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Conservative MPs Michael Cooper, left, Michelle Rempel Garner, Greg McLean, and Stephanie Kusie, and Liberal MP Matt Jeneroux. The Alberta MPs addressed the move by Alberta’s government to include a question on whether the province should hold a referendum to separate in the coming October referendum. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, Stuart Benson

MPs champion unity in face of Alberta referendum, but Conservatives say quick vote needed to ‘get it over and done with’

‘It demands the action of democracy, and I think unless we address it, it will be like an itch that is not scratched,’ says Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie of Alberta’s separatism question.

Conservative MP Richard Bragdon became the House co-chair of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group last October after Liberal MP Terry Duguid was ousted in a vote of the association's membership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Couldn’t make a much dumber mistake’: former co-chairs of influential Canada-U.S. parliamentary group pan budget cut

Conservative Whip Chris Warkentin says it ‘seems’ that the budget of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group will be slashed by 40 per cent.


Recent changes have reduced the excessive control by the executive over the Senate, but there isn't yet a widely common understanding among all Senators of the Senate’s role as a Chamber of sober second thought, nor of its duty to respect, except in exceptional circumstances, the legislative choices made by the House, writes Diane Bellemare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Keep partisanship out of Senate appointments

A genuine process of dialogue between the two Chambers must be developed to facilitate the serious yet efficient consideration of government legislation by the Senate.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has called on the Liberals to 'protect property rights,' but won't say whether his party supports calls for the repeal of UNDRIP legislation or constitutional amendments. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Federal Tories chasing ‘magic in a bottle’ with B.C. land issue that may not translate over the Rockies, say observers

National messaging built around B.C.’s property rights debate risks oversimplifying a complex legal reality, while a failure to communicate has ‘ceded the stage to fear and misinformation,’ say pundits.

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