Wayne Easter, MP

Question in the House on the TPP

Hon. Wayne Easter (Malpeque, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, under our system ministers should be in charge of their files and accept accountability for their results. It used [...]

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Ten things Stephen Harper hopes you forget by 2015

Michael Harris – iPolitics – June 13th, 2012 Tyranny, the arbitrary exercise of power by a government, usually pads up behind you in stockinged feet. It [...]

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Andrew Coyne: Voting endlessly oddly appropriate way to protest abuse of Parliament

Andrew Coyne – The National Post – June 13, 2012 The House of Commons was to begin voting Wednesday night on several hundred amendments to Bill [...]

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Top 16 Points You Need To Know About The 2012 Budget and Bill C-38

Omnibus nature of the Bill – This is a 750 clause kitchen sink Budget Bill that amends over 70 different federal acts in an attempt to [...]

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Speech in the House by David McGuinty on Bill C-38

Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin on a general note, for Canadians who might be watching or following this debate, to try to perhaps slow [...]

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Speech in the House by Kirsty Duncan on Bill C-38

Madam Speaker, over the last three decades, high profile events and reports focused the world’s attention on the global environment and its needs and the international [...]

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The abuses pile up: the PM hunkers down

iPolitics – Posted on Thu, Jun 7, 2012, 5:05 am by Lawrence Martin At some point, the opposition message might get through. To wit: We live [...]

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Omnibus Budget Bill is an Affront to Parliament

Opinion – The Toronto Star – June 8th, 2012 Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives may have the power to abuse Parliament by ramming their outrageous “omnibus” [...]

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Questions in the House on Trade

Hon. Wayne Easter (Malpeque, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as of March 15, the United States has implemented the full range of its free trade agreement with South [...]

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Statement in the House on the elimination of the Central Development Corporation by the Harper Government

Mr. Speaker, I thank the staff, past and present, of Central Development Corporation for their great work in assisting communities, individuals and businesses with economic development [...]

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