Breaking down Parliament week by week.
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Rushed bills & closed-door committees, the Information Commissioner's warning on access-to-information reform, Alberta's new study on the cost of leaving Canada, and upcoming events in Calgary Shepard
Where the $502.8 billion goes and the rising cost of the debt, longer sitting hours before the summer break, the Premier's price tag on Alberta separation, and a defeated bill on dangerous offenders.
A vote on Canada’s economic record, the PBO’s new sobering fiscal outlook, ironworker apprentices competing in Calgary, a tribute to Carla Obuck, plus the latest work from parliamentary committees.
Two accountability night sittings of Parliament, Canada slips into recession, a Terry Fox award winner from Calgary Shepard, a freed Russian dissident on the Hill, and the Open House last week.
For weeks, I have been watching the drama unfold whether Albertans would or would not have a separation referendum.
The conservative motion on property rights, economist Peter Hall on Canada's growth, three Calgary Shepard schools in Parliament, youth advisory council visit, plus this week's reading list.
On the anniversary of the April 28 election, the costly fantasy of Alto high-speed rail, a meeting with Alberta's Building Trades, plus parliamentary committees update.
Plus how I voted on four private members' bills, a defeated motion on the report defending students grants for skilled trades, and this week's reading list.
Plus the Conservative motion to cut fuel taxes, April 13 byelection results, and this week's committee highlights.
And also, the conservative auto pact proposal, NATO 2% claim debunked, conservative justice bills voted on, legislation to keep drug sites away from children, plus visit from residents.
