Senators suggest non-affiliated Senator Lynn Beyak was contradicting her own case in requesting the Senate cover the bill, but put off the decision to give her ‘one more chance’ to clarify.
Non-affiliated Senator Lynn Beyak says the the Senate should pay for a $25,000 contract with a lawyer that she says should be considered parliamentary business. The Hill Times file photograph
Non-affiliated Senator Lynn Beyak is asking the Senate to pay an outstanding $25,000 contract with a lawyer.
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What is and isn’t considered a subsidy is politically charged. The government and industry are both likely to dispute or take issue with the inclusion of some, or many, of the programs to the group's tally.
While gaining a change in immigration status can be ‘transformational,’ the new policy does not go far enough as it excludes those not proficient in English or French, says one expert.
There are a 'whole series of very complicated questions that nobody is talking about,' says border expert Edward Alden on the lack of planning for an eventual border reopening.
New prescribed policies, procedures forced people to think about how they were acting, creating a 'profound' change in terms of staff understanding how they need to relate in the workplace, says the PMO's Marci Surkes.
'I think [the Canadian government] needs to demonstrate a stronger case that there is a real security problem and it has never been able to do so,' says former diplomat Daniel Livermore.
Ontario ISG Senator Rosemary Moodie says the new group shows the ‘significant investment’ the Senate is putting into pursuing ‘meaningful improvement.’
'It’s like you walk around and you have a target on your back … there is something a bit, not sadistic, but satisfying in getting rid of the last MP standing,' says McGill Prof. Daniel Béland.