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The House of Commons has adjourned for the summer — what did it accomplish?

The House of Commons has risen for the summer, sending MPs back to their ridings to meet with constituents and…

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Muslim advocacy group blasts Quebec secularism law in front of Commons committee

One of Canada’s most prominent Muslim advocacy groups used part of its time in front of a Commons committee studying…

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House of Commons question period

Follow along as opposition parties question the Liberal government in the House of Commons.

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House of Commons launches study of controversial travel spending rule

The House of Commons has launched a study of a clause in its spending rules that has allowed MPs travelling…

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House of Commons committee should close loophole on MPs’ travel, Liberal MP says

Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen is calling on the House of Commons to close a loophole that allowed MPs travelling to political…

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Watchdog groups call on House of Commons to close spending loophole

Two advocacy groups are calling on the House of Commons to close a loophole that has allowed members of Parliament…

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Jewish students tell Commons committee they’re terrified by campus antisemitism

Jewish university students told a parliamentary committee Thursday their universities have failed to protect them from antisemitic incidents on campus…

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Speaker kicks Poilievre out of the Commons after he calls PM a ‘wacko’ in tense question period exchange

Speaker Greg Fergus kicked Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre out of question period Tuesday after a particularly nasty exchange with Prime…

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Cyber spies say they shared names of parliamentarians targeted by China-backed espionage with Commons, Senate

As questions about why Canadian parliamentarians weren’t warned they had been targeted by a China-backed espionage campaign continue to mount, Canada’s cyber…

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Freeland moves for separate Commons vote on capital gains tax changes

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to ask Parliament to approve proposed changes to capital gains taxation in a stand-alone bill…

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