A second top-up to GST rebate cheques for low-income Canadians and “significant” new tax measures to keep Canada in the green technology game will be among the highlights in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s federal budget on Tuesday. The document, Freeland’s third since taking on the finance post in the early months of COVID-19, will try […]
Saskatchewan would not gain any seats as the House of Commons seat count is set to be increased as early as 2024. Canadians will be choosing 342 elected officials instead of the current 338. B.C. would gain one seat as well as Ontario, while Alberta would gain three seats. Quebec would lose a seat. The […]
Betting on the Saskatchewan Roughriders to cover the spread against BC this August is soon to be legal practice in Canada. Bill C-218 – which legalizes single game sports betting—has passed in the Canadian Senate Tuesday, which is great news for Saskatoon-Grasswood MP Kevin Waugh, who proposed the private members bill in November. It passed […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says when he first learned the public service had proposed WE Charity to run the Canada Student Service Grant he pushed back, knowing it would come under scrutiny. At a rare prime ministerial appearance before the House of Commons finance committee Thursday, Trudeau said he first learned that WE […]
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer said Tuesday that more powers of Parliament must be restored to properly scrutinize the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The existing thrice-weekly meetings of a special COVID-19 committee and the smattering of other committees still in session aren’t enough, Scheer said. Among other things, the current setup doesn’t allow MPs […]
OTTAWA — A small group of MPs have taken their seats in the House of Commons after the four main parties failed to reach consensus over how Parliament can and should function during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois had agreed the House of Commons could convene for a weekly in-person sitting, […]
After two readings, the House of Commons has ended an emergency session on a $82-billion deal designed to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 storm. Government House speaker Pablo Rodriguez announced on Twitter that the House has adopted the support package and says it’s now up to the Senate. It's done. The House has adopted the […]
OTTAWA — The House of Commons decided to shut down today for five weeks to help ensure MPs do not contribute to the spread of COVID-19. All parties agreed to the measure, which means MPs will miss two sitting weeks, as they had previously planned to be away next week and two weeks in April. […]
