Chaplain to Mr.Speaker: Religious Life of the House of Commons (House of Commons Library Document : No 19)
H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via the Globe and Mail: H1N1 hits the Commons. Excerpt:Bloc Québécois MP Claude Guimond wore a face mask in the House of Commons this evening, fearing he was coming down with H1N1 and not wanting to infect his fellow parliamentarians....
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | yesterday
The private members bill to get rid of the billion dollar grit boondoggle passed secon reading easily 164-137.(12 ndp mps, 8 libs, 1 ind vote with CPC) That means around 20 opposition MPs voted with HM Government. This would never have happened under the grits so it's yet another reason that freedom loving Canadians should vote Tory. This long gun registry was another attempt to reward grit friend...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
I suppose the legislature's intention is clear. And with that guns become anonymous in Canada -- well, fair is fair, gun advocates organised, got the votes and won. That's the way it's supposed to work so good for them. I disagree but recognise and respect the decision. I do hope this doesn't presage removing the limits on handguns in Canada. Vote to kill gun registry passes Private member's bill now...
Silly Little Country (Free subscription) | yesterday
This really is appalling and typical of politicians - puffing about what they do with our money, and at our expense. Municipalities are being told if they want federal infrastructure cash, they have to pay for and install additional signs at each project promoting the federal government's economic action plan. The signs can cost between $1,000 and $7,000 apiece. That, when multiplied by the thousands...
Devin Johnston (Free subscription) | yesterday
I don't have a strong position one way or the other on scrapping the long gun registry . I think there are some valid criticisms of the program, particularly in respect of the cost to the public. That said, I strongly disagree with those who argue that long guns don't contribute to criminal violence. It is empirically true that more crimes are committed with handguns than with long guns, especially...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Will take place in the Canadian House of Commons today, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time. Bill C-391 is a private member’s bill (by Candice Hoeppner of Portage—Lisgar, Manitoba) to repeal Canada’s failed and extremely expensive long gun registry. Background information about the registry is available in this short presentation from Prof. Gary Mauser, a magazine article by...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Politicians in Quebec are calling on their counterparts in Ottawa to save the long-gun registry as a private members' bill calling for its abolition heads to a vote in the House of Commons Wednesday.
Gen X at 40 (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
That was the line of the night. Apparently, the last time portions of New York state's 23rd district of the US Congress were not represented by Republicans, they were represented by Whigs. It was the equivalent of a by-election for the House of Commons. But it had a very different feel. While party affiliation is huge here, so is personal contact as well as local issues that might, in Canada, be handled...
Buckdog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
OTTAWA — The federal department charged with disaster planning is itself a disaster when it comes to preparing for emergencies as varied as the swine flu pandemic, floods and terrorist attacks, says Auditor General Sheila Fraser. "We found that Public Safety Canada has not exercised the leadership necessary to co-ordinate emergency management activities," Fraser concluded in her latest...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
# 3944 I’ll leave it to a far more qualified Crof over at Crofsblog to weigh in on the growing debate over the Canadian government’s handling of the H1N1 crisis ( and Canadian politics in general). I have enough trouble ignoring American politics. This Auditor General’s report, however, is certain to add fuel to the fire. AG targets weakness in government's emergency preparedness...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
You can’t spell pandemic without the panic. The Liberal party has taken it upon themselves to attack the Conservatives in the House of Commons surrounding the H1N1 flu pandemic, leaving Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq to repeat the same reassuring message over and over in Question period: “Mr. Speaker, six million doses were produced ahead of schedule. As soon as they were available and...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/urgency-from-feds-still-lacking/article1349010/ The bumps in Canada's biggest-ever vaccination campaign that sparked an emergency debate in the House of Commons last night seemed inevitable. From the beginning of the H1N1 pandemic there has been a calm, verging at times on complacency, from federal officials. On top of that, jurisdictions overlap,...
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Via CBCnews.ca, more Canadian family squabbles: H1N1 strategy botched, say Liberals. The Conservative government came under attack over its preparation and handling of the swine flu vaccination process during an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening. Speaker...
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
As we've watched the rollout of the H1N1 vaccine this past week and the overall carriage of the issue by the Harper Government over the past few months, it's become apparent that there have been a number of decisions the government has made that warrant scrutiny. Many of those are listed at HarperBizarro's blog today . In addition, the questions about the timing of the government's vaccine order ,...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Great moments in journalism: The Star has a story on its web site today headlined: "Tories move closer to killing gun registry." As one-sided stories go, it's a classic. Nowhere in the story is there even a hint that there might be a valid reason for wanting to close the gun registry, or any attempt to talk to someone who holds that view. Nope. Only registry opponents are welcome. Here's...
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