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iPolitics By Kady O'Malley. Published on Feb 23, 2021 12:56pm Parliamentarians have a near-absolute right to demand documents. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics) At this point, it’s standard operating procedure in a minority setting: Opposition parties demand that the government release documentation that’s potentially politically damaging. The government either drags its feet or ignores it entirely. Eventually — and usually sooner rather than later, these days — opposition members join forces to bring the full weight of parliamentary privilege to bear by adopting a motion ordering t...

Tom Mulcair: Team Trudeau is getting set for a spring election From gun control to languages, the Liberals have been checking the boxes on unfulfilled promises and making new ones on the pandemic front. Author of the article: Tom Mulcair  •  Special to Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Feb 23, 2021  •  February 23, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Economic Development and Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly looks on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Friday, October 2, 2020. The policy paper on official languages that Joly pres...

iPolitics By Kady O'Malley. Published on Feb 21, 2021 4:00pm Then-U.S. vice president Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a meeting of first ministers in Ottawa in December 2016. (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics) U.S. President Joe Biden in December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has secured his first face-to-face meeting with the new resident of the White House. But, unlike his instantly historic state visit to Washington at the invitation of then-president Barack Obama, he’ll be firing up his webcam this time, instead of the prime ministerial jet. “Both Trudeau’s ...

iPolitics AM: Lametti to push legislative reform of criminal-justice system By Kady O'Malley. Published on Feb 18, 2021 6:01am Justice Minister David Lametti's proposed changes to the laws on access to medical assistance in dying is back on the House docket with Senate-initiated amendments. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics) Justice Minister David Lametti is set to unveil his government’s plan to reform the criminal-justice system, which, as iPolitics reported yesterday, could include ending “discriminatory jail sentences,” as well as “prioritizing rehabilitation programs for people ...

iPolitics By Kady O'Malley. Published on Feb 1, 2021 6:31am Niagara veteran Faber Baquero receives the COVID-19 vaccine on January 13, 2012 Photo by Julie Jocsak for the Toronto Star. Amid growing fears over the potential impact that overseas production delays may have on the COVID-19 vaccination campaign currently underway across the country, INTERNATIONAL TRADE members are set to hold a special session to discuss an opposition-backed pitch to investigate just how the vaccine supply chain could be further ensnarled by the new export restrictions unveiled by the Europe...