The House unanimously passed the NDP’s motion on Elections Canada, including an amendment that deleted a reference to future elections (thus making the changes retroactive and applicable to the 2011 campaign). Though non-binding, the motion calls on the government to introduce legislation within six months.
Beyond The Commons
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Search continues for dead after tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma
Two schools and a hospital destroyed in the huge twister
Canada
Michael Bryant calls the casino industry’s bluff
“A casino is a factory of broken dreams — a scam for “recreational” gamblers, a shell game for taxpayers, and a rat trap for addicts”
Canada
Christy Clark on motherhood, optimism and the plan for the next four years
The B.C. Premier in conversation with Nancy Macdonald
Life
Life lessons for Generation ‘Why’
Always buy toilet paper in bulk
Film
Photo highlights, so far, from Cannes 2013
27 frames from the most famous red carpet in the French Riviera
Capital Read
Wright resigns. Stephen Harper, and questions, remain
Paul Wells on the PM and his stewardship of your tax dollar
