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FACT Act: Bill S-226 Requires Transparency from Canada Revenue Agency
Charlottetown Senator Percy Downe has spoken in the Senate for Second Reading of his Bill S-226, the Fairness for...
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No Mention of Linguistic Duality in the 2015 Economic Action Plan
Ottawa, April 27, 2015 – Senator Maria Chaput asked the following questions to the Leader of the Government in...
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Statement on the passing of Senate Speaker Pierre Claude Nolin
I am deeply saddened by the passing of the Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Speaker of the Senate of Canada....
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Budget 2015: Overseas Tax Evasion Acknowledged
Charlottetown Senator Percy Downe is pleased that after so many years, the federal government announced in the Budget yesterday...
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Fairness for All Canadian Taxpayers Act (FACT Act)
Senator’s FACT Act would shine light on scale & cost of overseas tax evasionCharlottetown Senator Percy Downe will introduce the Fairness for All Canadian Taxpayers Act (FACT Act) today in the Senate...
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National Fiddling Day Bill Passes
On the evening of March 25, 2015, the House of Commons voted in unanimous favour of Senator Elizabeth Hubley’s...
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Senate Committee Releases Interim Report: Housing on First Nation Reserves: Challenges and Successes
OTTAWA (February 17, 2015) Overview The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples tabled its interim report today entitled Housing...
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Bill S-205: Study is Ongoing
OTTAWA, February 3, 2015 – On Monday, February 2. 2015, the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages heard from...
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“Are you now, or have you ever been . . .?”
Bill C-520 in the SenateThe best that can be said about bill C-520 is that it is “a solution in search of a...
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Senate Energy Committee recommends owners of federally regulated buried infrastructure be required to join one-call services
OTTAWA (December 3, 2014) Overview Every year, thousands of buried facilities such as cables, wires, pipelines, water mains and...
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