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Quebec’s CAQ government tabled Bill 3, an act to establish a single school tax rate, which would allow Quebec homeowners pay the same school taxes regardless their living region. The single school tax rate could cost $700 million loss of revenue annually.
Education Minister Jean-François Roberge said the government would compensate school boards for their loss of revenue from the general fund.
Opposition parties concerned about the government’s ability to balance its budget and provide the same level of services in education with less money.
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Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen announced Tuesday that the provincial government had introduced new legislation that would allow disclosure of personal health information in certain circumstances.
The proposed change to the Personal Health Information Act would allow people such as caregivers, loved-ones or support people to obtain a patient’s personal health information without their consent in exceptional circumstances to reduce the risk of serious harm being done to the health or safety of the patient or others. The Mental Health Act would also be amended so that a patient’s clinical record in a psychiatric facility could be disclosed without consent.
The minister says the PHIA legislation is under review and more amendments may be introduced in 2019.
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The Ontario government is introducing a new bill (i.e. Bill 57), aiming to protect full-time firefighters who also serve as volunteers in their own communities. The bill is currently under review and Ontario Labour Minister Laurie Scott says the legislation will have great chance to be passed sometime next week.
Both the minister and volunteer firefighters in rural municipalities say it is crucial for fire crews in small towns to get help from full-time firefighters. However, these double hatters have been punished for volunteering in their own communities.
The proposed Bill 57 is thought to be a win-win situation for full time firefighters and local communities. It would prevent the full-time firefighters’ union from punishing its members for volunteering and let double hatters volunteer where and when they want to. It would also ensure the same rules around workplace injuries for full-time firefighters would apply to those injured while firefighting as volunteers.
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Quebec Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault tabled Bill 1, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government’s first legislation since winning the election. The bill would amend the mode of appointment and dismissal of the anti-corruption commissioner (UPAC), the director-general of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), and the director of criminal and penal prosecutions. These positions would be appointed by the National Assembly on a motion from the premier and with the approval of two-thirds of MNAs. It would take the same two-thirds vote on a dismissal proposal from the premier.
With accusations that the head of UPAC was too close to the party in power in the last Parliament, the new bill aims to take politics out of the process, but the Liberals argues the vote could lead to political interference in the process. The Parti Québécois suggests the person who is eventually selected head of UPAC come from outside of the ranks of the police.
The post of UPAC is currently vacant following the resignation of Robert Lafrenière in October. The government has 18 months to find a new UPAC and has made the chief of Montreal’s police force exempt from the process.
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Premier Rachel Notley announces Alberta government is planning to buy two new trains of oil tanker cars to relieve the pressure facing its oil industry, and has begun talks with a third party to negotiate the train price. Rail transportation for Alberta oil would narrow the oil price gap by around $4 a barrel, which would generate an additional $1M a day in federal revenues, but the Premier says the purchase of rail cars is only a short and medium-term solution where the long term would be the construction of a pipeline. She addressed the necessity of the pipeline projects like the Tran Mountain pipeline and speaks about the need to fix federal government’s Bill C-69 which overhauls the way that energy projects are approved in Canada, as well as Bill C-48 which forbids tanker traffic from Vancouver Island to Alaska.
Minister of Natural Resources Canada says the Trans Mountain Expansion Project is moving forward through consultations. The federal government is also analyzing the oil by rail proposal announced by Rachel Notley.
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This article reviews the progress of Bill C-89, the criticism on its expedited parliamentary process as well as the constitutional concerns.
Legislation ordering postal workers back to work (i.e. Bill C-89) passed the third reading by a vote of 166 to 43 in the House of Commons during a special session on Saturday morning (Nov. 24, 2018). The bill will be tabled in the Senate on Saturday and Sunday and would go into effect on the day following the royal assent.
Labour Minister Patricia Hajdu still encouraged Canada Post and CUPW to negotiate an agreement while preparing to take action in worst case because the lasting strike could destroy Canada’s small business which heavily rely on the postal service.
Labour leaders and New Democrat MPs criticized the government for undermining the collective-bargaining process. CUPW President argued that the rotating strike did not affect mail delivery to the public, while NDP Leader accused the Liberals of hypocrisy.
NDP MPs had voted against a motion to speed up debate on the back-to-work legislation but these votes were not counted. Six New Democrats remained in the chamber to get a chance to speak during the subsequent debate on the bill.
Conservatives voted for the legislation because the strike is “a threat to the national economy.”
CUPW insists the bill is unconstitutional and threatens to challenge it in court.Two independent senators also expressed their concern that the bill may not be constitutional, saying that a government analysis on how the bill does not violate the Chart of Rights and Freedoms has not been seen by Friday evening.
