Standing Committee

• N.B. legislature introduces new standing committee on climate change

  The committee will be tasked with examining proposed legislation and will have the ability to call upon experts to offer opinions.

  Environment

  Dec 22, 2019
  
• ‘It is unlikely Wynn’s Law will pass’: St. Albert MP after committee opposes bill

  Michael Cooper, MP for St. Albert-Edmonton said Tuesday it's unlikely Bill S-217 will become law after a standing committee recommended the House of Commons not proceed.

  Canada

  May 9, 2017
  
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• 7.25% pay increase for Alberta legislative officers reversed

  Last week, the NDP majority on the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices approved a 7.25 per cent pay hike for people like the auditor general and privacy commissioner, despite the opposition by the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative members.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2015
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• China arrests former security chief Zhou Yongkang

  Chinese authorities arrested the once-feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang and launched a criminal investigation Saturday on charges ranging from adultery and bribery to leaking state secrets, after expelling him from the Communist Party overnight.

  Dec 6, 2014