By Kaitlyn Bailey, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A motion to end the House of Common’s daily prayer reading was defeated May 11.
Sponsored by Martin Champoux, Bloc Québécois MP for Drummond, the motion sought to replace the current prayer with a moment of reflection.
The motion received only 56 votes in favour compared to 266 nays.
Continue reading Motion to to end daily prayer in the House of Commons defeatedBy Michael Potestio, Kamloops This Week, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Frank Caputo will vote against implementing the Emergencies Act to address weeks-long Freedom Convoy protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates that have resulted in a vehicle-clogged downtown Ottawa and border blockades across the country.
“I will be opposing it,” Caputo told KTW, arguing implementing the act should be legislation of the last resort.
It is the stance interim Conservative Leader Candace Bergen has said her party is taking as Parliament on Thursday (Feb. 17) began debating the federal Liberal government’s temporary special measures, which were invoked Monday for the first time since the act was created in 1988 to replace the War Measures Act.
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