The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) needs to assess the performance of its Liaison Officer Program, to assess the costs and benefits of Canada’s greater participation in Europol and to work with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) to improve their information-sharing processes related to Canadians imprisoned abroad, according to the Standing … Read more
Speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer (Regina Qu’Appelle, Sask.) and Chair of the Board of Internal Economy, has confirmed that the board has determined the remedies it will be seeking further to its Aug. 12, 2014 finding that some New Democratic Party members inappropriately used parliamentary resources for certain employment, telecommunication and travel expenses. Since individual Members’ Office Budgets were … Read more
Speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu’Appelle, Sask.) joined with all Parliamentarians in thanking Kevin Vickers for his heroic service to Parliament as Sergeant-at-Arms. The House of Commons security team will be led by Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms and Director General of Protective Services Pat McDonell until further notice. Call 613-995-7882. Kevin Vickers, the outgoing sergeant-at-arms for the House of Commons, issued … Read more
The Members’ Expenditures Report for the second quarter of 2014-2015, which outlines Members’ expenditures processed between April 1, 2014 and September 30, 2014, is now available to the public on the Parliament of Canada website. This report can be viewed by Member, by group of Members or for all Members. In addition to the online … Read more
Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons and Chair of the Board of Internal Economy, has announced that further to meetings held on November 18 and 25 and December 9, the board approved the implementation of a harassment prevention policy that applies to Members and House Officers as employers and their employees and to … Read more
From 1-2 Dec. 2014, Gord Brown, M.P., House of Commons Co-Chair of the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG), led a delegation to the first-ever trilateral meeting of federal legislators from Canada, the United States and Mexico in Washington, D.C. Call 613-943-1430.
The Joint Advisory Working Group on Security agreed to the implementation of a unified security force for the Senate and the House of Commons. The unified security force will be led by one senior executive who will report to the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Commons through their respective clerks. … Read more
The XXth Canada-Mexico Interparliamentary Meeting concluded following two days of meetings and discussions between 40 Canadian and Mexican parliamentarians. These annual meetings, hosted by the speakers of both parliamentary chambers in Canada and Mexico, have been held alternately in Canada and Mexico since 1975, and provide parliamentarians with an opportunity to exchange views and ideas … Read more
Conservative MP Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.), Speaker of the House of Commons and Chair of the Board of Internal Economy, confirms that the board held a meeting to discuss the matter of harassment complaints involving Members of the House of Commons. Discussions were productive and focused on options for developing an effective and respectful anti-harassment policy. The Board was … Read more
On 31 October 2014, Conservative MP Patrick Brown (Barrie, Ont.), vice-chair, represented the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) at the North American Conference on Competitiveness and Innovation in Toronto, Ontario. “I was pleased to be able to participate on the conference’s North American Legislative Panel alongside legislators from Canada’s two North American Free Trade … Read more
