In His Own Words: Bob Rae on his decision to leave the House
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So this, it seems, is how the seemingly interminable spring sitting ends -- not with a bang, but a flurry of last-minute motions to whip through the last few items of business on the government -- and, it's worth noting, the opposition -- agenda.
Yes, just when it seemed like they were never going to clear out, MPs somehow managed to muster up the necessary unanimity to free themselves from the bounds of day-to-day Commons business and head home for the summer.
Hit the jump for the full post.
Despite the seemingly permanent state of partisan rancour that has permeated the precinct for the last few weeks, an eleventh hour outpouring of all-party agreement allowed MPs to speed through the last few items of legislative business on the government's agenda in record time before heading home for the summer a full three days before the parliamentary calendar officially ran out.
Hit the jump for the seven motions that made it all possible.
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Undaunted, it seems, by the continuing -- and apparently at least partially PMO-driven -- controversy over his past speaking engagements, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will embark on a second attempt to impose more stringent transparency requirements on the Board of Internal Economy -- this time, via private members' bill, which will take considerably longer to work its way through the House than those motions for unanimous consent that he unsuccessfully attempted to table last week, but which have the benefit of not requiring all-party support to succeed.
UPDATE: I should note that, although Trudeau's pro-transparency bill is indeed on the Notice Paper for today, that doesn't necessarily mean he'll introduce it this morning. although members generally do so as soon as they make their intention of doing so clear.
Meanwhile, with the parliamentary clock now counting down the final hours until the summer adjournment, the government is gearing up for a final legislative blitz, beginning with the penultimate stage of its bid to crack down on corruption of foreign public officials, which has already been passed by the Senate and now faces two more votes in the House before being added to the growing queue of bills awaiting Royal Assent.
Also on the agenda today: Final Commons approval of the government's proposal to tighten the rules on those deemed not criminally responsible, which will likely complete third reading debate today, and be voted tomorrow.
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