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MPs will debate a motion to extend sitting hours until midnight for the four remaining weeks on Monday, as the government aims to pass the 20 active bills still before Parliament.

Peter MacKay says if Vice-Admiral Mark Norman speaks out about his ordeal, 'I don’t think it will mean good things for the Liberal government.'

Plus, a ban on importing shark fins is now steps away from law.

While the PM is in France, the NDP will start a debate on a climate change action plan, and the Conservatives will likely have an opportunity to grill the Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on the Norman affair this evening.

Expect hours of grilling Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the House, and more to follow.

The damage from the SNC-Lavalin scandal has been done, and it’s created an opportunity for the Conservatives to fill the leadership void, says pollster Eli Yufest.

Conservative and Independent Senators worked in good faith last week to hash out amendments to the most controversial bill in the Senate, but were only able to get through a fraction of the proposed amendments.

Sen. Beyak asked Senators for more time to respond to a report on her actions by the Senate Ethics Officer, but none came forward to support her.

The motion's chance of passing this Parliament is 'slim to none,' says one MP, but the government House leader says she is 'more than comfortable' with a committee study on the motion.

The Liberals, Conservatives, and NDP are all using texts to rally supporters, and their counterparts in the United States are leaning even more heavily on texting in their campaigns.

'Senator Beyak appears unwilling or unable to recognize the harm that is caused through the dissemination of racist material,' says the report authored by the Senate Ethics Committee.

As is, the government’s new ombudsperson wouldn’t ‘add value’ and would duplicate its National Contact Point for human rights, says Surya Deva.

Campaign Tech East brought together Republican and Democratic digital strategists to talk about how to use new online tools to reach and fundraise from voters, and win elections.

The CRA used its newly beefed-up budget to run ads touting the Canada Child Benefit and two other tax benefits on buses and in prime-time TV commercials.

Getting tough on refugee claimants could help the Grits to block out the Bloc Québécois in Quebec in the next election, says Greg Lyle.

Bill C-48 would ‘basically trap Alberta oil,’ says Independent Alberta Senator Paula Simons.

Employment and Social Development Canada has had part of its budget re-directed towards ensuring Canada's CPTPP trading partners live up to their commitments around labour.

The Liberals’ ‘ceiling’ of possible support shrank to 38 per cent during a three-day period earlier this month, below the vote share the party won in the last election.

The Mining Association of Canada opposes giving the ombudsperson the power to compel evidence related to alleged corporate wrongdoing, arguing that’s what Canadian courts are for.

A recent report by Environment and Climate Change Canada found that Canada was warming at twice the rate of the world.

Senators struck a deal late last week after the government’s representative in the Chamber withdrew a controversial and unprecedented motion to impose deadlines for 11 bills in the Senate.

All four Senate leaders met April 4 to strike a deal, after the government's representative in the Senate withdrew a wide-ranging time allocation motion.

The motion proposed by the government’s representative in the Chamber would ensure that all of the bills listed are passed by the time the Senate rises in the summer.