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The procedure and house affairs committee in HOC has been hearing testimony about whether an RCMP post about Bill C-71 was in contempt of parliament for treating the bill as law when it’s still in the Senate.
The article reviewed RCMP’s incident of posting a misleading message in its April online bulletin, warning gun owners SA firearm listed in Bill C-71 will be classified as a prohibited firearm and have to get the guns grandfathered. Conservative MP Glen Motz questioned the presumptuous language used in the bulletin in May.
Louise Baird, working in the strategic communications and ministerial unit gave the testimony recently that the RCMP has already modified the internal process and has raised the approval level for online posting since the question was raised.
Clerk of the HOC Charles Robert indicated government departments and agencies will become more sensitive and careful to avoid errors not intentionally made.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale defended that RCMPP fully respected the authority of Parliament and the legislative process, and called on the committee to recommend safeguard mechanisms in the communications process.
RCMP officials argued that the goal for the message was to prepare firearm owners for potential changes. The revised web content removed potentially misleading language and clarified the Status of Bill C-71.
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BC government introduced ride-hailing legislation (i.e. Bill 55 - Passenger Transportation Amendment Act) on Nov. 19, 2018. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Claire Trevena said “This is milestone legislation that gets ride-hailing right for B.C.”
If passed, the Passenger Transportation Amendment Act will enable:
ICBC to develop a modern insurance product for ride-hailing.
A new, data-driven approach to improve taxi service and ride-hailing opportunities.
The development of measures to make sure people are not left stranded when traveling from one municipality to another.
The inclusion of a per-trip fee to fund more accessibility options for people with disabilities.
Increased enforcement of the rules with stiffer penalties for taxi and ride-hailing companies for working outside the law.
Putting priority on safety for passengers, the new legislation will require all ride-hailing and taxi drivers to maintain a Class 4 passenger licence and undergo mandatory criminal checks.
Applications from ride-hailing companies planning to enter the BC market will be submitted to the Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) by fall 2019.
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The article reviews the criticism of Bill C-76, a bill aimed at protecting Canadians from foreign attempts to influence how they vote, currently under debate in the House of Commons.
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould defended the bill to be just one means of deterring foreign interference in Canadian elections, on Wednesday (21 Nov. 2018). She indicated that federal government would apply large array of tools to any issue of national security, among which include sanctions, the Criminal Code and the Magnitsky Act.
Not convinced by her argument, the chair of the committee, Liberal independent Senator Serge Joyal, expressed his disappointment that the bill did not include the recommendation made by the committee, to include “strong prohibition and sufficient penal consequences to deter” foreign interference including seizure and forfeiture of the assets of any foreign entity attempting to influence a Canadian election. He indicated the administrative penalties included in C-76 now would not be strong enough. It only prohibits third parties from using foreign money to fund partisan activities with penalties of up to five times the amount of foreign money used.
The Conservative Senator Claude Carignan also doubted the effectiveness of the bill in preventing foreign entities from using social media to influence the outcome of an election and to undermine public trust.
Gould argued the bill would help by requiring social media platform to disclose who is spending money and how much is spent on online political advertising, and It would abolish controversial elements in the Fair Election Act of the previous Conservative government.
In response to Senator Denise Batters, who criticized the bill for the possibility of voter frauds and the potential conflict of interest by allowing the commissioner of elections operate under the auspices of Elections Canada, Gould pointed out that the more important thing now is to ensure the most vulnerable Canadians are enfranchised, and the bill made clear that the commissioner was independent of the chief electoral officer.
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This article reports the debates on gun ban among Canadians and points out that the argument of the proposed gun ban will help to shape next year’s parliamentary election.
Canada’s Increasing gun shootings in recent years urge the debates on gun ban. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed the Security Minister Bill Blair to examine a “full ban”. The minister is consulting Canadians, while Parliament is considering a bill, c-71, which would tighten background checks and record-keeping.
Pro-gun Canadians argue about the need to own guns for self-defense. Anti-gun activists regard American shootings as an argument for enacting a ban. Gun owners thought current regulations are tight enough and further restrictions would not make the public safer. Law-enforcement officials believe handgun ban have little impact on criminals. Prohibitionists are lobbying to make the proposed c-71 bill more restrictive as well as to impose a ban. Conservative politician Michelle Rempel sponsored an electronic petition to scrap c-71 and the proposed ban to respect “law-abiding” citizens.
Parliament will debate the ban next year. The arguments over the proposals will help to shape the parliamentary election in October 2019. Liberals’ clampdown on gun ownership may be advantageous at that time.
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