Selecting Commons clerk needs ‘unanimity’ from all parties, say opposition MPs after critics pan past process
Former House clerk Audrey O’Brien says the role requires a candidate capable of performing a unique ‘balancing act.’
Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador final riding proposals could help swing certain districts: Grenier
Plus, the electoral redistribution commission for Manitoba tabled its final proposal on Dec. 6, which includes a reversal of its suggested expansion of Churchill–Keewatinook Aski.
Work, interrupted: new hires, remote interpretation set to boost committee capacity in new year
The House Board of Internal Economy has approved a new remote interpretation option, and 69 candidates sat the Translation Bureau’s recent accreditation exam.
House of Commons Clerk Robert to retire in January
Charles Robert recently announced his plan to officially retire as the 13th clerk of the House of Commons on Friday, Jan. 13.
‘Procedural cat-fishing’: final proposal for Nova Scotia riding redraw raises ire
As of Dec. 5, three redistribution commissions—for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island—have tabled final proposed boundary changes with the House of Commons.
Canada lags behind its peers on foreign interference legislation: former CSIS officer
China’s involvement in Canadian politics has been going on for decades, sometimes in subtle ways, says former senior intelligence CSIS officer Michel Juneau-Katsuya, who served as chief of the agency’s Asia-Pacific division.
House urges Senate to review practices in light of interpreter injury concerns
While the Senate no longer has an agreement in place to allow for hybrid proceedings, committee witnesses can still appear remotely.
‘Second-class Senators’: McCallum pushing to empower non-affiliated Senators
Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran says she knew, ‘theoretically,’ the difference being non-affiliated would make when she left the Independent Senators Group last year, but ‘living it is very different.’
Defence committee to invite Anand for rare secret meeting on NORAD modernization
The discussions about NORAD modernization ‘should be happening in the public domain,’ says Conservative MP James Bezan.
Secret cabinet orders continue to rise with 26 so far this year
The Liberal government’s instinct to keep secret a small, but increasing, number of cabinet orders continues as 26 orders-in-council have been withheld from public listing this year so far, leading to calls from the NDP’s ethics critic for a legislative fix. To date this year, 26 adopted cabinet orders have not been made public, which […]
