Posts Tagged ‘House of Commons’

Citoyen de Dubreuilville célébrer au parlement [English version included]

Citoyen de Dubreuilville célébrer au parlement [English version included]

Scroll down for English version La Députée Hughes fait l’éloge au parlement d’un citoyen de Dubreuilville faisant de la sensibilisation à la SLA OTTAWA, ON  – Juin sera le mois de la sensibilisation à la sclérose latérale amyotrophique (SLA); pour l’occasion, [Read more]

Statement by MP Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour

Statement by MP Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour

Today, the Honorable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, issued the following statement regarding the Government’s tabling of a motion to reject the Senate’s amendments to Bill C-4:@PattyHajdu @MinWorkDev @psacnat @PSPC_SPAC @CdnPolitico @cdnpolinews [Read more]

MP Serré supports M-105 Calling Federal Gov’t To Lead Support of ALS Research

MP Serré supports M-105 Calling Federal Gov’t To Lead Support of ALS Research

MP Serré supports M-105, a motion calling on the federal government to play a leadership role supporting ALS research, and to find a cure for ALS at the earliest opportunity NICKEL BELT, ON – Later today in the House of Commons, Marc Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt, will be voting [Read more]

Canada Health Act Should Cover Palliative Care says Hughes

Canada Health Act Should Cover Palliative Care says Hughes

OTTAWA, ON – The government should identify hospice palliative care as a defined medical service to be covered under the Canada Health Act, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes delivered a petition on the subject in the House of Commons Tuesday, making the case [Read more]

Senate Unanimously Passes C-61: Creation of Lake Superior NMCA

Senate Unanimously Passes C-61: Creation of Lake Superior NMCA

From June 22, 2015 OTTAWA, ON –  Bruce Hyer MP Thunder Bay Superior North (and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada) issued the following statement regarding the passage of Bill C-61 An Act to amend the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, by the Senate: “After eight years [Read more]

Self-policing just isn’t working for the Senate

Self-policing just isn’t working for the Senate

The Auditor General is recommending the RCMP investigate the spending of 9 more Senators and has fingered another 21 for improper use of their office budgets.  This is happening against the back-drop of the Mike Duffy trial which has soured the country significantly on the Red Chamber. Among the [Read more]

Hughes’ Motion To End Racism Promotes Dialogue

Hughes’ Motion To End Racism Promotes Dialogue

OTTAWA, ON – Despite many societal advances we still have work to do if we want to live in a country where race is something that truly doesn’t matter, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes.  In an attempt to encourage people to challenge the stubborn phenomenon Hughes [Read more]

MP Bruce Hyer’s Speech On Carbon Fee And Dividend And Poverty

MP Bruce Hyer’s Speech On Carbon Fee And Dividend And Poverty

OTTAWA, ON – Thunder Bay-Superior North MP and Green Party Deputy Leader Bruce Hyer delivered a speech in the House of Commons this evening on Carbon Fee AND Dividend and Poverty. Following votes MP Hyer questioned the government about Carbon Fee and Dividend at 7:30 PM last evening. House [Read more]

Meet the new boss.  Same as the old boss?

Meet the new boss.  Same as the old boss?

The Prime Minster replaced the embattled Minister of Veteran’s Affairs this week in a move that many feel was both inevitable and overdue.  After years of gaffes, bad press, and general distrust the relationship between Canada’s veterans and Stephen Harper’s government was at an all-time low [Read more]

Giving Northwestern Ontario A Say RE: Nuclear Waste

Giving Northwestern Ontario A Say RE: Nuclear Waste

Nuclear waste disposal and transport in NWO THUNDER BAY – SUPERIOR NORTH, ON – As your MP, I feel strongly that the citizens of Thunder Bay—Superior North and Northwestern Ontario should have an opportunity to think about the critical decisions that affect you and share your [Read more]

BRUCE HYER STATEMENT ON OTTAWA SHOOTINGS

BRUCE HYER STATEMENT ON OTTAWA SHOOTINGS

OTTAWA, ON – Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Deputy Leader of the Green Party released the following statement regarding today’s shootings in Ottawa: My heart goes out to the loved ones of the soldier who needlessly lost his life today at the National War Memorial. [Read more]

HUGHES MAINTAINS DEMAND FOR AN INQUIRY INTO MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN

HUGHES MAINTAINS DEMAND FOR AN INQUIRY INTO MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN

OTTAWA, ON – New Democrats have ramped up pressure in House of Commons for the government to call an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. New Democrats took control of the House agenda on Friday forcing a debate and a vote on the [Read more]

MP Carol Hughes “Tossing aside democracy to support democracy”

MP Carol Hughes “Tossing aside democracy to support democracy”

Parliament held an emergency debate on Canada’s response to the situation in Iraq this week.  The fact that it was an emergency debate and not a government-led one spoke volumes about the Prime Minister’s go-it-alone approach on this issue.  That was hammered home when Thomas Mulcair was the [Read more]

Canada-China Agreement Threat To Canada’s Sovereignty Says Hyer

Canada-China Agreement Threat To Canada’s Sovereignty Says Hyer

Conservatives bow to Chinese pressure and ratify FIPA behind closed doors OTTAWA , ON – Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada denounced Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s unprecedented move to ratify the Canada-China Foreign Investment [Read more]

Hughes on Headlines “Manufactured outrage

Hughes on Headlines “Manufactured outrage

Just about everyone stands in firm opposition to crime. It is a position with roots in a sense of fair play and the golden rule as well. In politics the accusation of being soft on crime is a big time attack. For some people there is no room for any position beyond that of a [Read more]

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