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Showdown looms as Opposition calls for records on Afghan detainees

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:18:57 GMT

O pposition parties have set the stage for a confrontation pitting the rights of Parliament against national security concerns by forcing through an extremely rare Commons motion ordering the Harper government to release confidential records on...
Source: Globe and Mail

Torch cheered in Commons

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:46:39 GMT

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Source: Globe and Mail

Minister denies bell-tower expense claim

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:48:05 GMT

A BRITISH minister has denied he claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to fix a bell tower on his home, as the political expenses scandal flares up again.
Source: The Daily Telegraph

Leading article: Revelations that underline the need for reform

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:11:29 GMT

The House of Commons' agony over allowances continues. Quentin Davies's bell tower looks destined to join Peter Viggers's ornamental duck house, Douglas Hogg's moat and Jacqui Smith's blue movies in the pantheon of expenses shame.
Source: The Independent

Expenses shame shows Straw is wrong to block devolution details

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:08:58 GMT

Yesterday's revelations of the claims made by MPs provide further evidence of why the House of Commons tried to suppress legitimate requests for such detail to be published.
Source: The Scotsman

'Airmiles Eric' Joyce has expenses frozen

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:08:28 GMT

• Eric Joyce said the sponsors of his trips had been late in paying up.
Source: The Scotsman

Quoted in 'Government, parliamentary lawyers battle over MP access to classified documents'

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:39:00 GMT

said in Macleans.ca:

Your interpretation of the law as set out in the Canada Evidence Act would frustrate the constitutional role of the House of Commons including the law of parliamentary privilege

Government, parliamentary lawyers battle over MP access to classified documents

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:39:00 GMT

It was rebuttal to Robert Walsh, the Commons law clerk, who took government attorneys to task this week over the claim that MPs are not entitled to see uncensored documents related to the Afghan detainee controversy.
Source: Macleans.ca

Tories use 3-D strategy to deal with Afghan abuse controversy

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:30:57 GMT

OTTAWA The Harper government employed a 3-D strategy deny, deflect and divide to carry itself through another fierce question period Thursday as opposition parties launched a final major assault over the Afghan abuse issue before Parliament breaks for...
Source: Canoe

Quoted in 'Senate passes consumer product safety bill'

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:04:23 GMT

Michael Ignatieff said in Vancouver Sun:

Unlike the Conservatives, we actually respect the Senate as an institution. The Senate performs very useful work for the people of Canada because, heaven knows, we're not perfect in the House of Commons. Sober second thought is what those folks do. They've got every right to bring forward amendments and make changes. Sometimes I don't agree with all of them, but our institutions work that way

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:35:57 GMT

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff stands to vote in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 18, 2009. As expected, Canada's minority Conservative government easily survived a budget vote on Friday with the help of two opposition parties.

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe speaks in the House of Commons during Question Period in Ottawa Tuesday Sept. 15 , 2009. Duceppe said his party will vote for the government's key budget bill Friday because there is nothing inherently wrong with it.

Cameron shred Brown into Pieces

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:35:03 GMT