Economy and Budget
Early budget details
It’s budget week for the federal government and as we’ve seen with previous budgets, some details are starting to leak out already. Here are some likely…
Tag: House Of Commons
5 posts tagged "House Of Commons".
Digital Politics
Speaker ruling on use of twitter in the House
Today, Peter Milliken gave his ruling on a Bloc point of order that was made earlier last month regarding Conservative MP Royal Glaipeau’s tweeting in the…
Parliament of Canada
Speaker election – interviews
In general, I’m asking the same four questions 1) 30 second to 1 minute pitch on why you should be Speaker 2) Why replace the incumbent? 3) It’s a minority…
Parliament of Canada
Adjournment
Negotiations are currently underway, and barring some procedural snafu, the rumour is that we’ll see adjournment of the House either today or tomorrow. That’s…
Parliament of Canada
BREAKING – Grits to walk out
I’m hearing a rumour that the Liberals are going to walk out of Question Period today in protest of Stephen Harper’s reading of that Vancouver Sun article…