The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has invited executives from several digital platforms to testify at the second meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’ which it is hosting in Ottawa on May 28. Invitations have been sent to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, … Read more
Liberal MP Neil Ellis (Bay of Quinte, Ont.), Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, tabled a report entitled Indigenous Veterans: From Memories of Injustice to Lasting Recognition. “With this title,” said Ellis, “we wanted to highlight both the outstanding contribution of Indigenous peoples to Canada’s military history and their increasingly … Read more
Liberal MP Bryan May (Cambridge, Ont.), Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, presented the Committee’s 14th report entitled Supporting Families After the Loss of a Child. “I recognize the hard work that HUMA members completed in reviewing the challenges faced … Read more
Conservative MP Bob Zimmer (Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies. B.C.), chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented in the House of Commons a report entitled Democracy Under Threat: Risks and Solutions in the Era of Disinformation and Data Monopoly. The Committee makes 26 recommendations to the federal government that … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women invites the public to submit written briefs for the committee’s study on challenges faced by senior women. The deadline for the committee to receive written briefs from the public, in either official language, is Friday, March 29, 2019. The full release is available online. Call 613-943-5376.
Indigenous Services Canada did not satisfactorily measured the socio-economic gaps between on-reserve First Nations people and other Canadians, and did not make adequate use of available data to improve education programs, according to a new report from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. The committee made three recommendations to Indigenous Services Canada, to ensure that … Read more
Liberal MP Denis Paradis (Brome–Missisquoi, Que.), Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages, presented a report entitled Issues Related to French-Language Training in the Field of Nursing. The Committee found that the decision to adopt the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) without coordinating its translation with certified Canadian translators or developing French study resources of equal … Read more
Public Services and Procurement Canada failed to properly manage the Phoenix project, the new pay system for federal public service’s employees, which caused a huge number of pay problems and enormous additional costs, according to a report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented to the House of Commons by Conservative MP Kevin Sorenson … Read more
Conservative MP Bob Zimmer (Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, B.C.), Chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, and UK MP Damian Collins, Chair of the UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting he appear before an international committee formed by Zimmer and Collins at the Westminster Parliament on November 27 to examine disinformation … Read more
Without improving its accountability regime, the Government of Canada risks future failures such as the Phoenix Pay System, according to a report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented by Conservative MP Kevin Sorenson (Battle River-Crowfoot, Alta.), chair of the committee. The report makes three recommendations that will help the Government address challenges … Read more
