The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new report entitled Impact Assessment of the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap. This report provides an assessment of the potential economic impact of the Government’s proposed regulations to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released an independent cost estimate of the Royal Canadian Navy’s project to build two Joint Support Ship vessels, and an estimate of the cost of contracting similar capacity from Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie). This report was prepared in response to a request from the House of Commons Standing Committee on … Read more
Two vice-chairs from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group – Conservative Senator Michael L. MacDonald and Liberal Senator Wilfred Moore– led a delegation to the annual national conference of the Council of State Governments in Nashville, USA, from Dec. 10-13, 2015. The other members of the delegation were Liberal Senator Jane Cordy and Conservative Senator … Read more
House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Que.) and Speaker of the Senate Noël A. Kinsella announced the appointment of Michel Pleau as Canada’s next Parliamentary Poet Laureate, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Pleau is the sixth poet to hold this office, succeeding Fred Wah, whose two-year term ended on Dec. 31, 2013. More information is available … Read more
Beginning Nov. 26, 2013, audio proceedings in the Senate Chamber will be made publicly available, announced Nov. 21 the chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration. Audio proceedings in the Senate Chamber will be publicly available via ParlVU , the Senate’s webcasting service that allows users to access live and … Read more
Nominations are still being accepted for Canada’s sixth Parliamentary Poet Laureate. The role of the Parliamentary Poet Laureate is to promote the importance and value of poetry among all Canadians. Pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, the Poet Laureate may perform the following duties: compose poetry, including for use in Parliament on occasions of … Read more
From 14-16 July 2013, a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern United States-Canadian Provinces Alliance (SEUS-CP) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Members of the delegation were Liberal Nova Scotia Senator Terry Mercer, Conservative Quebec Senator Michel Rivard, Liberal MP Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.), … Read more
Conservative Quebec Senator Andrée Champagne was elected president of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF), at its annual meeting held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, between July 8 and July 12. She is only the second woman in over 45 years to chair this international parliamentary association that was established in 1967. In addition, as … Read more
Liberal Nova Scotia Senator Wilfred Moore led a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group to the 2013 annual meeting of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) in Park City, Utah. The other member of the delegation was NDP MP Jasbir Sandhu (Surrey North, B.C.). The WGA includes the governors from 19 … Read more
Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate and Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, announced that the Parliament building can now be seen on Google Street View. Canadians are now able to view many of the historic rooms and corridors of their Parliament from their computers, tablets and smart phones. In April, the … Read more
