to order the production of papers,” reads page 985 of House of Commons Procedure and Practice. But thus far, ...
“We have seen the House of Commons pass important bills — including firearms legislation to tackle gun violence, reform of the Official Languages Act, and advancing Indigenous self-determination and economic reconciliation,” Kennedy said. He added that the bill implementing this year’s budget is...