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Liberal senators move to water down proposed product safety law
Ottawa :: Canada | about 6 hours ago
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Key Liberal senators voted Wednesday to weaken the government's consumer product safety legislation — putting at risk the proposal to give Health Canada inspectors the power to recall dangerous products quickly. The Liberal stickhandling the bill for...
Tags: Health Canada of, Senate, Key Liberal, House of Commons, mandatory recalls, production safety, Canada, Ottawa, Politics, Bill C-51, 39th Canadian Parliament, Stephen Harper, Domestic policy of the Harper government, Senate of Canada, Consumer protection
Row over MP on new expenses panel
London :: United Kingdom | about 8 hours ago
Credibility But some Tory MPs were unhappy at the choice of Jackie Ballard saying she had not been an MP for long enough. The Lib Dems blocked their attempts to unseat Ms Ballard with a rarely used Parliamentary procedure...More experienced But Conservative MPs Sir...
Tags: Ipsa, Ms Ballard, Jackie Ballard, lib dems, House of Commons, sir nicholas, Nicholas Winterton, United Kingdom, London, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Politics, Oxford University Liberal Democrats, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Parliamentary Standards Act, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Christopher Chope
Afghan abuse memos released
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility The military police watchdog agency agreed Wednesday to release censored versions of Richard Colvin's emailed warnings on Afghan detainees previously withheld by the government from a parliamentary committee. The package of Colvin emails, and government...
Tags: afghans detainees, House of Commons, national security, Stephen Harper, Afghanistan, prime minister, Ottawa Citizen, Richard Colvin, Canada, Ottawa, Politics, Human rights abuses, War in Afghanistan, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, War Conflict, Human rights in Afghanistan, Peter MacKay, Michael Ignatieff, Canadians of Scottish descent, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Morality, Crimes against humanity, Year of birth uncertain, Irene Mathyssen, Criminal law, Bob Rae, Helena Guergis, Military of Canada, Canadians of German descent, Military Police Complaints Commission, Jack Layton
Andreas Whittam Smith: The Commons has lost all power
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility The Committee of MPs set up to examine the procedures of the House of Commons in the wake of the parliamentary expenses scandal has finally reported on something much worse, the emasculation of members. In its account, the Committee unconsciously describes...
Tags: House of Commons, Dr Wright's Committee, The Committee of MPs, Parliament, select committee, United Kingdom, London, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Politics, United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, Westminster system, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament, Speaker of the British House of Commons, Canadian House of Commons
Women are butter, men are guns
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 days ago
Credibility I t is striking to sit in the House of Commons during Question Period and watch how the big issues of the day are divvied up along gender lines. Consider two of the significant stories of this fall – the H1N1 crisis and the allegations of torture of Afghan...
Tags: House of Commons, Liberal MP, Ms. Neville, Ms. Bashevkin, Afghanistan, Kabul, Bob Rae, Social Issues, Michael Ignatieff, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Canadians of Scottish descent, John Logie Baird
Crib recall highlights flaw in product safety legislation, senators told
Ottawa :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Pressure mounted Thursday for the Senate to pass the government's consumer product safety plan in the wake of the largest crib recall in Canadian history. Health Canada's top bureaucrat for consumer safety on Thursday told senators that Ottawa would...
Tags: Health Canada, Senate, U.S, production safety, crib recalls, consumer production, Paul Glover, House of Commons, Canada, Ottawa, Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Leona Aglukkaq, Senate of Canada, Consumer protection
Former top official denies Afghan detainee charges
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 days ago
Credibility Canadian diplomat David Mulroney prepares to testify before the House of Commons special committee on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa November 26, 2009. Former senior Foreign Affairs official David Mulroney today rebutted...
Tags: camels, camel, green, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, environment, David Mulroney, Afghanistan, feral camels, House of Commons, retired generals, Canada, Ottawa, Politics, War in Afghanistan, Liberal Party of Canada, Universitￃﾩ Laval alumni, Feral, Outback, Russian nobility, Brian Mulroney, Michael Ignatieff, Mulroney, Ignatieff, Colvin, Emissions trading, Carbon finance, Australian feral camel, Camelids, Livestock, Kaltukatjara Northern Territory, John Logie Baird
Babysteps on the road to Parliamentary reform,
Westminster :: CO :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The publication of the House of Commons Reform Committee’s report Rebuilding Parliament is a small but crucial step to reforming Parliament. The principles of strengthening Select Committees (one of the few areas of effective scrutiny in Parliament)...
Tags: Reform of Parliament, Rebuilding Parliament, Unlock Democracy, Select Committees, Petitions Committee, Procedure Committee, House of Commons, Westminster, Reform of the House of Lords, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Politics, Westminster system, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament, Reform Act, Select committee
Doing deals in Downing Street
London :: United Kingdom | 7 days ago
Credibility So, how likely are we to wake up to a hung parliament after election night 2010? And what does history suggest will happen next? "Who governs Britain?" Aspiring barristers are taught that you should never ask a question in court to which you don't know...
Tags: House of Commons, general elections, United Kingdom, London, Politics, Westminster system, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Social Issues, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Speaker of the British House of Commons, Conservative Party, Preselection, Liberal Democrats, John Bercow, Tory, Labour Party, Affirmative action, Hung parliament, Anne Begg, Liberal Party of Canada, Discrimination, William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli, Canadian House of Commons, Ramsay MacDonald, Speaker, United Kingdom general elections, Sexism, All-women shortlists
‘Mrs Expenses’ Ann Keen claimed £12,000 for fourth office
London :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
Credibility Keen, a former parliamentary aide to Gordon Brown, received monthly cash payments of £250 for at least four years in an arrangement with the House of Commons authorities that did not require her to submit itemised receipts. She enjoys the use of three...
Tags: ann keens, Ann Keen, House of Commons, Brentford, United Kingdom, London, Alan Keen, Brentford and Isleworth
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