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Following Cabinet Minister Navdeep Bains resignation controversy, the Liberal Party has removed parliamentarian Ramesh Singh Sangha.
Reportedly, for speaking against Khalistani elements within the Liberal Party. He now continues to be an MP, but an independent one.
Following Cabinet Minister Navdeep Bains resignation controversy over his alleged involvement in corruption cases, the Liberal Party has removed parliamentarian Ramesh Singh Sangha from the Liberal caucus.
Reportedly, for speaking against Khalistani elements within the Liberal Party. He
According to a report by
the Canadian media outlet ‘The Star’, a party source confirmed that Sangha was removed after he made extensive comments in a Punjabi-language interview on Jan. 21, in which he said he doubted his fellow Liberal MP Navdeep Bains quit cabinet and won t run in the next election because of family.
iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Jan 28, 2021 6:31am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
PROCEDURE AND HOUSE AFFAIRS members host a panel discussion with a trio of academics: Dalhousie University associate professor Lori Turnbull, Université du Québec à Montréal professor Hugo Cyr and
University of Calgary associate professor Ian Brodie, who also served as former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff. (11 AM – 1 PM)
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, MPs are set to take a closer look at the auditor general’s latest report on “respect in the workplace” at the
Canada Border Services Agency and the
Correctional Service of Canada, with the respective agency heads
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Canadians protest arms sale to Saudi Arabia in ongoing row over perpetuating war in Yemen
A screen grab from a video released by Yemen’s Houthi movement allegedly shows two Saudi light armoured vehicles (LAVs) destroyed by the group in an August offensive. Unverified reports identify them as Canadian-made LAVs January 26, 2021 at 3:42 pm
Canada s role in the Saudi led war in Yemen has sparked fresh protest in the province of Ontario as members of World Beyond War and Labour Against the Arms Trade blocked trucks outside a transportation firm that ships light armoured vehicles (LAV) to Saudi Arabia.
Demonstrators blocked Paddock Transport International trucks in Hamilton, a city about 70 kilometres west of Toronto, for a few hours yesterday as part of a global day of action against the ongoing war in Yemen.
Senator Lynn Beyak (Senate of Canada)
Senator Lynn Beyak calls it a promise made, a promise kept.
The Dryden area representative says in keeping with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s commitment to Senate reform, which included eight year terms, her time is up.
She is retiring effective today, January 25th.
Beyak also pointed out the following in a press release:
Some have criticized me for stating that the good, as well as the bad, of residential schools should be recognized. I stand by that statement. Others have criticized me for stating that the Truth and Reconciliation Report was not as balanced as it should be. I stand by that statement as well. And finally, I have been criticized for offering concerned Canadians a space to comment critically about the Indian Act. My statements and the resulting posts were never meant to offend anyone, and I continue to believe that Indigenous issues are so important to all of us that a frank and honest conversation about them is vi