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22.04.2021 / 05:27

Emergency House of Commons debate on COVID-19 devolves into finger-pointing

COVID-19 pandemic has devolved into another round of partisan finger-pointing.Veteran Green MP Elizabeth May requested the debate, appealing to MPs to stop the blame game and think about how Canada can develop a more nationally co-ordinated approach to the pandemic that is raging out of control in some provinces.Both the Greens and NDP suggest it’s time for the federal government to invoke the Emergencies Act, which would enable it to shut down interprovincial travel and lockdown areas experiencing community spread of the more contagious variants of COVID-19 — rather than leaving it up to provincial and territorial governments.

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Trudeau expects ‘obstructionism’ to Liberal agenda as Parliament returns

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is counting on the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP to help his minority Liberal government get things done in the face of what he anticipates will be “obstructionism” by the Conservatives.

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Virtual voting begins in Parliament with debut of phone app

Parliament are set to start voting on bills and motions using their mobile devices.The debut of a mobile voting app is the latest adaptation of the parliamentary process during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Canada’s vaccine delays to dominate agenda as Parliament set to resume Monday

COVID-19 pandemic as well as the threat of a possible election.One of the first orders of business will be for MPs to decide how Parliament will continue to function during the COVID-19 pandemic, including whether to let parliamentarians continue attending remotely and whether to adopt a new voting app for those who do.

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COMMENTARY: Trudeau’s single-use plastics ban is ill-timed and ill-conceived

pressed by the Conservatives about reports this week that he had previously met with an individual now accused of running an illegal casino operation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the opposition of chasing unhelpful distractions.As Trudeau declared in the House during question period Wednesday, “the Conservatives are focused on trying to score political points at a time where Canadians expect people to come together and work for them in this COVID crisis … so regardless of what the Conservatives want to focus on, we will stay focused on Canadians in this pandemic.”Trudeau is not wrong about what ought to be the government’s primary focus at the moment.It was more than a little awkward, however, to make such a statement on the very

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Senate to consider hybrid sittings after frustrations voiced

Senate is promising to introduce a motion Friday to hold hybrid sittings of the upper house during the COVID-19 pandemic.Sen. Marc Gold’s promise cleared the way Thursday for the Senate to begin dealing with a bill authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the health crisis.

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1st electronic vote in House of Commons history plagued by technical glitches

House of Commons, a historic occasion marked by numerous technical glitches, lengthy delays and cameo appearances by some of their kids and even a family dog.The vote was on a Bloc Quebecois sub-amendment to a Conservative amendment to last week’s throne speech, a routine matter that normally would have taken 15 minutes.

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Parliament is back in 2 weeks — no one knows how it will function

COVID-19 pandemic.The Liberal government has proposed a full resumption of parliamentary business using a hybrid model — a limited number of MPs actually sitting in the House of Commons and the rest participating online, including by voting electronically.

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Coronavirus: Senate to stay closed two more weeks, until June 16

The Senate is staying closed for two more weeks, not planning to sit again until June 16.

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Parliament can’t fully resume without virtual voting in place, Trudeau says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says ensuring members of Parliament can vote remotely is holding back a return to more normal House of Commons sittings.

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Coronavirus: Bloc threatens supporting in-person HoC sittings unless demands met

The Bloc Quebecois is threatening to support a resumption of in-person sittings of the House of Commons five days a week if the Trudeau government doesn’t agree to a number of demands — including delivering an economic update next month and holding modified sittings for at least four weeks during the summer.

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Coronavirus: Committee recommends moving to fully virtual Parliament

An all-party committee is recommending the House of Commons hold additional virtual sittings to conduct all its regular business — including voting — during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Basic income in Manitoba should be a right, not a privilege, says BIM chair

Many Canadians have lost jobs but have been saved from financial ruin during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Conservatives prepare to grill government in return to Parliament amid COVID-19

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer laid out Monday the numerous lines of inquiry his party intends to follow this week as a modified version of a House of Commons sitting gets underway.

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Economic development minister says parliamentary process too slow for coronavirus response

Melanie Joly, Canada’s minister of economic development, says the sweeping legislation the Liberals are set to propose on Tuesday is necessary because the parliamentary process is too slow to adapt to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Parliament to reconvene Tuesday to deal with COVID-19 measures: source

The House of Commons will convene Tuesday to deal with urgent business related to the novel coronavirus, according to a source in the prime minister’s office.

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Start processing coronavirus aid applications for struggling Canadians now: Singh

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal government to immediately begin accepting applications for emergency financial aid from Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 crisis.

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