Election 2006: Edmonton--Beaumont
Election 2006: Please add comments to discuss riding specific activities, links to candidate information, etc.Incumbent information Edmonton–Beaumont / Edmonton–Beaumont MP: Hon. David Kilgour...
View ArticleIndustry Canada Proposes Changes to Spam Bill as Lobbyists Demand More
Michael Geist reports on some lobbying being done to water down an anti-SPAM bill.At yesterday's hearing, it was discouraging to see lobbyists for Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Intellectual...
View ArticleCurrent members of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology...
Copyright policy is the joint responsibility of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Industry. Two committees of the House of Commons are therefore the key members who are most likely...
View ArticleBill C-32 legislative committee has been struck.
A report from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs lists the 11 members of the new Legislative Committee on Bill C-32 as follows:Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP) Kelly Block...
View ArticleC-32 committee meeting 10 thoughts
It was a packed house for the first half of Meeting 10 of the C-32 committee. You had some familiar faces as observers who had been past witnesses such as witnesses such as Jason Kee, and you also had...
View ArticleUpdated: Members of Canada's Federal Parliament I have met
I have updated the page listing the MPs I have met with the members of the C-32 legislative committee that were present on March 8'th when I spoke to the committee.Around the table it was:Acting chair:...
View ArticleC-32 committee members present
So that constituents can find quickly what their past MP may have said at a C-32 committee, I've created the following table of meetings and which members of the committee were present at that meeting....
View ArticleThoughts on C-32 committee members from the Conservative Party of Canada.
Of the 12 members of the C-32 committee, six of them were from the Conservative party of Canada. This included chair Gordon Brown (Leeds—Grenville, ON). Three members were there for almost all...
View ArticleDistricts I will be watching closely on election night
This is turning out to be a more exciting election than it seemed heading into it. While a Conservative majority or minority still seems most likely, who would have guessed that an NDP minority...
View ArticleNew shape of federal parliament and districts I watched closely
Saying this was an interesting election to watch would be an understatement. The Conservatives received the majority they asked for with 167(54.2%) seats, but that wasn’t the biggest story for me last...
View ArticleBill C-11 debate day 1
The hansard for Tuesday, October 18, 2011 includes a transcript of the first day of debate of Bill C-11. The debate is at second reading, after which it will be sent to a committee.The debate started a...
View ArticleBill C-11 legislative committee has been struck.
A report from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs lists the 12 members of the new Legislative Committee on Bill C-11 as follows:Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP) Scott Armstrong...
View ArticleBill C-11 house debate day 5
On November 24, 2011 we had the fifth time when the House of Commons debated Bill C-11 (at Second Reading).The debate ended with the speaker asking if the house is ready to vote on the amendment. This...
View ArticleBill C-11 house debate day 8
On February 8, 2012 we had the 8th time when the House of Commons debated Bill C-11 (at Second Reading). The previous debate day was December 12, 2011.The debate started with Hon. Peter Van Loan...
View ArticleRiding Information: Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont
Elections Canada Electoral district profile (Links to Map, Past Candidates, and Past Election Results) Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont / Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont (Via...
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