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Government quiet on overhauled Clean Air

Opposition parties say Conservatives will let controversial Clean Air Act die on Order Paper


  
Tories, NDP agree to pass controversial justice bill in House

Opposition parties say Tories could spike Clean Air Act; it was 'dead on arrival' when minority government tabled it


  
Grits accuse governing Tories of blocking attempts to investigate RCMP pension fund scandal

But NDP Christopherson says Tories can use upcoming report against Liberals in next election.


  
Will PM stay put, or, pull Parliamentary election plug?

Governing Tories say they don't want an election, but Libs say Conservatives are setting up legislative exit strategies.


  
Government whip won't rule out confidence vote on Clean Air Act

Grit MP David McGuinty convinced Conservatives want an early election


  
House poised to debate, vote on budget and vote on Nadeau's anti-scab private member's bill

Lobby for and against Bloc's private member's bill C-257 banning replacement workers during a strike heats up as House gets set to vote on it at third reading on Wednesday


  
House poised to debate, vote on governing Conservatives' budget

Back in 1979, Bob Rae's budget sub-amendment brought down Joe Clark's Progressive Conservative government in dramatic vote.


  
Opposition parties want to know what million-dollar Public Appointments Commission has been up to without a commissioner

Director of Public Prosecutions' $98.5-million budget is half of government's new aid program to Afghanistan, says Goodale


  
Kingsley expects next federal election 'any time soon'

Canada's former chief electoral officer Kingsley says new CEO better be a quick study, election soon


  
PM Harper, Hill, Kenney say Kyoto private member's bill won't sway Conservative plans

'Nobody in their right mind believes that Liberals didn't do anything for 13 years' on Kyoto, says Liberal MP McGuinty.


  
Tories, Grits fight over Senate reform and proclamation of FAA

Liberal-dominated Upper Chamber accused of stalling Senate reform bill, and Grit Senators want to know why major parts of FAA aren't in force.


  
Kenney denies government's legislative agenda 'slim'

NDP says Liberals bypassed Parliament when they held power too


  
Environment, budget, Afghanistan, Senate reform and fiscal imbalance to top House agenda

NDP, Liberals attack each other on next federal budget strategies


  
Tories expect 'showdown' on Senate reform

Pollster Nik Nanos suggests Prime Minister should 'temper' Senate reform initiatives as a minority government leader


  
Van Loan faces challenges as Harper steps up democratic reform

Newly-minted Government House Leader Peter Van Loan will face extra pressure with the Prime Minister's stronger focus on democratic reform.


  
Government determined to get Bill S-4 passed, say Conservatives

But some opposition MPs say it's time to reopen the Constitution to really tackle Senate reform


  
Government to bring in same-sex motion and vote this week

Government House Leader Rob Nicholson says he doesn't think it has to be a long debate


  

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Party Central: Prince's Charities Canada party-goers flock to House Speaker's Salon, comptrollers take over Chateau for Oscars of financial management. May 13, 2013

The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Prince's Charities Canada's Matthew Rowe and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Mr. Rowe, Commodore Mark Watson, Lisa Chillingworth, and Amanda Sherrington.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Conservative MP Dave Van Kesteren.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Canadian Secretary to the Queen Kevin MacLeod.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Mr. Rowe and Conservative MP Wladyslaw Lizon.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Tory MP Rob Clarke.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Anthony Carricato.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Tory MP Dave MacKenzie.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award for Excellence in Comprollership in the Public Sector. CPA Canada's Elly Meister, Heather Whyte and Lianne Thompson.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award winner, Fisheries and Oceans' CFO Roch Huppe.
Laura Ziebell and Aboriginal Affairs' Jamie Hollett, graduate of Charter Management Accountants' PFA program.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Cassandra Dorrington, board co-chair of CPA Canada.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award winner Jim Saunderson of Western Economic Diversification.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Lifetime achievement winner Richard Neville.

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