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Canadian MPs will continue hybrid sittings of Parliament until next yearThe motion put forward by government House leader passed with the support of NDP and Green members by a count of 177-144 on Thursday.CanadaJun 23, 2022
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Liberals propose another hybrid parliament year, Conservatives opposeA debate over the Liberals' motion to extend a hybrid virtual Parliament to the next year is expected to take place over Tuesday and Wednesday.PoliticsJun 20, 2022
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Liberal proposal to allow midnight Parliament sittings faces pushbackThe government says Motion 11 would simply organize the business of the House of Commons before it adjourns for the summer, which is scheduled for June 23.PoliticsMay 2, 2022
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Feds to protect number of Quebec’s Commons seats to ensure province doesn’t lose MPCanada's chief electoral officer calculated the proposed redistribution of seats last year based on a mathematical model applied to population.CanadaMar 4, 2022
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NDP backs hybrid Parliament, says MPs can be ‘vectors’ to COVID-19 spreadThe Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois agree that MPs should be fully vaccinated to take their seat, making it a rule for their candidates who ran in the federal election.PoliticsOct 20, 2021
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Former speaker of the House and long-time Nova Scotian MP Geoff Regan not re-offeringIn a Wednesday morning video, Liberal Member of Parliament Geoff Regan said he’s ending his 24-year streak of representing Halifax West.CanadaMar 31, 2021
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MPs unanimously agree to urge feds to designate Proud Boys a terrorist entityThe NDP has for weeks been calling on Trudeau and the Liberals to ban the Proud Boys and designate the group as a terrorist organization.CanadaJan 25, 2021
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Trudeau slams Bloc leader for suggesting he’s ruling country like a ‘king’BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet argued Wednesday that reduced House of Commons sittings aren't needed any longer as more COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.PoliticsJun 17, 2020
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Coronavirus: Bloc threatens supporting in-person HoC sittings unless demands metBloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said he wants the Liberal government to deliver an economic update next month and hold modified sittings for at least four weeks during the summer.PoliticsMay 19, 2020
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Coronavirus: Committee recommends moving to fully virtual ParliamentGiven the success of current online proceedings, the majority committee report says the Commons should move towards additional virtual sittings for all its regular business.CanadaMay 15, 2020
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