CPC MP Blaine Calkins: “Well thank you Speaker. I’m honoured to rise today to introduce my private member’s bill. As you correctly stated it, it is an Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the…

From, ahem, Canada.com, MONTREAL — The French-language CBC has announced plans to change its name. Radio-Canada will lose the words “radio” and “Canada.”   Instead, the federally funded broadcaster will be known in French by the name “ICI” — which…

Today, the Huffington Post reports, MONTREAL – The NDP has suspended a member from its shadow cabinet because of his chronic, long-term failure to pay taxes.   Tyrone Benskin has been stripped of his role as official-languages critic until he pays…

Denis Coderre announced today that he’s running for mayor of Montreal. We wish him the best of luck. However, Coderre told reporters that he’ll be stepping down as a federal Member of Parliament on June 2nd. That’s a bit of a peculiar date as it is…