committee of the whole
The late show
Starting around 9:30pm last night, the House of Commons spent four hours considering the government’s environmental policy in committee of the whole. The transcript starts here.
‘No decision has been made’
If last night’s sketch did not sufficiently enlighten, the full transcript of last night’s inquiry into government’s defence policies—including the surrealist zen sentence that is this post’s title—is now online. Of all the exchanges contained therein, this was perhaps most entertaining.
Sent to the whole
At the conclusion of regular business this evening, the House of Commons will set aside the mace and move into a committee of the whole to question Peter MacKay and Julian Fantino. Each May, the leader of the opposition is entitled to request that the estimates for two departments be referred to committee of the whole. The responsible ministers are then required to submit themselves to an interrogation lasting up to four hours.
ITQ Committee Update Thingy – Special Committee of the Whole Edition
Sorry, y’all, for going AWOL yesterday – what with the Khadr hearing, and the Joe Clark hanging, and the shrapnel flying everywhere after the Bernier implosion, by the time I got around to checking the schedule, most of the meetings had already wrapped up.