The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women presented its report entitled Promising Practices to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls in the House of Commons. The report makes 11 recommendations to the federal government that aim to prevent violence against women and girls in Canada through the implementation of promising practices that have produced … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance will hold its 2015 pre-budget consultations from June 5 to August 7, 2015, inclusively. In launching the pre-budget consultations for this year, James Rajotte, MP for Edmonton-Leduc and Chair of the Committee, said: “The Finance Committee’s annual pre-budget consultations are Parliament’s broadest public consultation. In encouraging the … Read more
The Canada-France Interparliamentary Association held its annual meeting in Paris at the National Assembly and Senate of France from May 19-22, 2015. The issues discussed at the meeting included security and the fight against terrorism, as well as climate change and the energy transition, in connection with the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework … Read more
The restructuring assistance provided to Chrysler and General Motors during the 2008 financial crisis contributed to their viability in Canada, but Industry Canada needs to conduct a review of its management of the restructuring assistance in order to identify the lessons learned, according to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts’ report presented today in the … Read more
Conservative MP Blaine Calkins (Wetaskiwin, Alta.) and five colleagues wrapped up a trip to Hanoi, Vietnam as part of the delegation representing Canada at the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly from March 25-April 1. Calkins was a member of the Standing Committee on Peace and Global Security that drafted a resolution on cyber warfare and was also one … Read more
Speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer (Regina — Qu’Appelle, Sask.) issued a statement saying he received the independent report from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on the shooting incident of October 22, 2014 involving the House of Commons Protective Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but that “Until internal analyses of the report are complete, … Read more
The Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care (PCPCC), an ad-hoc, non-partisan committee released a report titled “Not to be Forgotten: Rewriting the Disability Chapter in Canada: A Functional, Forward-Looking Approach” in an effort to foster and accelerate dialogue on disability law-making. The first of its kind, the report offers a set of unanimous recommendations … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities presented its fourth report entitled “Review of the Canadian Transportation Safety Regime: Transportation of Dangerous Goods and Safety Management Systems”. The report contains 10 recommendations pertaining to Transport Canada’s rail safety oversight and enforcement activities, tank car standards for the transport of flammable liquids … Read more
From 20–23 Feb. 2015, senator Janis Johnson, co-chair of the Canadian Section of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG), led a delegation to the winter meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C. “As is always the case, this meeting of governors provided members of the IPG with an unparalleled opportunity to speak with governors … Read more
Speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) and Speaker of the Senate Pierre Claude Nolin issued a joint statement on the motion to integrate security in the Parliamentary Precinct, which as adopted in both the Senate and the House of Commons on Feb. 25. The speakers have sent a joint letter to the Commissioner of the … Read more
