All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus co-chairs Senator Kim Pate and Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Beaches–East York, Ont.) issued a statement: “Today, on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus heard from the Honourable Hugh Segal, members of Dignity for All and were joined by Welsh officials involved in the creation of a basic income … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, tabled in the House of Commons a report entitled Facial Recognition Technology and the Growing Power of Artificial Intelligence. During its study, the committee examined the impact of facial recognition technology and the growing power of artificial intelligence. The report contains 19 recommendations … Read more
Liberal MP and chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food Kody Blois (Kings–Hants, N.S.) sent a letter to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) outlining the committee’s preliminary findings on the study of the situation in Ukraine and its impact on the global food security. “Today our committee released seven interim … Read more
On June 21, 2022, the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development held a meeting on the human rights situation in Tigray, a region in the northern part of Ethiopia bordering Eritrea. The Subcommittee was deeply troubled by what it heard. The Subcommittee heard that … Read more
In a 2021 report, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) found that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) did not address longstanding concerns about worker accommodations and did little to meet the commitments to improve living conditions for agricultural temporary foreign workers. A report by the House of Commons Standing Committee on … Read more
Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming, Ont.) reports that the Board has decided to suspend the requirement for individuals to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be allowed within the House of Commons Precinct. This decision is effective as of June 20, 2022. Call 613-995-7882.
Liberal MP and Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Emmanuel Dubourg (Bourassa, Que.) tabled a report containing six recommendations aimed at promoting the use of service dogs for veterans with mental health issues. “Veterans have been waiting for quite some time for the government to recognize the value of service dogs,” said Dubourg. “However, incorporating … Read more
Liberal MP Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.), Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, presented a report entitled The Effects of the Housing Shortage on Indigenous Peoples in Canada. First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples across Canada have been dealing with a longstanding housing crisis that has severe consequences for their health … Read more
The House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development is appalled to hear the Iranian government declare it will proceed with the execution of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali on May 21, 2022. A Swedish-Iranian medical doctor and academic, Djalali was arbitrarily detained in 2016 while in Iran and unjustly … Read more
Canada has failed to translate commitments into reductions in net greenhouse gas emissions, according to a unanimous report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts (the Committee) presented by Conservative MP John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, N.B.), Chair of the Committee. The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development report examined Canada’s climate action … Read more
